The Sharks scored the first two goals but proceeded to allow five unanswered as the lowly Chicago Blackhawks earn their first win of the season on Doug Wilson Tribute Night 5-2.
This was terrible. In fact, I didn’t watch this game as I was out last night attending a college football game. I will give this recap based on highlight reels and notes.
Let’s begin: The Sharks scored the first two goals of the game in the first period via Nico Sturm and Erik Karlsson to lead 2-0 at the end of one period. Erik Karlsson and Mario Ferraro picked up assists on the first Sharks goal, while Logan Couture and Steven Lorentz picked up assists on the second Sharks goal.
Like in the first three games, the Sharks had yet another lazy second period. In addition, they gave up goals to Jonathan Toews and two shorties to Sam Lafferty to now trail 3-2 through two.
To make matters worse, the Blackhawks added on two more goals in the third period via Taylor Raddysh and Jason Dickinson.
Kaapo Kahkonen made 20 saves, but it wasn't entirely his fault why this game went the way it did.
The biggest positive from this game is the Sharks honoring Doug Wilson with a pregame ceremony and raising his banner to the rafters. Both the Sharks and Blackhawks also wore #24 during warmups to honor Doug Wilson.
My and everyone else's expectiations for this year's Sharks team were low, but they look worse than I had anticipated. On a more positive note, the college football game I was at last night certainly went better than this game, and the Dodgers getting eliminated in the MLB postseason helped ease the pain from the Sharks' first four games of this season.
Next up, Team Teal will embark on a five-game road trip to the east coast, specifically to New York and Philadelphia, with their first stop in New York against the Islanders on Tuesday at 4:30 pm PT. My confidence in this Sharks is now at an all-time low, but I will still watch games and follow them closely because I love them to death and cling to the hope that they'll turn things around at some point.
Source: NHL App
P.S. Become one of the first to own a piece of my hockey apparel (pictured below) (Baseball merch now available as well): CPF Store
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