The Sharks were handed their fifth loss in their past six games by the Carolina Hurricanes by a score of 3-1, the latter of whom extended its win streak to eight games.
The Sharks struck first in the opening period on a shorthanded goal by William Eklund for his 15th goal and 50th point of the season. It came in unusual fashion, as Eklund was tripped by the stick of former Sharks defenseman Brent Burns on his way to the net, resulting in Eklund colliding into Canes goalie Frederik Andersen and the goal post, causing the net to dislodge. It was briefly reviewed by the officials, and they made the correct call of it being a good goal. Ty Dellandrea was credited with the lone assist on the Sharks’ opening goal of this contest. Certainly an unusual goal, but we and the Sharks will take them in any way, shape, or form any day of the week.
Carolina responded in the second period with Seth Jarvis scoring to tie the game at one. The Canes nearly went ahead soon after on a highlight-reel goal by Jackson Blake, but luckily the Sharks caught a break, as it was overturned after the replay review determined that Blake entered the zone offsides, or before the puck did prior to scoring.
Early in the third period, the Hurricanes redeemed themselves by scoring the go-ahead goal via Sebastian Aho. Later in the period, Carolina added insurance via Sean Walker to extend its lead to two.
Georgi Romanov made his first NHL start tonight against the Hurricanes and was decent, recording 26 saves on 29 shots against. In addition, the Sharks were the first NHL team this season to be officially eliminated from playoff contention after the Blues' 7-2 win over the Ducks on Sunday evening, while one of the San Jose's top blue line prospects, Luca Cagnoni was recently called up from the Barracuda and made his NHL debut tonight. On top of that, both Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Klim Kostin were out of tonight’s games, as they were both dealing with injuries. It is also worth noting that former Sharks and current Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns has officially moved into fifth in NHL history for longest ironman streaks, playing in his 911th consecutive game and passing Sharks legend Patrick Marleau in the all-time ranks.
Overall, the Sharks got off to a good start and were very much in this contest, but they were not able to generate enough offense to keep up with the Canes tonight, which has become fully expected at this point. Next up, the Sharks host the Boston Bruins on Saturday night at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: FanDuel Sports Network South, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X
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