Connect with us

San Jose Sharks

Sharks Give Up 4 Goals in 5:49, Overwhelmed 6-2 by Kraken

Published

on

The San Jose Sharks visit the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena.



Carl Grundstrom and Tyler Toffoli scored, but the Sharks were choked out by the Kraken 6-2.

Period 1

Stephenson goal: Ceci pinches, a tad slow, Celebrini covers for him on Bjorkstrand, not sure what Walman is doing on Bjorkstrand too. That leaves the center lane open for Bjorkstrand pass to Stephenson. Ferraro put it on Celebrini, but on re-watch, don’t think so. Too easy, kind of amateurish.

5 in: Really good shift from Grundstrom and Duehr, physical and making plays. Duehr nice lead pass to Grundstrom, Grundstrom gets in and shoots. Then Granlund pounces on a poor exit pass, jumps on Kraken forward high, and Sharks have some in-tight chances on Daccord. Sharks needed a shift like this.

9 in: Insistent forecheck by Eklund, doesn’t look like it’ll lead to anything, but turnover to Smith. Keep at it!

9 left: Good Askarov with puck. Holds, feints right and fakes out Kraken player, slides it to Kovalenko.

6 left: San Jose Sharks get lucky, Kovalenko with a very poor-looking decision to go from wall to the middle in the DZ, Beniers right there in high slot. But Beniers not direct, he had Askarov all alone, but decides to turn back and make a play, he loses it. Beniers will regret that one.

Grundstrom goal: Grundstrom needed the break! Good for him. He was all over the puck on that shift. On the goal, Granlund forces a turnover along the wall, Sharks have a down-low 2-on-1, Smith and Grundstrom, and Grundstrom gets the well-deserved bounce. Another assist for Smith! Grundstrom is a good player, bad season, but maybe this will give him a kickstart.

Overall solid period for the Sharks, Kraken dominated early but Sharks held them without a shot in last 8:49 of period.

Period 2

Zetterlund starts the period with his line, good to see.

Bjorkstrand goal: Kraken get a bounce back. Dunn point shot bounces off the back of Stephenson’s leg, and flutters right to where Bjorkstrand can bat it in. Ferraro and Goodrow by Bjorkstrand, but they had no way to play pure luck like that.

Montour goal: Rough exchange between Duehr and White on exit, that’s not bad luck, that’s just bad hockey. Duehr behind the back pass, from wall to center, White wasn’t expecting it? Seattle claims it, Montour bullet might’ve been touched by Vlasic? Maybe it’s clean, you’d like a save there.

Schwartz goal: Sharks’ top power play unit has possession for all two minutes, but Walman heels a one-timer, Schwartz exits box for breakaway, beats Askarov.

Askarov pulled. Don’t know if you can fault him for three goals against on three shots, but maybe a wake-up call for his team. Timing-wise, certainly would’ve liked a save on the Schwartz breakaway, but it’s a breakaway.

Dunn 10-9 over Thrun. Kunin starts a fracas, the defenders that you don’t associate with fighting both get good shots in on each other.

Montour goal: I don’t think Kunin touched Stephenson on trip, actually. Can see why Kunin upset there, Stephenson sold it and got San Jose Sharks down two men.

Kraken has four goals in their last five shots. One of those games, Sharks need to calm down, they’re not really playing that bad. Just start chipping away with some good shifts.

7 left: Well, that shift wasn’t it. A good-looking exit pass, I think, rattles off Vlasic’s stick coming out. White passes it to no one. San Jose pinned.

6 left: Smith looks like he fakes out Stephenson at the point a little. Confident-looking play.

But there’s a lesson for Smith there, how fast the NHL is. Sharks forecheck actually scares up a turnover, but I think Zetterlund pass to Smith in his feet, he gives it away. That’s tough, not blaming him for that. But seconds later, Burakovsky roars in for a shot on Georgiev, feels like Smith still looking for the puck in his feet.

Sharks looking lost and slow: White just ran into Grundstrom on forecheck.

3 left: Not to be too hard on it, Sharks are down four, but Zetterlund just tried a backhand diagonal pass from blueline to blueline to Thrun. That wasn’t going to work. The goals given up in this period, there was a lot of bad luck involved. But instead of getting on the horse, this last 10 minutes or so of Sharks hockey, was just bad hockey. Not young hockey, immature hockey…it’s not just the young players doing it. This kind of overall play, Sharks weren’t giving themselves a chance.

Well, this is why the Sharks aren’t on ESPN at all. They only play three times on ESPN this year. They did win on Oct. 29 versus Los Angeles Kings, got one more on Mar. 30 against the Kings too.

Period 3

2 in: Vlasic with a couple battle wins on that shift.

4 in: Big Georgiev save on Beniers, quietly, nice relief effort for him so far.

Toffoli goal: Sharks putting in a professional effort in this period, at least. Got to, dads are here. That was a great pass from Celebrini too, beats Beniers on the wall, finds the open man.

Tolvanen goal: He just wires it, top of slot, beats Georgiev. Great shot. There goes the comeback! Well, at least the dads saw a win versus the Pittsburgh Penguins.

 

Sheng’s Travel Fund

Help fund Sheng's travel! Every dollar goes to the cost of getting to and from Sharks road games.


Click here to contribute to Sheng's travel pool!

Get SJHN in your inbox!

Enter your email address to get all of our articles delivered directly to your inbox.

Hockey Shots

Extra Hour Hockey Training

Cathy’s Power Skating

Sharks Team & Cap Info