The Sharks held their ground for the most part but couldn’t capitalize on their power play opportunities as they drop this one in overtime to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1.
San Jose performed fairly well in this game but couldn’t get get the result they wanted. Both teams found the back of the net in the first period via Rudolfs Balcers for the Sharks followed by Kris Letang for the Penguins. Erik Karlsson and Timo Meier each recorded assists on the Sharks’ only goal of the game.
Both the second and third periods were scoreless. The Sharks had three power play opportunities in both the second and third periods, one of them being a four-minute double minor after Jonathan Dahlen drew blood after taking a high stick to the face from Jake Guentzel. They couldn’t execute on any of them.
The game remained tied at one until overtime, when Sidney Crosby found Jake Guentzel in front of the net to put it away for the game winner and extra point.
Despite taking the loss, Adin Hill had another great performance in net, making 25 saves.
In other news, the Sharks got assistant coach John MacLean back from COVID protocol, and the Sharks have made a contract offer to Tomas Hertl. We'll have to wait and see if Hertl accepts the contract offer, and I sure hope he does because he is such a valuable member of this Sharks team in terms of his production on offense and his personality.
The Sharks face one of their biggest rivals, the Los Angeles Kings, for the first time this season in their next game on Monday, with an afternoon start time of 1 pm PT due to it being observed as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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