SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks created greater than sufficient scoring possibilities to beat the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night time.
However after the Sharks rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie the sport within the third interval, Adam Gaudette scored with 4:12 left in regulation time to provide the Senators a 4-3 win earlier than an introduced crowd of 10,778 at SAP Middle.
Mario Ferraro scored a second-period objective for the Sharks, and each Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith scored within the third because the Sharks tied the sport 3-3 with 7:28 left within the third interval.
However regardless of outshooting Ottawa 38-11, the Sharks couldn’t totally overcome their very own miscues as their file fell to 4-6-3 this month.
Down 2-0, the Sharks pressed for the equalizer after defenseman Ferraro scored his first objective of the season off a reasonably move from Smith on the 9:19 mark of the second interval to chop O.
However after a Sharks turnover of their zone, defenseman Tyler Kleven’s slapshot bought previous goalie Mackenzie Blackwood for his first NHL objective as Ottawa took a 3-1 lead on the 15:22 mark.
Blackwood completed with seven saves because the Sharks didn’t construct upon their 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. The Sharks shut out November with a house and residential collection towards the Seattle Kraken on Friday and Saturday.
The Sharks outshot the Senators 12-4 however trailed 2-0 after the primary interval.
Earlier than the sport’s first objective, Sharks defenseman Jake Walman lifted the puck out of his zone to the Ottawa blue line. Nevertheless it rapidly got here again into the San Jose finish as Tim Stützle raced towards the Sharks’ web earlier than passing to Gaudette, who directed it previous Blackwood for a 1-0 Senators lead at 4:35.
The Senators took a two-goal lead on a Norris power-play objective. After a failed clearing try and a turnover by the Sharks, Stützle despatched a move forward to Drake Batherson, who fed an open Norris in entrance for his ninth of the season.
