The Sharks had an early lead, but the Ducks came roaring back to take the last meeting between these two teams 5-4 in overtime.
It’s kinda hard to believe that the season series between the Sharks and Ducks in 2022-23 has concluded, but it has been close contests whenever they have faced off in recent seasons. The Sharks got on the board 38 seconds in via Matt Nieto, who got a piece of a shot by Alexander Barabanov. Marc-Eduoard Vlasic recorded the other assist went to Marc-Eduoard Vlasic on the first goal. Team Teal extended their lead to two about five and a half minutes later when Steven Lorentz got a piece of a shot by Erik Karlsson, with Jonah Gadjovich collecting the other assist on the second goal. Erik Karlsson's point streakSoon after, Gadjovich and Sam Carrick dropped the gloves and fought. The Ducks got on the board moments after the fight via Trevor Zegras, while Ryan Strome knotted it at two late in the first to get the Ducks back in it before the first intermission.
San Jose regained its lead around the ten-minute mark of the second period on Timo Meier's first goal of the game, in which Timo deflected a shot from Kevin Labanc. Tomas Hertl picked up the other assist on this go-ahead goal. About three minutes later, Mason McTavish tied things up again, only for the Sharks to regain their one-goal lead on Timo Meier's second goal of the game. Like his first one, it was a deflection off of a shot by Kevin Labanc, except the other assist went to Matt Benning.
Late in the third, Mason McTavish scores a crucial goal for his second of the game to tie it at four. Sharks head coach David Quinn challenged it for potential offsides, but the goal stood after a thorough review and the Sharks were assessed a minor penalty for delay of game. This goal would force overtime, where John Klingberg would score about a minute into bonus hockey to complete the Ducks' comeback and give the Sharks another heartbeaking loss. Three of the Sharks' four games against the Ducks this season went into overtime or a shootout, and the Ducks won those games that required bonus hockey.
Kaapo Kahkonen received the start in net, making saves. His best save came late in the second period where he dove and flat out robbed John Klingberg with a glove stop.
In other news, Erik Karlsson was named to the Pacific Division roster for this year's All-Star Game in South Florida as part of the first 32 players (one from every team) selected by the NHL. With the kind of career season EK65 is having this year, he has absolutely earned his way to participate in the All-Star Game. Also, prior to the start of this contest, the Sharks claimed forward Mikey Eyssimont off waivers from the Winnipeg Jets and placed Radim Simek on the IR to clear a roster spot for Eyssimont.
This is another one of those games for the Sharks, where they couldn't hold it together, blew a lead, and lost when they should've won, especially if it needed extra time to settle. This has become characteristic of the Sharks this season. They will have to forget this one pretty quickly, as Team Teal returns home on Saturday to face the Boston Bruins, who have been one of the top teams in the league this season, on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: Sharks Audio Network, NHL App, Bay Area News Group
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