Defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin was injured by Anaheim Geese ahead Frank Vatrano early within the third interval of Tuesday’s recreation at Honda Heart.
Mukhamadullin bumped into Troy Terry within the impartial zone, a play that knocked down the Geese ahead. Vatrano then went after Mukhamadullin, dropping his stick and throwing his gloves on the ice earlier than he grabbed the Sharks blueliner and dragged him to the ice.
Mukhamadullin tried to brace his fall by placing his left arm down earlier than Vatrano moved over prime of him. Vatrano skated away as Mukhamadullin sat up and winced in ache as he reached for his higher physique. Mukhamadullin then stumbled to the Sharks’ dressing room, assisted by a workforce coach.
Mukhamadullin, who didn’t return to the sport, obtained a cross-checking penalty, and Vatrano obtained a minor for roughing.
The play got here simply 35 seconds into the third with the Sharks trailing by two objectives. Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored on the 4:08 mark of the third interval to attract the Sharks inside one. Alexander Wennberg then scored with 3:14 left within the third interval off an help from William Eklund, to tie the sport.
Geese ahead Mason McTavish, although, scored the one purpose within the shootout as he handed the Sharks a 4-3 loss.
Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 35 saves in a stable efficiency for San Jose, who subsequent play on Thursday at dwelling towards the Edmonton Oilers.
Trevor Zegras, Jackson LaCombe, and Sam Colangelo all scored for Anaheim, and goalie Lukas Dostal made 28 saves.
Mukhamadullin was having certainly one of his greatest video games of the season. He scored a first-period purpose and had a career-high 4 photographs on web within the first two durations, when he had 13:41 in ice time. He had performed a much bigger position with the Sharks, shifting to the highest pair after Jake Walman was traded to the Oilers on March 5.
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