The Sharks bounced back from their past two games in a big way in Minnesota, taking down the Wild 4-1.
San Jose began scoring early on via Mario Ferraro, who put it in on a great backhand pass from Logan Couture. Timo Meier was credited with the other assist on the opening goal. Late in the first, Timo Meier scored off a deflection from Marc-Eduoard Vlasic to give the Sharks a two-goal advantage. Logan Couture also helped out on the second goal. The only goal scored by the Wild in this contest was by Joel Eriksson Ek early in the second period. Following that Wild goal, Alex Barabanov was hit hard and awkwardly near the boards by Matt Dumba, but fortunately he is okay as was able to shake it off.
Towards the middle of the second frame, Erik Karlsson launched an amazing bar-down clapper to regain the Sharks’ two-goal lead. Jake Middleton and Rudolfs Balcers assisted on the play. One period later, Tomas Hertl topped off the Sharks’ scoring efforts with his seventh goal of the season from his linemates Barabanov and Balcers.
In addition, Mario Ferraro exited the game in the third period before the game ended after blocking a shot, causing a lot of pain and discomfort for him. Hopefully Mario recovers from this and is ready for the Sharks’ next game in St. Louis tomorrow night.
This game also had a few tussles, the first one being between Jake Middleton and Jordan Greenway and the other one between Jonah Gadjovich and Marcus Foligno.
James Reimer had another excellent performance in the crease, saving 26 of 27 shots against.
On a side note, Sharks general manager Doug Wilson was formally and officially inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Monday as part of the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. Wilson was inducted not only for being a great GM, but for his legendary playing career as well.
In all, this was another huge statement win from Team Teal, especially since the Wild play very well at home this season. Scratching Radim Simek from the lineup also helped San Jose against Minnesota, as he was considered a liability in Saturday’s game in Colorado. The Sharks conclude their current road trip in St. Louis tomorrow against the Blues at 5 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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