The San Jose Sharks allowed a go-ahead objective to Joel Hanley on the 13:28 mark of the third interval in a 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Sunday on the Scotiabank Saddledome.
With the groups taking part in 4-on-4, an uncovered Hanley took a move from Jonathan Huberdeau and beat Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev low to the blocker facet for his first objective of the season, breaking a 2-2 tie.
Simply 39 seconds earlier than Hanley’s objective, each Sharks ahead Ty Dellandrea and Flames captain Mikael Backlund had been despatched off with minor penalties. Dellandrea then needed to be faraway from the sport on account of concussion protocol after he was punched within the head by Flames ahead Connor Zary, though officers didn’t see that play.
Referee Trevor Hanson spoke with Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky after the penalties had been known as. As a substitute of an influence play, the Sharks had been in an even-strength scenario.
“(Hanson) said (Dellandrea) was holding (Backlund) at first. I’d have to go back and watch it,” Warsofsky stated. “I’ve watched it quickly. I don’t understand it. I mean, (Dellandrea) gets sucker punched to the face, and then he gets called in by the spotter, and we come out even.
“That is head-scratching, to say the least.”
“Just two guys changing, ran a little interference, and got punched in the head,” Dellandrea stated of the play.
Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli scored, and Georgiev completed with 33 saves, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient because the Sharks (15-36-7) opened a seven-game highway journey with their eleventh loss of their final 12 video games. Flames goalie Dustin Wolf, a Gilroy native, completed with 26 saves.
The Sharks had been on the penalty kill six occasions Sunday, together with thrice within the third interval.
With the Sharks attempting to tie the sport, Henry Thrun took a delay of sport penalty with 2:56 to go within the third. After the Sharks killed that off, William Eklund slashed Huberdeau with 49 seconds left in regulation. Eklund was additionally given a 10-minute misconduct on the play.
The Sharks fell behind 2-1 on the 3:35 mark of the second interval, as Kevin Rooney crashed the web and put a rebound previous Georgiev for his fourth objective of the season.
The Sharks then tied the sport on the 1:54 mark of the third, as Toffoli went to the web and scored his twenty first objective of the season.
The Sharks and Flames traded objectives within the first interval.
With the puck within the Flames zone, Jake Walman despatched a puck behind the web to Tyler Toffoli. Celebrini then broke towards the slot, took the move from Toffoli and beat Flames goalie Dustin Wolf for his 18th objective of the season on the 3:41 mark of the primary interval. Celebrini’s 18 objectives put him one forward of Philadelphia Flyers winger Matvei Michkov for the lead amongst all NHL rookies.
The Flames obtained that objective again on the 7:27 mark. With Henry Thrun within the field for holding, Nazem Kadri took a move from Morgan Frost and fired a shot that glanced off Walman earlier than it obtained previous Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev.
Georgiev had 13 saves within the first interval as he was making his first begin since Feb. 4. He was additionally on the lookout for his first victory since Jan. 14, which occurred to be the final time the Sharks gained a sport on the highway, as they beat the Detroit Crimson Wings 6-3 at Little Caesars Enviornment. S
Since that sport, the Sharks, earlier than Sunday, had been 0-5-0 away from residence.
The Sharks had been hoping a nine-day break, 4 practices this week, and the return of veteran facilities Alexander Wennberg and Nico Sturm would result in a constructive begin to this 12-day highway journey, which continues Monday with a sport towards the Western Convention-leading Winnipeg Jets.
Since that win in Detroit, the Sharks’ report has been 1-9-1, and so they had been on the backside of the NHL standings earlier than Sunday.
“Coming off the break, we needed the reset, mentally and physically,” Warsofsky stated Sunday morning. “This is a big one. We’ve had some really good energy in practice. I really liked our practices this last week, and hopefully we can take a step in the right direction.”
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