sjbarracuda.com photo: San Jose Barracuda goaltender Troy Grosenick picks up another shutout against the visiting Bakersfield Condors at SAP Center on Saturday night in AHL action

SAN JOSE–The Barracuda suited up in their Santa jerseys to create a festive atmosphere. They also hosted their second annual teddy bear toss where fans threw teddy bears on the ice after the first San Jose goal. All teddy bears were donated to benefit the Salvation Army.

Barracuda goaltender Troy Grosenick quickly got across to make a terrific glove save to keep the game in a scoreless deadlock midway through the first period.

Marcus Sorensen scored his fifth goal of the season to give the Barracuda a 1-0 lead with 1:02 seconds left in the first.

The Barracuda killed off three penalties, had a 10-9 shot advantage, and held a 1-0 lead over the Condors after 20 minutes.

The Condors took a penalty when David Musil was called for hooking at 16:14. The Barracuda scored on their first power play chance just 75 seconds later. Adam Helewka collected a rebound from Joakim Ryan and deposited the puck into the net to double the Barracuda lead.

The Barracuda carried a 22-21 shot advantage and a 2-0 lead into the dressing room after 40 minutes.

The Barracuda grabbed a 3-0 lead at 6:11 of the third period when Nikolay Goldobin found himself alone with the puck in the left circle and fired it past Condors goaltender Nick Ellis for his third goal of the season.

Nikita Jevpalovs collected the rebound off Danny O’Regan and jammed the puck into the net to make it 4-0 Barracuda midway through the third.

Jon Martin took advantage of a turnover by Griffin Reinhart to score his first goal of the season, upping the Barracuda lead to 5-0 at 14:15 for an eventual 5-0 shutout win over the Condors.

Grosenick stopped all 32 shots he faced to pick up his third consecutive shutout in San Jose.

Ellis made 28 saves in a losing effort for Bakersfield.

Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer said that he was pleased with his four lines, but will make a few lineup changes because a few guys deserve more ice time.

Adam Helewka revealed a player who has a substantial influence on his style of play.

“A guy who’s been guiding me a lot is [Ryan] Carpenter,” Helewka said. “He’s really strong on the puck and he wins a lot of battles…I like to play around him and watch him control the game.”

The Barracuda head back on the ice Sunday afternoon to host the Ontario Reign at 3:00 pm PST. The game will be broadcasted on AHL Live and AM 1220 KDOW.