San Jose Sharks
Dickinson Scores 1st NHL Goal, Sharks Lose 3-2 Shootout to Wings
The San Jose Sharks welcome the Detroit Red Wings into SAP Center.
Jeff Skinner and Sam Dickinson scored, but the Sharks lost 3-2 in the shootout.
Period 1
2 in: Wings go for long lob to Larkin, Liljegren does nice job to be aware, tie up Larkin when puck lands.
3 in: Good battle win for Graf on PK, and I think Desharnais clears.
7 in: Think Smith must get that out.
10 in: Orlov with a challenging backhand pass up middle to Toffoli, and it works. Gives Toffoli an easy exit to Celebrini. That’s been the value of an Orlov, that’s not a pass that every San Jose Sharks defenseman can make under pressure.
9 left: Celebrini catches a Smith breakout pass with his foot. I think both he and Wennberg are elite at that.
6 left: Sending Celebrini out at the end of the kill seems to be a Sharks’ strategy. Warsofsky had alluded to it, I need to check how long they’ve been doing that.
5 left: Good read by Dickinson, Wennberg enters, needs an option, Dickinson late speed, cuts through Wings, in-tight chance, Talbot save. Even at 19, he’s hard to stop when he gets going. That would’ve been a nice spot for his first NHL goal.
Good read by Orlov at center ice, aggressive, keep Red Wings from gathering speed, then Sharks organize in 2-1-2 before icing.
4 left: As I said on pod, Celebrini really plays with golden retriever energy. Tireless chasing puck around ice.
3 left: Dickinson leads the rush, things you like to see part infinite.
2 left: Raymond tries to get inside for a chance, Orlov just bullies him off puck. Love.
6-6 shots, save for the penalties, actually really disciplined, structured defensive hockey from the San Jose Sharks…good hockey?
Period 2
Big save by Nedeljkovic on Raymond attacking net.
Wings starting to push, San Jose Sharks need to push back offensively.
3 in: Like that from Liljegren, steps up on Detroit OZ pass, takes it himself to gain his zone, then sends I think Compher hard into the boards, like a good forechecker.
Wennberg takes Eklund's place on power play
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5 in: I’ve been a Klingberg defender, especially his place on PP, but that’s an awful pass. Tries to hit Smith triple-covered in NZ with soft pass. Lucky that didn’t lead much of anywhere for Detroit PK.
Orlov-Liljegren-Skinner-Cardwell-Kurashev on PP2.
7 in: Small play, but that long pass to stationary Celebrini, he kicks it right to Kurashev’s stick in stride, that’s master of domain stuff.
That said, this hasn’t been Mack’s best game, not as crisp as you expect. Good, but not great so far tonight. Getting into a little bit of a rush game, as his line isn’t managing puck great in OZ. Nedeljkovic made a big stop on a 2-on-1.
10 in: Dellandrea almost makes a nifty behind-the-back pass to slot. He’s been playing with noticeably more confidence this year.
8 left: Maybe San Jose Sharks’ best offensive pressure this period, ends with Wennberg finding Goodrow for the one-timer. Talbot save. Gotta test him more.
3 left: Back-to-back in-tight saves by Ned.
Raymond goal: Was going to say nice things about Wennberg, big block, been outstanding in puck protection tonight. Not that goal was on Wennberg, but Raymond makes a great shot, slips Orlov check, uses Liljegren as screen. Also Raymond skated through Graf in NZ to gain zone, fantastic individual shift.
Wings 14-4 shots in middle frame, but I didn’t think they had many Grade-A’s. Nonetheless, Sharks had pop gun offense, gotta be better.
Period 3
Skinner goal: Kurashev does a nice job to gain zone on wing and wait for an option coming down slot. That was Skinner, who beat a tired Larkin up the ice.
5 in: Graf, Smith, then Celebrini too cute on OZ entry, especially first two with errant drop passes on entry. Mukhamadullin covered for Graf. I’ve liked Shakir’s game since his return.
9 in: Like that high pick that Mukhamadullin sets for Celebrini rolling behind him with puck. Obviously have to watch for a penalty there, but that play is going to be a San Jose Sharks staple for a long time, high pick to give Celebrini a little more OZ breathing room.
Seider goal: Appleton moving screen, long enough, soft enough shot, you’d like a save? Anyway, Remenda doesn’t think so.
9 left: Woof, don’t like that Klingberg pass up middle. He’s given up a couple burgers today.
8 left: Now Orlov doesn’t handle puck with care in DZ. Nedeljkovic has to make circus save on Larkin.
