The Sharks had an all-around great competitive effort against a top-tier Winnipeg Jets team, but the Jets scored the last two goals of the game in the third period and take this one 4-3.
The Jets struck first via Kyle Connor in the first period to get this one going. The Sharks tied things up early in the second period on Tyler Toffoli’s 13th goal of the season, with both Nikolai Kovalenko and Macklin Celebrini setting up Toffoli from behind the net. Soon after, Mark Scheifele scored a power play goal to regain the lead for Winnipeg, while later in the second period, Macklin Celebrini scored an effortless backhanded power play goal for his 11th goal of the season, with assists from Jake Walman and Tyler Toffoli. Early in the third period, the Sharks gained their first lead of the night on Fabian Zetterlund’s 11th goal of the season, with Jake Walman registering his second assist of the night on the go-ahead goal. The difference-maker came during the second half of the final frame, as the Jets finished this one on a 2-0 run with goals from Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry to win in San Jose.
Alex Georgiev made his Sharks home debut against the Jets tonight, stopping 29 of 33 shots against. In other news, Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky was fined $25,000 by the NHL for inappropriate conduct in relation to criticizing the officials in Saturday’s loss to the Utah Hockey Club.
Despite being on the wrong end of this contest, the Sharks performed better in this one than their previous game against Utah on Saturday. This latest chapter of hockey’s version of West Side Story was certainly an improvement over the first time these two teams met this season, a 8-3 Jets blowout victory in Winnipeg in October. Tyler Toffoli, Macklin Celebrini, and Jake Walman each recorded two points and were the Sharks’ best performers tonight. In addition, the Sharks outshot the Jets 35-33, and Nikolai Kovalenko has fit in well with the Sharks as a depth scorer since he was acquired as part of the trade that sent Mackenzie Blackwood to the Avalanche. Speaking of Blackwood and the Avalanche, Thursday will mark Mackenzie Blackwood’s return to SAP Center since he was traded to the Avalanche in the final game of the Sharks’ current three-game homestand at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X
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