Sharks rout Capitals - NHL 2009-2010 - Ice hockey

Greiss, beginning instead of regular goaltender Antti Niemi, frustrated the Capitals by obstructing 39 shots, most of them from point-blank range.

The Sharks, who lead the La Nobleman by three points within the division, lost to St. Louis 3- on Sunday to spread out a nine-game journey.

"We wanted that first win yesterday and did not have it,Inch stated Pavelski, who also had two assists from the Capitals. "You won't want to go  for just two inside a nine-game journey. You are taking the wins when you are getting them."

Washington have finally lost 16 of the last 17 games against San Jose and skipped the opportunity to leapfrog slouching Toronto in to the eighth and final playoff place within the Eastern Conference.

The Sharks converted three of six energy plays, while Washington was scoreless in four.

"Their energy play is nice,Inch stated Capitals forward Matt Hendricks. "There is a large amount of weapons available. They were not a lot your typical energy-play goals however they got pucks towards the internet and located methods for getting them in.

"We penalty murders have to be better. The onus is upon us to assist our goalkeeper out. We left him to dry a few occasions."

The Sharks opened up the scoring within the first period when Serta Boyle fired a go from beyond mid-ice which was re-directed by Pavelski in the blue line.

Using the puck bouncing across the ice, Capitals netminder Braden Holtby handled to obtain a glove onto it but tend to not hang on and viewed in horror because it slid in to the internet.

"I'd most likely loved to possess been out further but at that time I am attempting to make certain I am within the right position," Holtby stated. "It happened pretty quick in my experience. I wasn't expecting that."

Pavelski poked inside a rebound at the start of the 2nd period around the energy play to own Sharks a couple- lead and silence everyone else of nearly 19,000 in the Verizon Center.

Marleau obtained on the rebound, his 21st goal of year, to own Sharks a 3- before Dmitry Orlov countered for that Capitals with under another left at that time.

Third-period goals by Sharks defenseman Brent Burns and the other by Marleau hiked charge to five-1 with 12 minutes left, delivering everyone else scurrying for that exits.

Roman Hamrlik and Shaun Schultz obtained to chop the Sharks' result in 5-3 with 5 minutes left however the Capitals couldn't have any closer.