The Sharks are back in town they are certainly not in the best mood after losing three games in a row. Tonight, they host the Red Wings.

Tyler Toffoli scores the third goal of the game in the second period for the Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose on Nov 18, 2024 (Photo Courtesy by San Jose Sharks Media)

By Fernando Abarca

We missed you, SAP Center.

SAN JOSE –– The San Jose Sharks (5-10-4) are back for Monday Night action after a not-so-good trip filled with OT losses and one win and host the Detroit Red Wings (7-9-1).

The Red Wings currently sit last in the Atlantic Division, not so different from the Sharks, who sit last in the Pacific Division. Both teams are coming to this game with tough losses, starting with the Sharks suffering a loss in overtime, 4-3, against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. The Sharks took a close one from the Kanasa

The Red Wings visit to the West Coast has not gone as expected. The Wings played Anaheim and Los Angeles, and both games ended in losses with 4-6 vs. ANA and 1-4 vs. LAK. The Red Wings will try to finish their trip with a win over the Sharks.

The first period started with the Red Wings attacking first, Montz Seider, with possession of the puck, sent it into the Sharks zone and bounced off the boards. Poor execution by the Sharks goalie. Jake Walman, with the puck clearance, failed to get it far, leaving Simon Edvinsson with all the space and time to form the play, Larkin, with perfect timing, scored the first goal for the Red Wings.

The Sharks were able to recover quickly from the visitors’ first attack. The Sharks responded after having received a powerplay in their favor. William Eklund favored both in the creation of the play with Alexander Wennberg, whose shot did not enter the net but bounced enough for Eklund to score the equalizer.

Eklund didn’t finish business there, in the second period of the match, he scored another goal for the Sharks with a powerful wrist shot assisted by Mario Ferraro and Fabian Zetterlund.

Still, in the first period. With a powerplay for the visitors, Shark’s Goaltender did his best to keep the goal without any more pucks in the net, but a rebound inside the zone cost him dearly, and Marco Kasper made it 2-1 at the end of the period.

In the second, the Sharks looked more dominant, scoring two goals, the aforementioned by Eklund and Tyler Toffoli, who got another goal on his stats, ending the period with a 3-3 tie.

6:19 into the third period, Luke Kunin lifts the spirits of the SAP Center crowd with a wrist shot, putting the score at 4-3.

The chants began to sound louder in the SAP, and clearly better hockey by the Sharks with more continuous counterattacks and shots on goal.

The effort was not enough to keep the lead, and Detroit’s Alex DeBrincat scored a fourth goal late in the third period on a PowerPlay.

The game ended on a good note, Macklin Celebrini finished business at SAP Center with his first career OT goal to send good energy to all the fans at the tank.

After a stormy trip away from home, some sunshine came down to the SAP Center. The Sharks go back on the road to face Dallas and St. Louis to come back home Saturday against Buffalo.