A San Jose Sharks lineup that was gentle on skilled NHL gamers fell behind by three targets within the second interval and was unable to totally get well in a 3-2 preseason loss to the Anaheim Geese on Monday on the Honda Middle.
The Sharks allowed targets to Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas, and Frank Vatrano in a span of two:51 to fall behind 3-0 by the 9:13 mark of the second interval. Gudas’ objective on the 7:09 mark, which gave Anaheim a 2-0 lead, was shorthanded and got here after the Sharks misplaced a puck battle behind their very own internet.
Ahead Pavol Regenda, who performed two-plus years within the Geese group earlier than he was acquired by San Jose final season, scored an influence play objective on the 13:29 mark of the second to chop Anaheim’s result in 3-1.
On the play, defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin took a move from Oliver Wahlstrom and fired a shot that went off Regenda’s skate and previous Geese goalie Ville Husso.
Each the Sharks and Geese went 1-for-5 on the ability play.
The Sharks regarded higher after Regenda’s objective, and heart Adam Gaudette minimize Anaheim’s result in one together with his first objective of the preseason as his shot from close to the slot received previous Husso with 4:01 left in regulation. Husso made 22 saves within the win.
Goalie Jakub Skarek, who performed six seasons within the New York Islanders’ group earlier than he signed with the Sharks this summer season, performed the primary half of the sport and made 13 saves.
Gabriel Carriere, who cut up time between the Barracuda and the ECHL’s Wichita Thunder final season, performed the second half of the sport and made 14 saves with out permitting a objective.
The Sharks dressed solely six gamers who determine to be on the group’s roster for the beginning of the common season on Oct. 9: Forwards Ty Dellandrea, Gaudette, and Philipp Kurashev, and defensemen Vincent Desharnais, Timothy Liljegren, and Mukhamadullin.
Nonetheless, the Sharks have been in search of a response after a lackluster 2-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday at SAP Middle. After the sport, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky lamented his group’s lack of connectivity.
The Sharks determine to decorate a extra skilled lineup on Wednesday after they host the Geese of their third-to-last preseason sport.
A couple of of the gamers who dressed for the Sharks on Monday may quickly be assigned to the Barracuda, who formally open their coaching camp on Tuesday and play their first preseason sport on Saturday in Bakersfield.
The Geese, in the meantime, dressed 15 NHL gamers who will possible be on their roster subsequent month. That group consists of heart Mikael Granlund, who signed a three-year, $21 million take care of Anaheim as a free agent on July 1.
Granlund was acquired by the Sharks from the Penguins in Aug. 2023 as a part of the commerce that despatched Erik Karlsson to Pittsburgh and had 105 factors in 121 video games with San Jose earlier than he was traded to the Dallas Stars in February.
NOTE: The Sharks assigned heart Filip Bystedt and winger Igor Chernyshov to the Barracuda of the AHL on Monday. Each performed in a single preseason sport for the Sharks.
Bystedt, a first-round choose by the Sharks in 2022, performed in his first full 12 months in North America final season and had 31 factors in 50 video games with the Barracuda. With Andrew Poturalski, the AHL’s MVP and the Barracuda’s main scorer final season, now within the KHL, Bystedt may get the chance to be San Jose’s No. 1 heart initially of this season.
Chernyshov was chosen thirty third total by the Sharks in 2024. After a stellar half-season within the OHL, enjoying alongside Michael Misa, Chernyshov joined the Barracuda and had an help in two regular-season video games and a objective in two playoff video games.
Initially Printed: September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM PDT
