The Sharks get blown out by the Edmonton Oilers 7-1 Friday night.
It was pretty much all one-sided in favor of the Oilers, and I saw this outcome coming from a mile away. I don’t find the result of this lopsided affair all that surprising. The Oilers struck twice late in the first period via Connor McDavid on the power play and Klim Kostin. Edmonton then scored three in the second period via Connor McDavid’s second goal of the game, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins while shorthanded, and Leon Draisaitl. The Oilers added two more goals in the third period via Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan McLeod. In total, the Sharks allowed three players on the Oilers to record three points each, with those three players being Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. It was also Connor McDavid’s 26th birthday, so there was no way that he would be denied a big performance on his special day.
However, the Sharks were able to squeeze in one goal late in the third period via Oskar Lindblom from Matt Benning and Jonah Gadjovich, but the damage was already done, and any sort of comeback was a complete long shot.
Kaapo Kahkonen was given the start in net, making a total of 34 saves on 41 shots against. Kahkonen made some great stops, but the rest of the Sharks completely left him out to dry.
The Sharks could barely get anything going against the Oilers, resulting in one of their worst losses of the season. I don’t have much else to say about this one, other than it downright sucked. I was unable to watch most of this game live, and that is totally fine considering the final result. The sharks are off the rest of this weekend before their next game on Monday against the New Jersey Devils. Puck drop for Monday’s game is at a special 1 pm PT in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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