SAN JOSE — Tyler Toffoli scored the game-winning aim with 8:58 left in regulation time, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 on Tuesday for his or her second straight victory after beginning the season with 9 consecutive losses.
Toffoli took a go from Jake Walman and beat Kings goalie David Rittich from in shut for his sixth aim of the season, because the Sharks gained their first sport at SAP Middle.
Fabian Zetterlund, William Eklund and Walman additionally scored for San Jose, which was coming off a dramatic 5-4 extra time win over the Utah Hockey Membership on Monday in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Walman had three factors in opposition to Utah and had three extra in opposition to the Kings.
Goalie Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves, together with 17 within the second interval for the Sharks, who proceed their homestand Thursday in opposition to Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks.
On the Sharks’ first aim, Carl Grundstrom gained a faceoff again to Walman, whose shot from simply contained in the blue line acquired previous Kings goalie David Rittich on the 2:20 mark of the second interval.
However the Kings managed a lot of the remainder of the second interval, when the Sharks took three minor penalties, together with two bench infractions. One for delay of sport, puck over glass, and the opposite for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The Sharks killed all three penalties, plus two within the first interval, however had been outshot 19-6 within the center body. After Walman’s aim, the Sharks didn’t get one other shot on internet till Mikael Granlund’s breakaway probability was stopped by Rittich with 5:29 left within the interval.
In between Sharks photographs, the Kings had 13 straight photographs on aim.
The sport marked the NHL debut of ahead Ethan Cardwell, who was recalled from the San Jose Barracuda after the Sharks put Ty Dellandrea on injured reserve with an higher physique ailment.
Dellandrea sustained an upper-body harm on Saturday within the Sharks’ sport in opposition to the Vegas Golden Knights. He didn’t follow the next day or play in Monday’s sport in opposition to the Utah Hockey Membership, because the Sharks staged a dramatic comeback to earn a 5-4 extra time win for his or her first victory of the season.
Dellandrea, 24, must be on IR for at the least seven days, retroactive to Sunday, and also will have to take a seat for upcoming video games in opposition to the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday and the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. He’s not anticipated to be out long-term.
Cardwell, 22, had a powerful coaching camp and had 5 factors (one aim, 4 assists) in six video games this season for the Barracuda. On Saturday in opposition to the Henderson Silver Knights, Cardwell had a aim and two assists with a plus-4 ranking in a 5-3 Barracuda win.
The Sharks chosen Cardwell, now in his second skilled season, within the fourth spherical, 121st total, in 2021. Final season, Cardwell led the Barracuda with 23 objectives in 71 video games and was fourth on the crew with 43 factors.
Cardwell had 7:10 of ice time within the first two durations as he and the Sharks helped kill off 5 minor penalties.
Halfway by the second interval, Cardwell had the puck because the Sharks entered the Kings’ zone on a 3-on-1. However an tried cross-ice go from Cardwell to Carl Grundstrom was knocked away, because the Sharks didn’t come away with a shot on the golden alternative.
San Jose Sharks’ Ethan Cardwell (56) and San Jose Sharks’ Jack Thompson (26) chat following their 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on the SAP Middle in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group)
Cardwell joined childhood buddy Jack Thompson within the Sharks’ lineup Tuesday. The 2 grew up shut to one another in Courtice, Ontario, dreaming of taking part in collectively within the NHL sooner or later.
That grew to become potential after the Sharks acquired Thompson and a 2024 third spherical draft choose from the Tampa Bay Lightning final March for Anthony Duclair.
“When I got traded here, that was the first thing we talked about, how cool that would be for us, our families, and even our friends. I think everyone in our hometown would be pretty excited about that.”
Cardwell and Thompson are roommates and rode to the rink collectively Tuesday for the primary time as NHL teammates.
“Just can’t really believe it’s happening and playing on the same team in the NHL after growing up for years and years playing minor hockey together,” Cardwell stated earlier than the sport. “(Courtice) as a whole, it’s a big hockey town. People love hockey, rally together around hockey, and that’s how we made so many of our friends growing up.
“So to make the community and the town proud means a lot to us.”
With Cardwell, Thompson and Will Smith all taking part in Tuesday, Klim Kostin, Givani Smith and Henry Thrun had been all scratched. Warsofsky stated Thrun hasn’t been taking part in poorly, however felt an evening off would assist him recalibrate.
“Reset Henry a little bit,” Warsofsky stated. “I think he’s done some really good things. He’s grown in some areas. He’s still got a little ways to go, but I wouldn’t say it’s a big negative that he’s coming out of the lineup.
“Sometimes it’s good for a player to go back and catch your breath and watch from up top again. He’s done some really good things. He’s growing and developing. This is a chance to get (Thompson) back in.”
Initially Printed: October 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM PDT
