The last time the Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks met was on November 20 when Ilya Samsonov shut out the Sharks and both Alex Ovechkin and Conor Sheary scored two goals. Fingers crossed for a repeat of that performance, right?
Washington’s lines looked a little something like this in warmups:
Capitals lines vs San Jose:
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Sheary-Backstrom-Sprong
Protas-Eller-Hathaway
Hagelin-Dowd-Leason
Fehervary-Carlson
Orlov-Schultz
Kempny-TvR
Samsonov— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) January 26, 2022This is Ilya Samsonov’s first appearance in net since January 16th’s 4-2 loss to the Canucks; Vitek Vanecek has started the last four Capitals games.