The Sharks’ three-game win streak has been snapped, as they get blown out and dominated by the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-1.
The Lightning struck first early in the opening period, as Cam Atkinson deflected a shot from Connor Geekie to find the back of the net to get this one started. Tampa built off its good start later in the first period, scoring goals via Connor Geekie, two from Brandon Hagel, and Jake Guentzel to extend its lead to five.
Mackenzie Blackwood replaced Vitek Vanecek to begin the second period, with Vanecek finishing his night with seven saves on 12 shots against. Blackwood then proceeded to give up two goals in the second period to Anthony Cirelli and Nick Perbix to make it 7-0 Bolts. The first of these two second-period goals by Cirelli was challenged by the Sharks for offsides, and it ultimately stood after a somewhat lengthy review by the officials.
The Sharks finally got on the board to begin the third period, as Alex Wennberg scored his seventh goal of the season to help the Sharks avoid getting shut out, with assists from Fabian Zetterlund and Jan Rutta. The Lightning weren’t done yet, as Nick Paul scored one more to regain Tampa’s seven-goal lead.
Mackenzie Blackwood registered 21 saves on 24 shots in the final two periods of this blowout loss. In other news, the Four Nations Faceoff rosters were announced yesterday, and Mikael Granlund was named to Team Finland, while William Eklund was a notable snub for Team Sweden. Great news for Granlund but stinks for Eklund, hopefully the latter can potentially crack the Sweden roster if one of its forwards gets injured between now and the tournament in February and is unable to play in the Four Nations Faceoff.
Overall, this was definitely not the Sharks’ night tonight, as they couldn’t recover from the Lightning’s big five-goal first period. Team Teal will attempt to bounce back in their next game on Saturday in Sunrise against the Florida Panthers at 3 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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