SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks as soon as once more failed to carry a third-period lead.
Holding a one-goal lead with lower than 12 minutes left in regulation time, the Sharks allowed targets to Kyle Connor and Dylan DeMelo, with DeMelo’s purpose coming with 1:13 left within the third interval, a 4-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday at SAP Middle.
Winger Fabian Zetterlund scored on the 4:44 mark of the third interval to offer the Sharks a 3-2 lead.
Defenseman Jake Walman managed the puck within the Sharks’ zone and despatched it forward to Zetterlund within the impartial zone. Zetterlund, on his off wing, then beat Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck brief aspect for his eleventh purpose of the season and second in as many video games.
Of Zetterlund’s 11 targets this season, seven have come within the third interval.
Walman had two assists, and Tyler Toffoli and Macklin Celebrini added targets and assists for the Sharks, who additionally coughed up third-period leads in losses to the Carolina Hurricanes final Tuesday and the Utah Hockey Membership on Saturday.
Goalie Alexandar Georgiev, making his first begin for the Sharks in San Jose, completed with 29 saves. He allowed two targets to Kyle Connor, together with a power-play purpose that tied the sport 3-3 on the 11:56 mark of the third interval.
On Celebrini’s purpose, he took the move from Walman alongside the boards and skated towards the center of the ice. With Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo in his manner, Celebrini stickhandled to his proper and shortly despatched a no-look backhand shot to the online.
Celebrini’s shot both shocked Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck or he simply didn’t see it. Both manner, the facility play purpose tied the sport 2-2 recreation between the Sharks and NHL-leading Jetswith 2:49 left within the second interval.
Celebrini additionally assisted on Tyler Toffoli’s second interval purpose. Together with his seventh multi-point recreation, Celebrini handed Jeff Friesen for many by an 18-year-old in Sharks historical past.
The Sharks created a handful of scoring possibilities within the first interval however nonetheless trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes.
The Jets despatched a move to the Sharks’ blue line that Gabriel Vilardi tipped previous a pinching Jake Walman. Mark Scheifele then corralled the unfastened puck, took it beneath the San Jose purpose line and fed it in entrance to an open Connor, who went backhand to forehand to beat Georgiev.
Going through the Jets, who entered Tuesday with a league-leading 45 factors, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky needed his staff to be the aggressor, and never sit again and permit Winnipeg to dictate the tempo.
“As a team, there’s some things I’m looking for and individually, there’s some things I’m looking for,” Warsofsky stated Tuesday morning. “Guys sticking their nose in there and getting on pucks and winning 50/50 pucks, it’s obviously been a big issue for us this year, to come away with 50/50s so I’m looking for that.”
The Sharks went 3-3-0 on a lately accomplished street journey and opened a three-game homestand on Saturday with a feisty 4-3 loss to the Utah Hockey Membership. The Sharks disagreed with a number of the calls officers made in opposition to them, and felt that extra calls may have been made in opposition to Utah.
Specifically, a close-by referee within the second interval didn’t name what gave the impression to be a boarding penalty for Utah ahead Kevin Stenlund’s hit from behind on Sharks rookie heart Macklin Celebrini, who crashed exhausting into the boards however was not injured.
Instantly after the sport ended, cameras confirmed Warsofsky yelling on the officiating crew for a couple of seconds earlier than leaving the Sharks bench and returning to the staff’s dressing room.
Tuesday, the NHL fined Warsofsky $25,000 for what it termed “inappropriate conduct” through the recreation.
“It’s something that I’m trying to get better at,” Warsofsky stated Tuesday morning. “At the same time, I’m passionate. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. Sometimes, it gets the best of me, but at the end of the day, I’ve got to have our players back, and that’s not going to change.”
