The San Jose Sharks’ frustrations towards the Boston Bruins continued on Monday afternoon.
What was shaping right into a storybook homecoming to Boston for a number of Sharks was one other bitter defeat, as Charlie Coyle scored two objectives lower than six minutes aside within the third interval to assist propel the Bruins to a 6-3 win at TD Backyard.
Will Smith had a aim and an help in his New England homecoming, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves, however the Sharks have now misplaced 14 straight video games to the Bruins courting again to the 2015-16 season.
After Coyle scored the go-ahead aim with 5:49 left in regulation time, Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm added empty-net objectives to seal the win, because the Sharks misplaced for the sixth time in seven video games.
Fabian Zetterlund and Barclay Goodrow additionally scored for the Sharks, now 0-12-2 towards the Bruins since March 15, 2016. San Jose’s final win in Boston got here on Nov. 17, 2015.
With the Sharks trailing 2-1 halfway by way of the second interval, Smith poked the puck off the stick of Jonathan Beecher to himself within the impartial zone, labored a give-and-go with Mikael Granlund, and beat Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot to the brief aspect.
Then, after the Sharks killed a penalty to Cody Ceci, Smith obtained the puck off Parker Wotherspoon’s stick and poked it forward to Zetterlund. With Granlund driving towards the web, Zetterlund had his first shot stopped by Korpisalo however collected the rebound and scored on the 15:18 mark of the second interval to offer the Sharks a 3-2 lead.
The Sharks had possibilities to construct on their lead however couldn’t convert on a third-period energy play. Defenseman Jake Walman fanned on a shot from close to the crease with an open web in entrance of him, and Korpisalo saved Collin Graf’s follow-up try.
The Sharks had been starved for offense just lately, as they’d managed only one aim in 4 of their final 5 video games earlier than Monday. Smith’s aim, his seventh of the season, snapped a 10-game aim drought, and Zetterlund’s aim, his thirteenth, was his second in his final 15 video games.
Monday’s sport marked a homecoming for Smith, fellow Sharks gamers Collin Graf and Henry Thrun, and coach Ryan Warsofsky, who’re all Massachusetts natives. Middle Macklin Celebrini (Boston College) and Mario Ferraro (UMass-Amhurst) additionally went to varsity within the state.
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