Sharks edge Caps in shootout

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02/22/2007 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo both scored in the shootout, as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Washington Capitals, 3-2, at Verizon Center.

Matt Pettinger beat Evgeni Nabokov with a wrist shot low on the stick side, giving Washington the early edge in the shootout, while Ryane Clowe sent a backhander wide left for the Sharks.

Nabokov came back strong, stopping Alex Ovechkin with a poke check before Pavelski beat Brent Johnson with a wrister high on the glove side.

Alexander Semin took his turn for the Caps, but his shot glanced off the left post. Cheechoo then moved in and waited until he was nearly even with the netminder before deking left and backhanding the disc past Johnson for the game winner.

Patrick Rissmiller and Matt Carle both scored in regulation for the Sharks, who halted a three-game skid. Nabokov finished with 24 saves.

Shaone Morrisonn and Brian Sutherby tallied for Washington, which has lost five straight. Johnson stopped 33-of-35 shots in a losing cause.

After a scoreless second, Carle's power play goal tied the game at 2-2 in the final stanza. With Eric Fehr off for hooking, the defenseman's first shot caromed off the post, and Cheechoo started to bang away at the loose puck in front. After a brief scramble, Carle then moved in and tipped the disc over the goal line at 5:49.

Washington dominated the overtime period, peppering Nabokov with a series of shots, including two chances in the final minute without finding the game- winning tally.

The Caps jumped out 1-0 in the first period as Matt Bradley took the initial shot, which kicked off the right pad of Nabokov and back to Morrisonn, who was camped at the top of the left circle. The defenseman had plenty of open ice and rifled a slapper over the shoulder of the netminder at 9:52.

Washington then doubled its lead just 49 seconds later, as Jamie Heward's chance struck the skate of Nabokov, who couldn't recover as Sutherby pounced on the rebound, snapping the puck into the wide open net at 10:41.

The Sharks finally scratched the scoreboard at the tail end of an odd-man rush, as Mike Grier sent an easy cross-ice feed for Rissmiller, who snapped the one- timer past Johnson with 2:58 remaining in the first period.

Game Notes

Pavelski, Curtis Brown and Steve Bernier all returned to the lineup for the San Jose...The Sharks haven't lost four straight games since December 22-28, 2005...The game also marked the first appearance of Sharks coach Ron Wilson in Washington, where he guided the Capitals from 1997-2002. Wilson led them to their only Stanley Cup finals appearance in his first season, but the team was swept by Detroit.

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