It was a low-scoring affair between the two worst teams in the league, but the Chicago Blackhawks earned the extra point in a 2-1 shootout victory over the Sharks.
The Blackhawks got on the board first in the opening period via Cole Guttman on the power play. This score held until early in the third period, but the second period featured two fights, the first one between Kyle Burroughs and Cole Guttman after Burroughs laid Lukas Reichel pretty hard into the boards, and the second one between Scott Sabourin and Jarred Tinordi after Luke Kunin hit the post with a shot. Early in the third period, the Sharks evened it up at one on Ryan Carpenter’s second goal of the season, with assists from Justin Bailey and Mike Hoffman. Mikael Granlund, one of the Sharks’ better forwards this season, took a hard hit from Mackenzie Entwhistle early in the third period and was favoring his right shoulder, having to leave the game and is expected to be out for a significant amount of time.
The 1-1 tie would ultimately force overtime and a shootout, with Boris Katchouk scoring in the ninth round to decide this one for Chicago.
Mackenzie Blackwood was back in net for the Sharks, recording 24 saves on 25 shots against. In addition, Calen Addison and Anthony Duclair were healthy scratches in the Sharks’ current road trip finale in The Windy City.
Although they were without Connor Bedard, and the Sharks had outshot them 38-25, I had a feeling the Blackhawks would win this one, especially since the Blackhawks have earned most of their wins at home and the Sharks don’t perform very well on the road this season. In addition, today is my friend’s birthday, and that particular friend is a Blackhawks fan, so I figured that would play a factor in the result of this game. The Sharks return home for their next game on Saturday against the Anaheim Ducks at 7 pm PT.
Sources: Sharks Audio Network, Curtis Pashelka via X, NHL App
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