The Sharks couldn’t quite overcome a slow start as they lose 4-3 to the Ottawa Senators.
The Senators scored twice in the first period via Adam Gaudette and Josh Norris to get this one started. Unfortunately, Barclay Goodrow exited the game in the first period and didn’t return due to an upper-body injury. Near the midway point of the second period, Mario Ferraro put the Sharks on the board and back in this game with his first goal of the season, with assists from Will Smith and Klim Kostin. Later in the middle frame, the Sens regained their two-goal lead on Tyler Kleven’s first NHL goal.
The Sharks mounted a comeback of sorts to begin the third period, starting with Macklin Celebrini scoring his seventh NHL goal on a great backhand pass from William Eklund to get back within one. Jake Walman made the initial shot from the point for the secondary assist to set up William Eklund to grab the rebound and make the sweet backhand pass to Macklin Celebrini to find the back of the net. Later in the third period, the Sharks tied the game at three on a somewhat fluky goal by Will Smith for his third in the NHL, with assists from Fabian Zetterlund and Timothy Liljegren. However, the Senators would have the last laugh, as Adam Gaudette would score his second goal of the game to retake the lead and ultimately win it for the Senators.
Mackenzie Blackwood was back in net for the Sharks and has definitely had better days in the crease, recording seven saves on 11 shots against. In addition, yesterday the Sharks brought Jack Thompson back up from the Barracuda and reassigned Yaroslav Askarov to the Barracuda, while Mikael Granlund was out for a second consecutive game due to an upper-body injury.
The other crazy aspect about how this game went down and its end result is that the Sharks outshot the Senators 39-11. Ottawa also didn’t register a shot on goal for most of the third period, fueling the Sharks’ comeback attempt. The Sharks generated many scoring chances throughout this game, but Sens goalie Linus Ullmark slammed the door shut on many of them. Next up, the Sharks close out their current homestand in an afternoon matinee on Friday, hosting the Seattle Kraken at 12:30 pm PT.
Sources: TSN, Curtis Pashelka via X, NHL App
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