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Sharks dominate Caps

Sat 22nd, November 2008

San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Ryane Clowe scored twice, Rob Blake recorded four assists and Brian Boucher was once again solid in net with 19 saves as the San Jose Sharks dominated Washington, 7-2.

Patrick Marleau, Devin Setoguchi, Joe Thornton and Marc-Edouard Vlasic each lit the lamp and had a helper for San Jose, which moved to 11-0-1 at home this season and has beaten Washington 11 straight times.

Tom Poti and Tomas Fleischmann recorded the Capitals' goals, and Brent Johnson allowed all seven goals on 28 shots in the club's third loss in four games.

Three goals in the span of 6:32 of the first period gave the Sharks a nice cushion. Marleau tallied at the 9:13 mark -- his 10th of the season -- and Clowe followed roughly 3 1/2 minutes later with his 10th. Setoguchi finished the rally on his 12th goal.

"I don't know if the wheels fell off after the first goal, I thought despite being down 3-0, we played pretty well in the first period," Caps head coach Bruce Boudreau said. "They had three goals on five shots, and I think those shots were extremely well placed."

Poti's goal at the 7:56 mark of the second got Washington on the board, but Thornton's power-play tally and Vlasic's goal with 33 ticks left in the frame pushed the Sharks ahead, 5-1.

Again the Caps needed a power play to get one past Boucher with Fleischmann netting his eighth of the year at the 2:19 mark, but Clowe's second of the game shortly thereafter ended any slim possibility of a comeback.

Mike Grier put the finishing touches on the blowout win with his third goal of the season in the final minute of play.

"The reward at the end of the night for not the coach but the players themselves is the fact that they had a 7-2 win," Sharks head coach Todd McLellen said.

Game Notes

Boucher started in place of Evgeni Nabokov, who has now missed seven games due to a lower-body injury...Washington hasn't posted a win over the Sharks since February 20, 1999 and hasn't won in San Jose since October 30, 1993...Dan Boyle recorded three assists for San Jose.