Team Teal pulls off a significant upset to begin their five-game road trip, winning 6-3 over the Detroit Red Wings to snap its three-game losing skid and the Red Wings' season-long seven-game win streak.
The Sharks jumped out to a 1-0 lead within the first two minutes of the first period on Jan Rutta's second goal of the season, assisted by Alexander Wennberg and Will Smith. Later in the opening period, San Jose extended its lead to two on an incredible shorthanded goal by Nico Sturm for his fifth goal of the season, assisted by William Eklund and Marc-Eduoard Vlasic. The primary assist by Eklund on the second goal by Sturm was especially unreal. Early in the second period, the Red Wings got on the board via Vladimir Tarasenko to get back in this game.
The Sharks regain their two-goal lead near the start of the third period, when a beautiful pass from Macklin Celebrini feeds William Eklund in front of the net for his tenth goal of the season, with Tyler Toffoli assisting on Slippery Pete's tenth goal of the season as well. A bit later in the third, Detroit got back to within one, as Vladimir Tarasenko scored his second goal of the game. More back-and-forth action continued in the third period, as Mikael Granlund went top shelf on the backhand for his 12th goal of the season, with Macklin Celebrini picking up his second assist of the night. This was followed by Lucas Raymond scoring to make it a one-goal game once more and the Sharks responding with Tyler Toffoli's 16th goal of the season to restore the Sharks' two-goal advantage. William Eklund registered the lone assist on Toffoli's 16th goal of the season for his second point of the night. Lastly, the Sharks delivered the dagger to the Red Wings' season-long seven-game win streak with an empty-netter by Mario Ferraro for his fourth goal of the year.
Alexandar Georgiev had a great performance in Detroit, arguably one of his best of the season so far, recording 25 saves on 28 shots against. In addition, yesterday the Sharks re-assigned Shakir Mukhamadullin to the Barracuda prior to embarking on this five-game roadie. Marc-Eduoard Vlasic was back in the Sharks lineup in place of Henry Thrun, while Alexander Wennberg returned to action after not being available during Saturday's game versus the Wild due to an illness.
What a game in Detroit between the Sharks and Red Wings to kick off the Sharks' five-game road trip in the eastern half of the country and complete the season-series sweep of the Red Wings. This was almost reminiscent of the last time the Sharks faced the Red Wings in Detroit, which was an OT comeback thriller on December 7, 2023. Not only did Alexandar Georgiev perform well, but the Sharks' offense came alive in this one, which was a much-needed production and effort on their part. Hope the Sharks can keep up this positive momentum for as much of this current road trip as possible and generate more rather surprising results along the way. Next up, the Sharks travel to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets on Thursday at 4 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, Curtis Pashelka via X, NHL App
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