The Sharks performed well and had a three goal lead past the halfway point of the third period, but had an epic collapse in the last two minutes of regulation and ended up losing 7-6 in overtime to the Dallas Stars.
This one was a doozy and another all-around competitive game between these two clubs. San Jose jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first period on Anthony Duclair's first goal of the game, with assists from Fabian Zetterlund and William Eklund. Later on in the opening period, Fabian Zetterlund scored his 16th goal of the season to extend the Sharks' lead to two, with assists from Anthony Duclair and Jan Rutta, only for that lead to disappear towards the end of the first frame, with the Stars tying it up at two on goals from Jamie Benn and Logan Stankoven.
The Sharks went back ahead 3-2 early in the second period via Ryan Carpenter from Nico Sturm and Marc-Eduoard Vlasic, while the Stars evened it up at three about four minutes later on Wyatt Johnston's first goal of the game. The Sharks followed that up with two more goals before the end of the second period via Anthony Duclair's second of the game and Filip Zadina's tenth of the season. Assists went to Fabian Zetterlund and Mikael Granlund on Anthony Duclair's second goal of the game and 16th goal of the season, while Mike Hoffman and Calen Addison assisted on Filip Zadina's tenth goal of the season.
San Jose gained its biggest lead of the night early in the third period, with Mikael Granlund scoring to put the Sharks up by three and Anthony Duclair recording his third point of the night assisting on this goal. Near the 13-minute mark of the third period was when the Sharks epic collapse began, with Logan Stankoven scoring his second goal of the game and Wyatt Johnston scoring twice more to complete his hat trick to even things up at six for the Stars to force overtime. Dallas would finish its comeback in the bonus period in unbelievable fashion, with Roope Hintz scoring the game-winner in a high-scoring affair to hand the Sharks their seventh straight loss. In addition, during the OT period nearing the conclusion of this contest, William Eklund had to be helped off the ice after blocking a shot, with his status currently unknown at the time I am writing this.
Kaapo Kahkonen recorded a total of 33 saves on 40 shots against in net for Team Teal. With the trade deadline looming on Friday, Anthony Duclair on his current goal and point streak will likely be dealt to a contender in the next two days, while the rest of this team hasn't been garnering much interest on the trade market. On top of that, the Sharks can't really afford to lose William Eklund to injury for any significant amount of time this season.
We were all led to believe that the Sharks had this one in the bag late in the third period, but with the way things have gone for the Sharks this season, the end result of this game shouldn't be all that shocking whatsoever. Team Teal hosts the New York Islanders in their next game and final game before Friday's trade deadline on Thursday at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X, Locked on Sharks Podcast
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