San Jose Sharks
Sharks Can’t Stop Flames’ Playoff Drive, Lose 5-2
The San Jose Sharks visit the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Tyler Toffoli and Jan Rutta scored, but the Sharks lost 5-2.
Period 1
Toffoli goal: Dellandrea does a great job engaging Bahl in front, distracting him, the rest of the Flames puck-watching, and Toffoli swoops in for the rebound.
5 in: Bordeleau on the wall has a chance to lob it out, doesn’t. Be watching him, Ostapchuk, and Kovalenko most closely tonight.
6 in: Like that from Dellandrea, corner to corner, erases Brayden Pachdal, takes puck from him. He’s got that potential to do that on a nightly basis.
Weegar goal: Both Smith and Kovalenko had chances to get it out. Smith couldn’t get to the puck, Kovalenko got to it but was competing with another Flame. Kovalenko bats it to Weegar, who walks down. Celebrini a little late switching on Weegar, credit to Klapka, who set a soft pick on him. San Jose Sharks need to learn to do little stuff like that more, those are the kind of things the young skill guys can learn to do more, including this line.
7 left: As Drew and Randy note, under duress, Vlasic makes a great play up. Kovalenko shows good physicality as F1 on forecheck.
Klapka goal: Oh boy, that’s ugly. Thrun misses Kadri along the wall, Liljegren doesn’t block 2-on-1 pass to Klapka, Dellandrea doesn’t lock up Klapka. San Jose Sharks up 14-6 shots, but that doesn’t matter when you can’t execute basic hockey.
6 left: Bordeleau DZ pass to Ostapchuk, Ostapchuk not quite ready for it, evades him. Ostapchuk just seizes it from Frost though, love that.
Period 2
1 in: Good forecheck effort by Celebrini on Weegar, though earlier in shift, did make a couple ill-advised NZ passes.
Rutta goal: Whoa aggressive read by Rutta. I think he knew that he broke Coleman’s stick, so it was a little bit of an outnumbered situation that he could take advantage of. Works out perfectly, he broke Coleman’s stick high, didn’t get called, crashed net, great Eklund pass right on his stick to beat Wolf. Smart veteran read, brilliant set-up. You gotta re-watch to see how good a pass that is.
Had to slow this down so we can truly appreciate how insane this pass was from William Eklund. 🥵😮💨#SlipperyPete #TheFutureIsTeal pic.twitter.com/n3yhr7JtV3
— SnipeCity420 (@SnipeCity420) April 14, 2025
7 in: Like that from Ostapchuk, he and Thrun combine on Kadri attacking to take the puck, then one-on-one, just snatches it from Farabee in the middle of the ice. Defensively, he’s a load to play against. Reach, strength, and skating, he’s really tough to beat one on one.
7 left: Rutta just erases Coronato one-on-one. Really good example of where he’s still effective, able to overpower the forward in front of his goalie without taking a penalty. Flames had a good chance off a Smith turnover high in OZ, trying to hit Celebrini with the pass. Don’t think Smith has been particularly sharp tonight.
4 left: Smith does a nice job on the forecheck, maybe takes it from Weegar? He got tripped too? But no call.
3 left: Bordeleau can’t escape DZ corner, without any pass options, he’s erased and loses the puck. Doesn’t have the size and quite the skating to navigate his way out of the corner, that’s one of the NHL challenges for him.
1 left: Big back-to-back saves by Romanov in tight.
Period 3
Sharangovich goal: Kind of a bad bounce, and Sharangovich ends up one-on-one versus Romanov, just beats him.
3 in: Eklund’s spin-o-rama move seems to be more effective these days, giving him real time and space.
Coleman penalty: Definitely a slash, but he’s probably aggrieved because Rutta got away with it earlier on his stick. Carlsson-Celebrini-Eklund-Toffoli-Wennberg is PP1. Liljegren-Bordeleau-Smith-Kovalenko-Goodrow is PP2.
5 in: Bad bounce for Flames, Toffoli has a wide-open net. Toffoli decides for the quick shot instead of dusting it off, can’t blame him for it. Good Celebrini trackback too, as Remenda notes, 200 feet.
7 in: Kovalenko gets bullied a little bit off the puck just outside blueline, that’s a puck that needs to go in.
