The Sharks drop a second consecutive OT thriller, this time 4-3 to the Montreal Canadiens.
With just about four minutes into this one, the Sharks get on the board first via Fabian Zetterlund on the doorstep for his 16th goal of the season, assisted by Will Smith and Alexander Wennberg. The Canadiens responded soon after on a goal from Nick Suzuki to tie it up at one. Later in the opening period, the Sharks went back ahead on Nico Sturm’s sixth goal of the season, assisted by Klim Kostin and Collin Graf, while Nick Suzuki scored his second goal of the game to tie it at two with just under a minute remaining in the first period. Speaking of Nico Sturm, this also happens to be his first NHL game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, which I find shocking.
Early in the second period, a lengthy puck battle in one corner of the ice in which no one was able to get the puck out from there led to Barclay Goodrow and Jayden Struble dropping the gloves and fighting. Later in the second period, the Sharks went back ahead on a beautiful shot by Will Smith for his ninth goal of the season, assisted by Shakir Mukhamadullin and Alexander Wennberg.
Early in the third period, the same scoring pattern continues, as Alex Newhook ties the game at three for the Habs. After this goal was scored, it is worth noting that Henry Thrun exited this game and didn’t return due to an undisclosed injury. Off to overtime we go, but the same end result as the other night carried over to this one, as Cole Caufield scored to win it for Montreal and hand the Sharks their seventh straight loss.
Alexandar Georgiev was back in net for Team Teal, recording 29 saves on 33 shots against. In addition, Timothy Liljegren was back on the Sharks blue line after missing the previous game due to injury, and Klim Kostin also made his return to the lineup after missing the past several games as well.
Third periods have been the Sharks’ kryptonite as of late and they haven’t been able to finish games as a result. However, on a more positive note, they have been in more close games and have given themselves chances to win in recent games, unlike much of last season. Next up, the Sharks travel to Ottawa to face the Senators on Saturday at 4 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports Bay Area/California, NHL App
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