The Sharks had a big game from Will Smith in his hometown and a lead heading in to the third period, but a massive third period from the Bruins fueled Boston’s 6-3 victory over Team Teal.
The Bruins struck first via Vinni Lettieri early in the opening period. Later in the period, the Sharks evened things up at one on Barclay Goodrow’s fourth goal of the year, assisted by Nico Sturm and Ty Dellandrea. Boston went back ahead via David Pastrnak in the second period, only for the Sharks to respond soon after on Will Smith’s seventh goal of the season, assisted by Mikael Granlund. Later in the second period, Fabian Zetterlund scores on his own rebound for his 13th goal of the season. Will Smith assisted on the go-ahead goal by Zetterlund for his second point of the day.
However, the Bruins regained momentum after Charlie Coyle scored twice in the third period to go ahead 4-3. Boston wasn’t done yet, as they added two empty net goals from Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm to extend their lead to three and put this one away for good.
Yaroslav Askarov was back in net for San Jose, stopping 27 of 31 shots against, some of which were excellent and impressive. In addition, the Sharks activated Nikolai Kovalenko off of IR prior to this game but didn’t play. Timothy Liljegren is back from illness, while Marc-Eduoard Vlasic and Tyler Toffoli weren’t available for today’s game in Boston.
Not only was this the Sharks’ third consecutive loss, this was also their 14th straight defeat to the Bruins and eighth straight defeat at TD Garden in Boston. Things were going well for the Sharks through two periods of play, but the odds remained stacked against them and allowed this one to quickly escape their grasp towards the end of it. The Sharks conclude their current five-game road trip tomorrow in Nashville against the Predators in the first game of a home-and-home set at 5 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka and Sheng Peng via X
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