The San Jose Sharks welcome the Anaheim Ducks into SAP Center.
Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini (twice) and Alex Wennberg scored, and the Sharks won 4-3!
Period 1
Dickinson hurt blocking a shot with his boot, but he comes back.
Dellandrea penalty: Not the start that he wanted. Anyway…
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Smith goal: Celebrini circled the net, four Ducks watch him, and he finds Smith in a soft spot. That felt like a McDavid assist, entire defense so worried about Macklin, and Smith was open and executed a snarling one-timer.
Will Smith gives the #SJSharks a 1-0 lead with his 22nd goal of the season, a power-play strike, with 15:23 remaining in the opening period. Smith has tallied seven points (3g, 4a) in his past five games played.
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6 in: Wennberg line crashes net, they’re due for some goals. Doing good forecheck and board work.
Orlov penalty: San Jose Sharks will be fortunate to come out of period with lead, third penalty already.
10 in: Desharnais one-on-one, sees Terry looking up, trying to make a play, he takes advantage of Terry focused elsewhere, kills the play. Good read.
Dellandrea getting some PK time with Goodrow. Ostapchuk-Goodrow has been the regular thing for the second-unit PK.
Washe penalty: Ferraro does good job to anticipate and beat Washe to the Ducks rim for him, forcing Washe’s hand.
5 left: Ducks just walling Celebrini off on PP entry. San Jose Sharks need to figure out a Plan B for entry. Gaudette takes Chernyshov’s spot on PP, with Dickinson, Eklund, Misa, Sherwood.
3 left: Good work by Mukhamadullin to finish Carlsson off, after a couple Sharks bump him off from attacking net, force him behind the net. Good team defense.
Poehling goal: Orlov has struggled these last couple games, he misses Poehling on the hip check. It’s still 2-on-2, so not a disaster, but it looks bad on the replay, and then Poehling picks a corner on Askarov. After killing all those penalties, doesn’t feel good to blow first period lead late. But Ducks have probably outplayed Sharks, on the balance.
Gaudette only had three shifts in the first, such is life when you’re on the fourth line, on the second unit power play, and not on the PK.
Period 2
Askarov with a huge save as Kreider slips behind the defense. San Jose Sharks need to focus up, they’ve played with energy, but not a lot of sharpness so far, I think.
4 in: Strong Celebrini line shift, Washe tries to check him, Celebrini is like a bumper car lol. Celebrini post.
5 in: Impressed by Misa behind Dostal, puck in his feet, Ducks D on him, able to fend off everything, get puck to his stick, pass it out to point.
6 in: Leddy tries to make a move at the point, stopped, but he’s desperate, wins the puck back. Not just about the mistake but how you react. Feel like Sharks picking up their urgency, which they need more of.
9 in: Good shift again by the second line, which had been doing lots of cycling but no shooting. Couple chances there though.
10 in: Desharnais doesn’t play fast enough off faceoff win, gotta move puck faster, Ducks’ FC almost eats him up.
8 left: Granlund, then Carlsson able to surge in on wing on Askarov. Big saves.
7 left: Eklund tries to go one-on-one on Trouba to get to net, Trouba says no. Good defense, but I like Eklund’s intent there. I’ve liked Eklund’s determination to attack net recently.
6 left: Misa makes a move in high slot, first move works, but then he loses it. Something to work on.
Killorn goal: San Jose Sharks had multiple chances to get it out, only themselves to blame. Dellandrea and Leddy, among the culprits, couldn’t muscle it out. Then off the wall, Killorn beats Dellandrea to the front, Dellandrea had tried to check him on wall, but Killorn bounced off, and Dellandrea was behind. Too easy from there, as the rest of the Sharks in front, 3-on-3, were on other assignments. Leddy had a man net front, trusted Dellandrea to have his guy. Dellandrea was out there for a long shift, some of the fourth line had come on. Sharks, again, not playing bad, but need a little more.
4 left: Nifty Eklund set-up of Wennberg, who finds Orlov for a Grade-A. Huge Dostal save.
2 left: Dickinson and Misa there in DZ, combination both of lack of precision and focus with puck in dangerous areas. Dickinson slips with puck, credit to him, he does recover. Then Misa flies in, but loses puck in center lane going toward his own goalie; that felt like a junior play, something that works in OHL, but here, just try to slap the puck to the wall. Earlier on 4-on-4, Smith and Dickinson not putting pucks in good places for their teammates. Lack of execution tonight. One period to fix it, feel a little fortunate that it’s just a one-goal game.
Period 3
16,146 announced attendance…consecutive non-sellouts, after an 11-game sellout streak. Still good crowds.
Celebrini goal: One away from 40. Graf on puck, jumps on Ducks turnover on FC, then Smith with incredible patience, waits for three Ducks (plus Dostal) to puck-watch on him, then finds Celebrini for easy goal from distance. Carlson did sell out for pass, but it was too good. What can Smith do for you? That’s it.
Terry goal: Orlov again. Not sure what’s been going on with him, maybe just a bad stretch. But going back for puck, unforced turnover to Terry. Just can’t happen. Askarov makes first save, but Terry pounces on rebound.
4 in: Whoa Mukhamadullin gets hammered on the forecheck, loses puck, 2-on-0 for Ducks, lucky they don’t capitalize.
Ostapchuk draw vs. Viel, I think. Love that from Ostapchuk, Viel, the former San Jose Sharks enforcer, probably thought he was going to get away with pushing around a skill player.
9 in: Dickinson receives the Wennberg pass outside the blueline, offsides for Sharks, why does he rim it down? No pressure, skate it back, you’ve got the wheels, keep possession.
Ducks far enough ahead, Sharks can give them a point, but obviously, San Jose needs two here.
5 left: Crunch time, Celebrini just double-shifted on back-to-back non-Celebrini lines.
Celebrini goal: Nice screen by Wennberg
Wennberg goal: What a pass by Celebrini.