Coronato goal: Not just Kovalenko’s fault, a lot going on off DZ draw loss, but that defensive firmness is lacking there in a one-on-one situation. Not an easy play and you don’t want to take the penalty there, but it’s not a firm play. That’s why I say the offense has to make up for the defense.
2 left: Would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation between ex-Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup-winning linemates Goodrow and Coleman.
Wow, 1 more win from last years team. Where is the improvement? Get rid of Grier and Worsofshy.
Don’t feed the trolls, people.
Aren’t you one of those trolls?
He totally is.
I’m not a ‘he’ either. Arrogant of you to assume gender. Also sexist. But you’re not a troll in your eyes, your Internet behavior is justified by some unseen miracle.
You’re a twat behind a keyboard. A kid. Nothing more.
Cry me a river. I don’t care if you’re a squirrel. You’re a troll. Cheechoo is that you under another alias… again?
I’m a kid? you must be new. We’ve already established that I’m anything but. But hey if it makes you feel better to be derogatory then go ahead. Doesn’t change the fact that you’re a troll who offers nothing to the conversation here. So fuck off dimwit. 😘
A very illiterate troll to boot!
Shorky, you’re a child that screams and whines and disagrees with people on the Internet. Look how big you are.
How arrogant of you to assume I’m fat. 🤨 Fat shaming people on the internet? you should be ashamed of yourself.😮
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I don’t know how Thrun has been paying D for how many years now? but doesn’t know that you always skate backwards in that situation and funnel the puck carrier to the boards then close him out with a hip check. It’s D-Man 101. Oh well I’m just giddy that we have 2 more games and a draft until the excuse “rebuild” will never drop out of anyone’s mouth like a turd ever again lol
Thrun had a pretty atrocious game all around. He’s a servicable third pairing guy, but giving him top billing against the other teams top lines and you get the result you got tonight. Walked repeatedly and next to no puck moving or offense.
He’s pretty young still. He was better for a stretch in the middle but he hasn’t been great since he came back from injury. Maybe he isn’t her;thy or the long season is still too much for him? We’ll see if he’s still a Shark next season. I would hang onto him though if they can make him a fringe player for the time being though.
Giles showed so much more when he played and I don’t get why he’s down there and upchuck is up here? You have been watching hockey since Pikes peak was a pimple so tell me why Giles is not up here?
because you have failed to understand this whole season is about development not wins. There’s more to be gained developing O-chuck. It’s also disappointing that you failed to see just how many good plays O-chuck made tonight. Thought he had a very good game until he got hurt.
Giles went down because the Cuda needed bodies.
I’m hoping the Flames catch the Blues for that final wild card spot. They’ll have to defeat Vegas next, which I’m rooting for anyways.
I think Wolf should get the Calder, especially if the Flames sneak into the playoffs.
Wolf is very deserving. But the Calder is voted on by hockey writers which means Hutson will probably win by a landslide.
The pride of Gilroy deserves all good things*
* That do not come at the expense of the Sharks
I can’t fully get behind a grown man who is like “Make sure I have Post Malone on my goalie mask.”
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Yeah what kind of 23 year old likes Post Malone
Are you under the impression that goalies put everything they like onto their masks? Or do you think, perhaps, that someone going to those lengths likes that thing to such a degree that they consider it a very significant thing, more than just liking it the way they like pizza?
I have to admit I had to look up who Post Malone is. Being old sucks!
I’d say one of the best things about being old is not having to know who Post Malone is.
Good point
Ah yes, every goalie mask is intensely meaningful, which is why half the Sharks goalies let David Gunnarson recycle the same design over and over again.
My mask would be pizza.
😂 😂
I think there’s a joke that’s going over our heads, a long the lines of the post being a goalies best friend.
I could respect that. But I think it’s more of a “You can take the boy out of Gilroy, but you can’t take the Gilroy out of the boy” situation.
That would actually be quite good. But need to have Post Malone on both sides of the mask for me to think that’s what he’s going for. I’ll have to keep an eye out.
It was entertaining watching somebody get trolled, knowing that the person was a troll, but keep alowing it. Good job Scoop, you may be a troll but good job.
Don’t encourage him… her… it…? Are ghosts genderless?🤷♂️😜🤣