The Sharks open their final lengthy road trip of the season with a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Flyers opened the scoring early in the first period via Joel Farabee, while Filip Zadina scored his first goal of the game in the final minute of the first period to even it up at one. Assists on Zadina’s first goal of the game went to Luke Kunin and Alexander Barabanov. Near the midway point of the second period, Morgan Frost scored to put Philadelphia back ahead by one, while Filip Zadina scored his second goal and equalizer about four minutes later to tie it up at two, with Kunin and Klim Kostin assisting on Zadina’s second goal of the game. Early in the third period, the Flyers would score the game-winner via Owen Tippett to put them up 3-2, which occurred after a delayed penalty call against the Sharks that brought the extra attacker on the ice for the Flyers, in which the Sharks’ defenders were caught puck watching.
Magnus Chrona finished his night with 38 saves on 41 shots against. In addition, Mike Hoffman was out after sustaining an upper-body injury in Saturday’s win over the Senators, and Jan Rutta missed his second straight contest due to a lower-body injury.
Filip Zadina and Luke Kunin had great performances tonight, but the rest of the team as a whole couldn’t get the job done. With the Chicago Blackhawks’ 7-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks, the Sharks now have sole possession of last place overall in the entire NHL. In addition, with the Vegas Golden Knights’ 5-4 OT win over the Seattle Kraken, the Sharks have officially been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth straight season, which we all saw coming from a mile away due to how this season has gone for them. Team Teal’s next stop on their current road trip is in Pittsburgh on Thursday against the Penguins at 4 pm PT.
Sources: San Jose Mercury News, NHL App
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