7 left: Seider trying to bully Celebrini in front of the net, Macklin and Sharks aren’t haven’t it. Seider gets the extra, but it’s going to be a Celebrini-less power play.
Dickinson goal: Love that, Dickinson encroaching, great read, Smith finds him. Giles does nice work in the corner too.
OT
Wennberg-Kurashev-Liljegren to start.
That was awesome!! I loved seeing Celebrini going up against Seider. When they both got penalties, Celebrini actually outplayed Seider on that puck battle, and won the shoving match as well! It was super cool to see Celebrini talking shit in the penalty box too! What a game!
The shootout is always a coin flip. I find them entertaining, but it’s weird that they decide who won the hockey game.
“…but it’s weird that they decide who won the hockey game.”
I think it’s just what you have to do at some point unless you want to go back to the tie. It’s a regular season game. Fans are going to tune out at some point and you don’t want to run down the players with multiple OTs.
Personally, I don’t mind it for the regular season. You get a bit of high-light reel stuff even casuals can appreciate and you keep the game length under control.
Don’t have to worry about fire with Celly. Dude ain’t fuckin around. Good job in the 3rd in 4 days. Got a point. Just keep banking.
Team looked a little tired tonight but they really fought through it. There’s a lot of heart on this team. Getting a point isn’t a bad result and Ned was great
Does Toffoli seem a bit off the pace more than usual this year to anyone else? Feel like Father Time might be showing up a bit there
yea. seems like he is playing through something. or worse.
I noticed that too, so maybe he plays injured or, as you said, just getting old. I did like Delly, and been observing Mukh every shift and he’s getting better each game and had less bad passes than any other D. Klinger should take time off, his injury is visible, especially when he runs away from the boards. Kurashev almost won the game again in SO hitting post and bar! It seems like the team missed Eklund a lot and his smart plays.
Yeah, he’s never been known for his skating but he looks a bit behind the play most plays.
He looked slow but this schedule has also been relentless, and I think keeping up with Motor Mack compounds those physical demands. Fwiw I think both Toff and Smith looked out of gas, and just need a rest. Skipping the whole preseason and taking a few games to get up to speed, I think Mack is lagging behind everyone else on hitting that first speed bump of the 82-game grind.
That crossed my mind watching the last game (I haven’t had a chance to watch the Detroit match up yet). He still seems to get into great scoring positions so I’m not too worried about it. But yes, pace wise, I’ve noticed he seems a little off.
D coverage/assignments/tying up sticks improved last few games. Turnovers have not. #6 whoa!
Wings had more give aways than the Sharks. 🤷♂️
true. still.
My takeaways
1. Sharks 2nd periods aren’t good. This has been a thing for a few years now, if not more, if I’m not mistaken. Wonder what’s going on there
2. Toffoli has lost a step
3. Dick looking better and better. We see what Buium is doing in Minny but with Dicky its going to have to be the long game with him but he is definitely trending up
4. Very encouraging effort considering the 3 in 4 and no Eklund
5. Ned and Asky trending up along with the team
6. Celly is him
Celebrini plays with Belgian Malinois type energy . Non stop and totally focused and he’s starting to get a little edgy . Fun to watch .
Don’t look now, the Sharks are 4 points away from 1st place in the Pacific! 😉
They’re just shy of a seventy point pace. I think they can improve on that now that they’ve found their footing some, but also might come back down again if they sell much more than one of their D + Wennberg at the deadline. Either way this team is unmistakably better than last year’s, and I think they’ll finish well out of playoff contention but much less embarrassingly so.
They’ve played the last 8 games over hockey .500, with 9 pts. If this is who this team is, we could possibly surpass 75 or even 80 pts. That would be 11-15 wins more than last year, which is a lot. But even that would only be something like the 6th-8th worst team in the NHL, and we would get a very good player and possibly one of the top 2 or 3 RHD in the draft. Last year, it took 96 pts for the 8th spot in the West, so yeah, this pace is significantly off that. But it’s… Read more »
I’d be fine with drafting 6-8th in this year’s Draft for sure. I’ve got my eye on Ryan Lin, who should fall that far. My quibble with believing this team could be 75-80 this year is that we still haven’t seen enough convincing wins. I like the collective improvements that have let them peel off as many points as they have, but to me it looks like Macklin and the clicked second line are what have dragged the club to just over .500 hockey. The D hasn’t been a travesty to watch like last year, but even a modest improvement… Read more »
Dicky and muk trending up.
Orlov is a beauty.
Ned trending up.
Klinberg is just gonna be an up and down thing I guess?
All in all boys looked fine, red wings looked like a very well coached team (hi Todd)
at some point we will need to talk about shootout record these last few years, but that’s another time