The Sharks had nothing good going for them in Denver, as it was a completely one-sided affair by the Colorado Avalanche as Team Teal gets shut out 6-0.
The Avalanche jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals from Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, and Mikko Rantanen. During the first stoppage in play in the first, Nico Sturm was honored in a video tribute by the Avalanche and given an applause and standing ovation by the Denver crowd since he was a member of the Cup-winning Avs team last season. In addition, the Sharks only had two shots on goal in the first period, and it was almost as if they weren’t really trying.
Colorado continued their onslaught in the second period, adding goals from Valeri Nichushkin and Denis Malgin to extend their lead to 5-0 before Kaapo Kahkonen was pulled in favor of James Reimer in the Sharks net. Kahkonen finished his night with a total of 19 saves before getting pulled.
Things calmed down for the Sharks after Reimer took over in net, as he recorded 18 saves and only gave up one goal late in the second period to Arturri Lehkonen.
Early in the third period, Erik Karlsson was high-sticked by an Avs player and bleeding from the mouth, one which wasn’t called by the refs. Both EK65 and Head Coach David Quinn were frustrated by the no-call, and Karlsson reacted by throwing his helmet onto the ice from the bench as he was getting repaired. This reaction led to Karlsson getting two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct and a ten-minute game misconduct, the latter being the first of his career.
The only other significant change in the Sharks lineup in this one compared to last night in Winnipeg was Derrick Pouliot replacing Jacob MacDonald and making his Sharks debut.
San Jose was only able to register 13 shots on goal in their blowout loss to the Avs, all of which were stopped by Alex Georgiev, resulting in the easiest shutout of Georgiev’s career.
In all, nothing went well for the Sharks in their first game against the Avalanche this season. They gotta forget this game entirely and focus on their next game on Thursday, in which they will travel to St. Louis to face the Blues at 5 pm PT to close out their current road trip.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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