The Sharks played their final exhibition game before the official 2022-23 campaign in interesting fashion, defeating Eisbaren Berlin 3-1 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.
The Polar Bears scored the first goal in the second period via Giovanni Fiore before the Sharks tallied three unanswered soon after. The first two Sharks goals were scored by Tomas Hertl from Timo Meier and a deflection by Steven Lorentz on a shot from Erik Karlsson. The added insurance came in the third period via Luke Kunin from Mario Ferraro. Despite the Sharks dominating much of this game, Eisbaren put up a solid fight in this exhibition match.
James Reimer made nine saves before he was replaced by Kaapo Kahkonen in the middle of the second period, who made nine saves as well.
Although this game didn't have any significant meaning attached to it, this was still a fun game to watch, and exhibition games like this where an NHL game faces off against a top team in a different league overseas occur roughly once in a blue moon. As for Eisbaren Berlin, they have been the best team in the DEL, the top hockey league in Germany, for the past few seasons and are expected to remain that way this coming season. In all, the Sharks finished this preseason with a 5-1 record.
San Jose opens their regular season with a home-and-home set on Friday and Saturday against the Predators in Prague, with each game starting at 11 am PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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