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Capitals: Top 3 heroes against Sharks and Senators

By Michael Marzzacco

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with Nicklas Backstrom #19 after scoring a goal in the second period against the Ottawa Senators at Capital One Arena on January 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with Nicklas Backstrom #19 after scoring a goal in the second period against the Ottawa Senators at Capital One Arena on January 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby (70) celebrates with right wing Garnet Hathaway (21) and right wing T.J. Oshie (77) against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby (70) celebrates with right wing Garnet Hathaway (21) and right wing T.J. Oshie (77) against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Capitals 5 Sharks 4 OT

You can read the recap here.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals left wing Jakub Vrana (13) celebrates his second period goal against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Washington Capitals left wing Jakub Vrana (13) celebrates his second period goal against the San Jose Sharks on January 5, 2020 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Jakub Vrana

Jakub Vrana had two goals in Washington’s win over the Sharks. His first one came at 18:42 off a pass from T.J. Oshie right in front of the net. Vrana went top shelf.

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After the Sharks got a goal on the empty net it was Vrana that sparked a last minute comeback scoring a goal at 19:!3 to put the Caps within one. Vrana got the pass from Lars Eller and spun around before shooting it in the back of the net.

Vrana told NHL.com after the game:

"“We don’t ever want to put ourselves in a situation where we have to score late goals like this. But at the same [time], it shows character, shows that we’re a strong group here. We never give up and that’s huge points today we grabbed from this game.”"

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring a goal in the third period against the San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on January 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring a goal in the third period against the San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on January 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

T.J. Oshie

T.J. Oshie tied the game with 14.2 seconds left with a shot from the right face-off zone off a pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov. Nicklas Backstrom had the secondary. For Oshie it was his 16th goal of the season and another clutch moment for someone making his case to go to the All Star Game.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Lars Eller #20 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with John Carlson #74 after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on January 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 05: Lars Eller #20 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with John Carlson #74 after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the San Jose Sharks at Capital One Arena on January 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Lars Eller

Lars Eller once again showed how clutch he was during the overtime period finishing up a 2-on-1 rush off a pass from John Carlson to complete the comeback for his 10th goal of the season.

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