Six different Sharks find the scoresheet as San Jose shuts down the Ducks 6-0.
Tomas Hertl and Timo Meier both made their return to the lineup tonight and each recorded a goal and assist. Hertl's goal came in the first period while Meier's goal was one of four consecutive goals in the third period. In addition, Kevin Labanc gets a goal and assist tonight after being benched in the third period of the Sharks' previous game on Monday, in which his goal came towards the middle of the third period.
Evander Kane scored his tenth of the season early in the second period and tallies an assist on Labanc's goal in the third along with some great passing plays. Brent Burns also made some incredible passes in this game, recording two assists on the night.
Kurtis Gabriel engaged in a scrap for his third consecutive game in the first, this time against Nicolas Deslauriers. Gabriel was fired up after the tilt when headed to the box with a few cuts on his face. He has added more grit and toughness to this Sharks team, especially in San Jose's past few games.
Erik Karlsson scored his second goal of the season early in the third on a rocket from the point, and something about EK65 scoring goals hits different. Later in the third after John Gibson was pulled, Fredrik Handemark topped off the Sharks' scoring with his first NHL goal. Logan Couture, Matt Nieto, and Mario Ferraro each tallied one helper in Team Teal's shutout and high-scoring affair.
Two of the Sharks' six goals tonight came on the power play, which has seen a huge improvement over their past few games compared to the rest of their season so far.
Devan Dubnyk had undoubtedly his best performance tonight against the Ducks, recording his first shutout of the season and the 33rd shutout of his career. He only needed 34 saves to do so and should be starting more games in net over Martin Jones at this point moving forward.
This was also the Sharks' first win streak this season. Tonight's win felt absolutely amazing with so many positives from the Sharks offensively, defensively, and in goal. I hope they can continue to play this well down the stretch, but we'll have to wait and see. Team Teal wraps up its current miniseries against the Ducks tomorrow at 7 pm PT.
In other news, the Sharks-Golden Knights game originally scheduled for February 25 that was postponed due to COVID protocol has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 23 at 6 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL app
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