The Sharks took a visit to Las Vegas across the vacation season, and like loads of revelers in Sin Metropolis this time of 12 months, they’ll be leaving with lower than they arrived with.
San Jose fell behind from the get-go on Tuesday night time towards the Golden Knights and couldn’t cease falling additional, finally shedding 7-2 after happening 5 targets after the primary interval.
It was a primary interval the Sharks (17-17-3) may have no drawback leaving in Vegas. Brett Howden scored the primary aim for the Golden Knights (17-8-10) on an odd-man rush lower than two minutes in, then Mitch Marner doubled the lead when his move throughout the crease deflected off Alex Wennberg’s skate and in.
Colton Sissons added a aim on one other two-on-one, then former Shark Tomas Hertl deposited a puck behind the online after a turnover under the Vegas aim line.
Mark Stone completed off the interval with a gorgeous in-and-out transfer after a give-and-go with Ivan Barbashev, placing the Golden Knights up 5-0 with 1:26 remaining within the first.
Vegas hadn’t scored 5 targets in a recreation since Oct. 28. The Golden Knights are actually 11-0-1 of their final 12 video games towards the Sharks.
Macklin Celebrini lastly made a dent within the scoreboard for San Jose within the second interval, scoring on a fast move from Tyler Toffoli 6:49 into the interval. The fast shot gave Celebrini 55 factors this season, tying him with Sidney Crosby for essentially the most factors scored by an adolescent earlier than Christmas in NHL historical past.
Vegas pushed the deficit again to 5 when Reilly Smith one-timed in a move from Kaedan Korczak with 1:10 left within the second interval.
Marner added the capper for Vegas with a tic-tac-toe aim after a three-on-two at 5:22 of the third interval.
Collin Graf scored his second aim in as many video games with a tally on the 8:04 mark of the third. It was Graf’s tenth aim of the 12 months and his fourth in three video games, extending his level streak to a fifth recreation.
The Sharks will now break for Christmas and won’t be out on the ice through the NHL-mandated three-day stoppage.
They’ll return to motion towards Vancouver on Saturday.
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