Gradual begin, quite a few penalties doom Sharks towards Bedard, Blackhawks

The San Jose Sharks couldn’t overcome a gradual begin and their very own parade to the penalty field in a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday on the United Middle.

The Sharks trailed by two after a sluggish first interval and allowed an influence play purpose by Nick Foligno simply 43 seconds into the second interval to fall behind 3-0.

The Sharks reduce the Blackhawks’ result in two on two events, together with within the third interval when Fabian Zetterlund scored his second of the season on the 2:52 mark to make the rating 4-2. However San Jose (0-2-2) couldn’t get any nearer, leaving Ryan Warsofsky nonetheless in search of his first win as an NHL head coach.

Connor Bedard, chosen first total by Chicago in 2023, had two assists for the Blackhawks (2-2-1) and now has seven factors in 5 video games this season. Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 total choose by the Sharks in June, missed his third straight recreation with a lower-body harm and stays on IR.

Mikael Granlund and William Eklund assisted on each Sharks targets, together with Tyler Toffoli’s third of the season on the 18:17 mark of the second interval to chop the Blackhawks result in 3-1.

However Jason Dickinson scored a reasonably purpose for Chicago to revive the three-goal lead on the 2:19 mark of the third interval, as he got here from the aspect of the web, took a cross from Joey Anderson, and beat Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek from in shut.

Tyler Bertuzzi additionally scored an influence purpose for Chicago because the Sharks had been shorthanded a season-high seven instances. San Jose had killed 11 straight penalties in its first three video games of the season.

Vanecek allowed three targets on 23 pictures within the first two intervals. In that point, the Sharks managed simply 11 pictures on Blackhawks goalie Petr Mrazek, though the road of Toffoli, Granlund, and Eklund utilized extra stress within the third interval.

Vanecek completed with 23 saves and Mrazek had 20 within the first of three conferences between the Sharks and Blackhawks this season.

The Sharks at the moment are 0-11-3 in October video games since a 4-3 extra time win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 27, 2022, at SAP Middle.

The Sharks’ highway journey ends Friday night time in Winnipeg towards the Jets.

Initially Revealed: October 17, 2024 at 8:10 p.m.