The Sharks’ road woes continue, starting their longest road trip of the season with a 3-0 shutout loss to the Boston Bruins.
This game marked the first time the Sharks wore their teal buckets that they would normally wear at home with their road uniforms, and the teal helmets contrasting their white away jerseys is a great look.
The first period was scoreless and pretty uneventful, while the Bruins scored twice in the second period on goals from Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk. Later in the second period, tensions began to heat up between the two teams, beginning with a large scrum ensuing after Givani Smith checked Brad Marchand into the boards. Two other fights went down in the second period as well, with the first of these two putting Givani Smith against Trent Frederic and the other putting Brad Marchand against Fabian Zetterlund. After that second fight between between Marchand and Zetterlund along with Charlie McAvoy getting two minutes for boarding and Marchand getting another two minutes for roughing, the Sharks went on a two-man advantage that lasted until about a minute-and-a-half into the third period. This two-man advantage was their best opportunity to score all game, but Team Teal couldn’t find the back of the net. The Bruins capped things off a bit later in the final frame on a goal by Pavel Zacha to go up 3-0.
Mackenzie Blackwood was solid in net against the Bruins in Boston and the primary factor keeping this game from getting completely out of hand, recording 32 saves on 35 shots against. On a more positive note, Tomas Hertl was back in the lineup for the Sharks tonight after missing their previous game against the Capitals on Monday. Hertl confirmed in a postgame press conference that the reason he was out for Monday’s game was due to him passing a kidney stone.
The way the Sharks have begun this lengthy road trip doesn’t come as much of a surprise. They’ll have to search for their first road win of the season again tomorrow in Newark against the New Jersey Devils at 4 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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