Things have gone from bad to worse in San Jose. Just when the Sharks thought they had put together a complete 60-minute effort and secured a surefire win on Logan Couture's empty-net goal to go up 4-2 with 60 seconds remaining, the unthinkable happened.
The Caps fired back just thirteen seconds after Couture's empty-netter, cutting the lead to one. Thirty-two seconds later, TJ Oshie snuck one past Martin Jones to tie the game with just fifteen seconds left in the period, forcing overtime.
Can you guess what happened next? If you guessed that Lars Eller netted the game winner just 2 minutes into overtime and crushed the Sharks' souls, you hit the nail on the head. It's the finish we all predicted.
With the wheels coming off for San Jose, NHL history has been made by the Capitals. This is the first time that an NHL team has come back to win a game in which they trailed by multiple goals after the opposing team scored an empty-net goal.
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With the win, the Capitals also become just the seventh team in NHL history to win after overcoming a multi-goal deficit in the final minute of regulation.
Despite the loss, the Sharks did manage to pick up a point, but the only real bright spot in this one for San Jose was Evander Kane's hat trick, and even he would have traded it for the two points.
