The Sharks' defense improved from the other night, but their offense couldn't get anything going as they were shut out by the Avalanche 3-0 to complete their two-game series in Colorado.
The game remained scoreless for the first two periods and the first half of the third period. During those scoreless frames, the Avalanche hit the posts at least six times. The last half of the third saw three straight goals from the Avs, two of them from Nazem Kadri and the other one from Andre Burakovsky.
Despite the loss, Devan Dubnyk had his best performance so far this season, recording 35 saves on 38 shots from Colorado. San Jose was outshot 38-21 tonight and didn't spend enough time in the Avs' end of the ice as they should've. Ryan Donato continues to play hard and create chances in front of the net, while Dylan Gambrell had a solid performance despite not recording any points. On the other hand, the Sharks had three opportunities on the power play, and those chances looked atrocious.
Marcus Sorensen was almost a healthy scratch in favor of Sasha Chmelevski in tonight's game, but since there was a problem with the taxi squad roster, Sorensen remained in the lineup.
Patrick Marleau tied Ron Francis for fourth in all-time games played with 1,731. He will have sole position of fourth in that list in the "home" opener in Arizona vs. the Golden Knights on Monday.
Overall, Team Teal seemed pretty exhausted from being on the road for a while. They are now 3-5-0 on the season and the only team in the NHL that hasn't played a home game yet, and there is now a light at the end of that tunnel. Luckily, the Sharks have three days off to rest before the home-opening series against the Golden Knights starting on Monday at 6 pm PT.
Speaking of the Golden Knights, they had their current series against the Blues postponed as at least a few members of the Knights tested positive for COVID-19. Vegas also had to close their practice facilities to do a deep-cleaning. Depending on how this unravels, there is a possibility that the Sharks next two-game series could get postponed as well. We will find out in the next few days if there are any more positive tests within the Golden Knights and if the Sharks' home-opening series will be affected by these positive tests.
Source: NBC Sports Bay Area/California
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