The variety of penalties the San Jose Sharks have taken within the first two weeks of the common season borders on the ridiculous.
The variety of targets they’ve scored is downright dreadful.
Once more, the Sharks had method an excessive amount of of 1 and never sufficient of the opposite Tuesday in a 3-1 loss to the Anaheim Geese, extending their winless skid to seven video games earlier than an introduced sellout crowd of 17,174 at Honda Heart.
With the Nashville Predators beating the Boston Bruins 4-0 earlier Tuesday, the Sharks (0-5-2) are actually the final winless group within the NHL.
Two of the penalties they took in opposition to the Anaheim Geese on Tuesday have been significantly expensive.
The Sharks allowed power-play targets to Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson, with Will Smith serving tripping penalties on each events, with Carlsson’s marker on the 5:36 mark of the third interval proving to be the winner.
With the Geese shifting the puck across the Sharks’ zone, Cutter Gauthier bought a shot on purpose that goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped. However Carlsson scooped up the rebound in entrance of the online and beat Blackwood for his third purpose of the season.
The Geese’ first purpose additionally got here within the second interval, as Terry got here via the impartial zone, crossed the blue line, and fired a shot that beat Blackwood excessive to the glove facet on the 6:56 mark of the second interval.
Carlsson’s purpose got here simply 41 seconds after Mikael Granlund scored a power-play purpose for the Sharks off assists from ahead William Eklund and defenseman Jack Thompson, with the rookie Thompson gathering his first NHL level.
Alex Killorn scored an empty internet purpose with 1:51 left within the third interval to seal the win for Anaheim. Smith was bodied off the puck after he got here throughout the Geese blue line, and Killorn picked it up and fired it 150 ft into the empty Sharks internet.
The Sharks have been shorthanded six occasions Tuesday — draining vitality and momentum — and have been down a person or extra 35 occasions this season. That’s probably the most after seven video games for any Sharks group since 2009-10, once they have been shorthanded 35 occasions.
Within the final 4 video games, the Sharks worn-down penalty-killing models have allowed 9 power-play targets.
That was solely half of it, as apart from Granlund’s purpose, it was one other irritating offensive night time for the Sharks.
Danil Gushchin and Luke Kunin each took turns hitting the crossbar. A outstanding toe save by Lukas Dostal denied Smith his first NHL purpose. A tipped shot by Barclay Goodrow slid via the blue paint however hit the submit.
Blackwood completed with 37 saves, and Dostal had 27 saves, 10 days after he had 30 saves in Anaheim’s 2-0 win over San Jose at SAP Heart on Oct. 12.
The Sharks proceed their four-game highway journey Thursday in Los Angeles. They’ll then play in Las Vegas on Saturday and Utah on Monday.
Each Gushchin and Kunin hit the crossbar on odd-man rushes within the first interval. Smith on one other 2-on-1, was denied by Dostal, who stretched his proper leg to disclaim the Sharks rookie heart on a backhand to forehand transfer.
The Sharks have scored 12 targets in seven video games this season and eight targets of their final six video games with out injured rookie heart Macklin Celebrini, who might be out for at the very least one other two weeks with a hip challenge.
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