WASHINGTON — Apparently, the Sharks and the Washington Capitals lacked the patience to wait until Friday for All Star Weekend to get underway in San Jose. They played an “East Coast version” of the All Star Game in the nation’s capital on Tuesday.
The Sharks (29-16-7) averted a near disaster by winning a pond hockey track meet with the Capitals that saw 13 tallies, a combined 82 shots and a tying goal with less than a second remaining in regulation. In doing so, the Sharks found a way to scrape out an improbable comeback win in the final game of a four-game road trek, avoiding the fate of entering their 10-day break with a season-worst four straight regulation losses.