The Sharks didn’t have a whole lot going for them in Nashville, as they drop their first road game of the season 5-1 to the Predators.
The Predators got things going right away and were too much for the Sharks to contain. Nashville scored the first four goals of the game and they went as follows: Samuel Fagemo in the first, Tommy Novak and Kiefer Sherwood in the second, and Tommy Novak’s second of the game early in the third. Later in the third period, Tomas Hertl put the Sharks on the board with his first goal of the game, with assists from Mario Ferraro and Nikolai Knyzhov, only for Luke Evangelista to score soon after to regain the Predators’ four-goal lead.
Mackenzie Blackwood was back in the crease for the Sharks against the Preds, recording a total of 29 saves. In addition, Luke Kunin and Kiefer Sherwood dropped the gloves during the first period, Marc-Eduoard Vlasic was benched halfway through the second period, and Ty Emberson made his NHL debut for Team Teal. On top of that, during the third period, Roman Josi had ran into Mackenzie Blackwood when trying to put the puck in the back of the net, and while Blackwood was down and the play was blown dead, Filip Forsberg body-slammed Blackwood. Luckily Blackwood was okay, but to make matters worse, neither Josi or Forsberg were penalized for their subsequent actions on what was a blatant goalie interference, and the Sharks had nothing to show for it in terms of any sort of retaliation. Absolutely ridiculous.
Heading into this season, I already had little faith in and low expectations for this Sharks team, but man this team looks worse than I and anyone else had anticipated. It’s only five games into the new season, the Sharks are still searching for their first win, I am already massively disappointed, and I continue to lose more and more hope with every game. They will come out of this mess better and stronger, but it’ll probably be at least a few more years before that happens at this rate.
Next up, the Sharks travel to Florida for their next two games, with their first stop in the Sunshine State in Sunrise to visit the Panthers on Tuesday at 4:45 pm PT.
Sources: Sharks Audio Network, San Jose Hockey Now, ESPN, NHL App
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