The Washington Capitals and the San Jose Sharks meet in NHL action from the SAP Center on Saturday night.
The Washington Capitals will look to build on their 2-0 win over the L.A. Kings last time out. Alex Ovechkin leads the Caps in scoring with 26 points including a team-high 12 goals while Evgeny Kuznetsoc has 21 points with 6 goals and a team-high 15 assists. John Carlson and Tom Wilson each have 14 points with a combined 20 assists between the two while Nick Jensen has a team-best +14 plus/minus rating while Wilson and Ovechkin are each +12 on the year. Vitek Vanecek’s gone 4-2-4 with a 2.39 GAA and a .911 save percentage while Ilya Samsonov has gone 5-0-1 with a 2.45 GAA and a .914 save percentage.
The San Jose Sharks will try to bounce back from a 4-1 loss to St. Louis last time out. Timo Meier has a team-high 15 points with 5 goals and 9 assists while Logan Couture has 14 points with 6 goals, 8 assists and a team-high plus/minus rating of +8. Brent Burns has 11 assists as part of his 12 point tally whileJonathan Dahlen and Tomas Hertl each have a team-high 7 goals this season. Adin Hill has gone 4-4 with a 3.11 GAA and an .894 save percentage while James Reimer is 4-3-1 with a 1.98 GAA and a .938 save percentage this season.
Washington is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall and 1-4 in their last 5 games against the Pacific division while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 Saturday games. San Jose is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Saturday games and 2-5 in their last 7 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the case that could be made both ways here, but I’m looking at the under here. I think that the Caps will be on tired legs as this west coast trip drags on and both teams have been playing some solid defense lately. I think this could be the first to 3 wins so give me the under.