San Jose Sharks vs Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday March 20th at SAP Center (via Dean Tait/Hockey Shots)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–Coming into Thursday’s game, the San Jose Sharks were riding a one game losing streak. Their previous game was against the Washington Capitals, where the Sharks fell 5-1. Macklin Celebrini scored the lone goal.

Tuesday it was announced that the second leading defenseman Luca Cagnoni was recalled to the Sharks. In the AHL this season, Cagnoni has 13 goals and 34 assists, adding up to 47 total points. Thursday night, he was paired with 6’7 Vincent Desharnais. “Kind of been saying it all week since the call, but it’s pretty surreal” Said Cagnoni.

San Jose struck first at 13:00 of the first period. William Eklund scored his 15th goal of the season, after pending review. The goal was under review due to Eklund crashing the net, pushing the net off of it’s latches. Ty Dellandrea registered the lone assist.

Tonight, Eklund was paired on a line with Smith and Wennberg, a pairing that he hadn’t seen before. “I think I had a solid game today and we created a lot of chances, eventually those will go in.” Said Eklund.

On a turnover by Shakir Mukhamadullin in the corner boards, Carolina tied the game at 1 at 10:31. Seth Jarvis scored his 27th goal of the season, unassisted.

Carolina took the lead at 4:58. Sebastian Aho scored his 26th of the year. Jackson Blake and Brent Burns registered the assists.

Carolina extended their lead further at 14:18 when Sean Walker scored his 4th of the season. Taylor Hall and Shayne Gostisbehere registered the assists.

Hurricanes forward Mark Jankowski played in his 400th NHL game, an accomplishment in itself.

Sharks’ rookie goalie Georgi Romanov, in his first career start, recorded 26 saves on 29 shots.

Each team had multiple powerplay opportunities, each with 3. Neither team scored on the powerplay, both going 0-3. 3 of the penalties were hooking penalties.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

• 1. Sebastian Aho, 1G
• 2. William Eklund, 1G
• 3. Seth Jarvis, 1G

“I think the first period breakouts was the issue but we cleaned them up. I think in the second, puck play and turnovers.” Said HC Ryan Warsofky.

The Sharks will be back in action on Saturday March 22nd against the Boston Bruins. The last time these two teams faced off was on January 20th, where the Sharks fell 6-3. Barclay Goodrow, Will Smith, and Fabian Zetterlund, all scored.