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Washington Capitals forward Conor Sheary scored two goals in the first period of Monday’s clash against the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. He is now nine points shy of 200 career points.
He opened the scoring at the 3:02 mark, giving the Capitals an early 1-0 lead. Center Nic Dowd and forward Garnet Hathaway assisted.
Shears up front! pic.twitter.com/KS0FFzTIoX
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 11, 2022
It marked Sheary’s ninth goal. Dowd’s tally was his fifth assist of the season and third primary assist.
His second came at the 12:32 mark to extend Washington’s lead 2-0.
𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦 pic.twitter.com/AMwmhJIqUd
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 11, 2022
With his tenth goal thus far, Sheary is now nine points shy of 200 career points. Additionally, this is the seventh time this season a Capital has scored twice in a period.
Sheary has the #ALLCAPS past three goals vs. BOS dating back to Game 5 of the first round last season. #CapsBruins
— Harrison Brown (@HarrisonB927077) January 11, 2022
By Della Young
I went from thinking Sheary could get a hat trick to I don’t have enough whiskey to watch this very quickly