The San Jose Sharks performed their most full recreation of the season on Wednesday as six gamers every scored a aim and goalie Yaroslav Askarov had one other spectacular begin in web in a 6-1 romp over the Seattle Kraken at Local weather Pledge Area.
Macklin Celebrini had a aim and two assists, and Will Smith, John Klingberg, and Tyler Toffoli every had a aim and an help because the Sharks gained for the fifth time in eight video games and handed the Kraken its first regulation-time loss at house this season.
Ethan Cardwell and Ty Delladrea additionally scored for the Sharks. Dellandrea’s aim – his first of the season – got here shorthanded on the 3:24 mark of the third interval, giving San Jose a 5-1 lead. Toffoli’s aim, his fifth of the season, got here simply 30 seconds later.
The Sharks additionally went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill as they earned their most lopsided win of the 12 months.
“Our penalty kill was really good tonight. So that helps,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky mentioned. “I thought our game got better as the game went on.”
The Sharks (5-6-3) additionally earned a 5-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 30, however their three different victories this season got here in additional time.
Askarov made 36 saves in San Jose’s 3-2 additional time win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. In opposition to the Kraken, Askarov had 14 saves within the first two intervals and 14 within the third because the Sharks improved to 3-3-0 on the street this season.
Loads of that success on the street has to do with the manufacturing from Celebrini.
Along with his three-point effort on Thursday, Celebrini now has a league-leading 15 factors in six street video games, and with 21 factors this season, is tied for the NHL lead in scoring with Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. This marks the primary time in NHL historical past that a young person is the scoring chief (tied or outright) at this stage of a season (217 video games performed league-wide).
Celebrini scored his eighth aim of the season simply 1:08 into the primary interval, then assisted on Klingberg’s energy play aim on the 11:21 mark of the second interval.
The Sharks had a 2-1 lead after the primary interval on targets by Celebrini and Cardwell, with Cardwell’s go-ahead aim coming on the 18:42 mark.
The Kraken turned the puck over on the Sharks’ blue line, and rookie defenseman Sam Dickinson poked the unfastened puck forward to Jeff Skinner. Skinner then skated via the impartial zone and located Wennberg, who calmly stickhandled the puck for a second, slowed down, and located Cardwell for a one-timer that beat Seattle goalie Joey Daccord.
The aim was the second of Cardwell’s NHL profession, along with his first approaching Nov. 29, 2024, in San Jose in opposition to the Kraken.
Celebrini’s aim, assisted by Toffoli and Klingberg, gave him on the time a league-high 13 factors in six street video games of this season. That’s a Sharks crew report, and, per NBC Sports activities, was the second most by any teenager in NHL historical past. Sidney Crosby had 14 factors within the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first six street video games of the 2006-27 season.
“It was great. I was just in the slot and just there to put it in,” Celebrini mentioned. “(Smith and Toffoli), they did a great job, getting on their defensemen and forcing a turnover.”
MISA OUT
Rookie heart Michael Misa was slated to play his eighth NHL recreation Wednesday however sustained a lower-body damage in the course of the Sharks’ morning skate at Local weather Pledge Area and needed to be scratched. It was not instantly clear how rather more time Misa should miss.
With Misa unavailable and no different wholesome forwards on the lively roster, the Sharks dressed 11 forwards and 7 defensemen. William Eklund was on the Sharks’ lively roster however didn’t make the journey and stays unavailable with a lower-body damage.
