The second consecutive meeting between the Sharks and Avalanche was more lopsided than the first, as the Avs took down the Sharks 6-2 in the Sharks’ next-to-last home game of the season.
Team Teal opened the scoring late in the first period on Erik Karlsson’s 23rd goal and 97th point of the season, with assists from Kevin Labanc and Jacob Peterson. EK65 is now the seventh defenseman in NHL history and the first since Phil Housley in the 1992-93 season to reach 97 points in a season. Soon after, the Avalanche tied it at one on Mikko Rantanen’s 50th goal of the season.
The Avs exploded for four goals in the second period, including two from Mikko Rantanen to complete his sixth career hat trick and one each from Nathan MacKinnon and Ben Meyers. The Sharks were able to salvage one more in the second period via Steven Lorentz from Erik Karlsson and Jacob MacDonald. This puts Karlsson’s point total at 98 this season and gives MacDonald a career-long three-game point streak. Colorado then added one more goal in the third period via Ben Meyers’ second goal of the game to cap this one off.
Kaapo Kahkonen made 15 saves on 19 shots before getting pulled late in the second period, while James Reimer made ten saves on 12 shots in relief of Kahkonen. The only significant lineup change in this game compared to Tuesday was the addition of Adam Raska after he was recently called up from the Barracuda.
In other news, it was announced yesterday that the Sharks would face the LA Kings in a preseason game on October 5 in Salt Lake City as part of the Frozen Fury exhibition series.
Overall, Erik Karlsson has made history once again, but the Avalanche were too much for the Sharks to handle, sweeping the season series in unsurprising fashion. Next up, the Sharks face the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm PT in their final home game of the season.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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