Team Teal’s comeback efforts fell short as they dropped the first of four consecutive home games by a score of 4-3.
Unlike their past few games, the Sharks gave up the first goal of the game in their return home to the Kings via Corey Perry in the opening period. The Kings extended their lead to three early in the second period on goals from Jeff Mallott and Drew Doughty. Later in the middle frame, the Sharks would mount a comeback and score twice to make it a one-goal game. The Sharks’ two second-period goals came via Will Smith’s third of the season from Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli, followed by Philipp Kurashev’s second of the season from Alex Wennberg and William Eklund.
The Sharks tied the game at three in the third period on Alex Wennberg’s second goal of the season, assisted by Philipp Kurashev and Jeff Skinner. However, LA would get the last laugh, as Brandt Clarke would score what would end up being the game-winner to put the Kings back on top.
Yaroslav Askarov has certainly seen better days in the crease, recording ten saves on 14 shots against. In addition, John Klingberg returned to the Sharks blue line tonight, Nick Leddy was placed on injured reserve, and Patrick Giles was recalled from the Barracuda. Macklin Celebrini was named the NHL’s First Star of last week after going off for nine points in his previous three games and propelling himself to second in the NHL with 15 points through his first nine games of this season.
Despite being unable to score that go-ahead goal to possibly force overtime and win, along with being unable to make a timely save, the Sharks significantly outshot the Kings 40-14 and put up a good fight to stay in this game. It was also great to see Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund keep their point streaks alive, and Philipp Kurashev and Alex Wennberg record their best performances of the season so far with two points each. However, after seeing an all-time Kings-Sharks matchup stat presented during the ESPN telecast, history suggested that the Kings would prevail in this contest, and that is exactly what happened. Specifically, the Kings remain undefeated against the Sharks all-time when leading by three goals at any point in a game. The Sharks’ current home slate continues on Thursday, when they host the New Jersey Devils at 7 pm PT.
Sources: ESPN, NHL App, Curtis Pashelka via X
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