Team Teal comes from behind in a low-scoring affair and defeats the Winnipeg Jets in overtime by a score of 2-1 to sweep their weekend back-to-back set.
Prior to the start of this game, the Sharks brought out franchise greats Owen Nolan, Jonathan Cheechoo, and Scott Thornton for the ceremonial puck drop for their last alumni heritage game of the season. The Jets scored the first goal of the game via Morgan Barron early in the opening period. During the second period, Mario Ferraro caught an elbow to the face by Tanner Pearson and had to head to the dressing room for a bit, but luckily he was able to return to the Sharks bench.
Early in the third period, the Sharks breathed more life into this game and tied things up at one on some great hand-eye coordination from Will Smith for his 18th goal of the season, assisted by Collin Graf and Macklin Celebrini. This would ultimately force overtime, where the Sharks would earn the victory on Michael Misa’s fourth NHL goal and first NHL overtime game-winning goal, assisted by William Eklund and Sam Dickinson. With today’s OT winner by Misa, the Sharks set a franchise record for most overtime wins in a single season with their tenth this season.
The only lineup change for the Sharks today compared to yesterday’s victory over the Oilers was Alex Nedeljkovic in net, who was absolutely fantastic and made 27 saves on 28 shots against.
This afternoon matinee did not start how the Sharks wanted it to, and it was much quieter than yesterday’s barn burner against the Oilers. More importantly, the Sharks found another way to win in front of their home crowd, and it came via the biggest goal of Michael Misa’s life so far. This weekend has been a great turnaround for this Sharks team to snap their second-longest skid of the season, and I could not have asked for anything better. The Sharks’ current homestand continues on Tuesday, when they host the Montreal Canadiens at 7 pm PT.
Sources: NBC Sports California, NHL App
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