The Sharks were very much in this game until the end as they fall to the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-4 to finish their current road trip with a 3-2 record.
The offense was there for San Jose in Columbus, but Team Teal was outpaced and outscored by the Blue Jackets. The scoring began late in the first period by Adam Boqvist, who puts the Jackets on the board first. The Sharks were able to tie the game before the end of the first period on Nick Bonino's fourth goal of the season from Matt Nieto and Andrew Cogliano. Speaking of Cogliano, he returns to the lineup after missing the past few games to tend to a personal matter.
The second period starts off with a bang as Erik Karlsson launches a rocket from the point for the Sharks' first lead of the game, with Alexander Barabanov assisting on the play. Columbus answered back with one from Sean Kuraly to tie it at two. The Sharks regained their lead in the later half of the second period on a bomb from Brent Burns, with assists from Matt Nieto and Timo Meier.
Team Teal began to lose ground towards the end of the second period after the Blue Jackets scored three unanswered goals from Cole Sillinger late in the second, and Jack Roslovic and Adam Boqvist early in the third. The Sharks got one back at around the halfway point of the final frame via Tomas Hertl, but it wasn't enough as the Jackets put this one away with about two minutes remaining via an empty-netter from Alexandre Texier.
Adin Hill was given his third consecutive start in net as James Reimer isn't yet 100 percent ready to go. Hill showed signs of exhaustion against the Jackets, recording 24 saves and giving up five goals in the losing effort.
It wasn't the way the road trip should have ended, but the Sharks still had a solid road trip, having won the first three and stood their ground in the last two for the most part. Team Teal returns home for seven games beginning Tuesday against the Calgary Flames at 7:30 pm PT.
Source: NHL App
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