Overview
- Coach Ryan Warsofsky moved Pavol Regenda onto Macklin Celebrini's line, and the Sharks struck three times in 2:46 through Zack Ostapchuk, Collin Graf, and Regenda to take the lead.
- Macklin Celebrini set up Regenda with a blind, between-the-legs pass, pushing his season total to 71 points in 46 games.
- Alex Nedeljkovic made 21 saves to secure the win in his 200th NHL game.
- San Jose improved to 6-1-0 in its last seven road games and opened a four-game trip that continues Friday in Detroit.
- Washington was without Tom Wilson and Pierre-Luc Dubois as Jakob Chychrun returned and Logan Thompson started, and the team again fell short of back-to-back wins.