SAN JOSE — It’ll be an evening that San Jose Sharks heart Patrick Giles will keep in mind without end.
Goalie Alexandar Georgiev, although, may need to overlook it as quickly as potential.
Giles scored his first NHL aim Tuesday, the primary of two the Sharks scored in 14 seconds within the third interval of their recreation towards the Nashville Predators to erase a two-goal deficit.
However simply 2:36 after Collin Graf tied the sport, a Sharks giveaway proper subsequent to their very own web resulted in a Kieffer Bellows aim that gave the Predators the lead for good, as they held onto a 3-2 win earlier than an introduced crowd of 10,523 at SAP Middle.
On the game-deciding play, Georgiev performed the puck beside his web however misplaced management as he tried to get it to defenseman Mario Ferraro. As a substitute, Filip Forsberg got here in and stole the puck, and acquired it out entrance to Bellows, who scored his first of the season.
Georgiev allowed three objectives on the primary 18 photographs he confronted, because the Sharks misplaced their third straight recreation and fell to 0-2-0 on their eight-game homestand that continues Thursday evening towards the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Bellows aim spoiled a feel-good evening for Giles, acquired from the Panthers final week within the commerce that despatched Nico Sturm to Florida.
Giles’ aim on the 3:42 mark of the third interval, got here after a pleasant forecheck from the Sharks’ fourth line, with Barclay Goodrow and Carl Grundstrom accumulating the assists.
The aim, and level, was Giles’ first within the NHL in 11 profession video games.
The Sharks have been down 2-0 after they allowed second interval energy play objectives to Filip Forberg and Steven Stamkos,
With Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro serving a tripping penalty, Forsberg, with an ideal snipe over goalie Alexandar Georgiev’s left shoulder, scored on the 8:11 mark of the second. Simply 7:06 later, with Goodrow additionally within the penalty field for tripping, Stamkos beat Georgiev with a shot from close to the faceoff dot for a 2-0 Nashville lead.
