Conor Sheary signs 2-year, $3 million deal with Capitals

<p>ARLINGTON, Va. &mdash; Forward Conor Sheary re-signed with the Washington Capitals for two years and $3 million on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The 28-year-old Sheary is fourth on the Capitals with 11 goals this season, including 10 in five-on-five play. </p>
<p>He also has eight assists in 40 games this season.</p>
<p>Sheary scored one goal and added two assists Tuesday night in the East Division-leading Capitals’ 6-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington’s third win in a row. </p>
<p>In the game before that, Sheary netted a pair of goals as Washington beat the Boston Bruins 8-1 on Sunday.</p>
<p>He has career totals of 83 goals and 86 assists in 365 regular-season NHL games with the Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. He was a part of two Stanley Cup winning teams in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Sheary signed with the Penguins in 2015 as an undrafted free agent after playing college hockey at UMass.</p>
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