Traffic in front of the net the Anaheim Ducks defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (98), the San Jose Sharks forward Alexander Wennberg (21), forward Tyler Toffoli (73), and Ducks goaltender Calle Clang (31) Photo Credit: Dean Tait/Sport Shots

By Lincoln Juarez

SAN JOSE, CA – The Anaheim Ducks beat the San Jose Sharks defense and Yaraslov Askarov three times in the second period to come away with another preseason win against the Sharks 5-2. San Jose was still testing certain pieces and line combinations Wednesday night as the preseason winds down. 

The Sharks took to the ice Wednesday night at SAP Center in their third-to-last preseason game. On the back end of a home-and-home with the Anaheim Ducks, some more Sharks rookies looked to put their skills on display. 

The Sharks lost their second game of the preseason Monday night in Anaheim by a score of 3-2. Pavol Regenda and Adam Gaudette scored Monday night for San Jose which was exciting to see, two new Sharks getting on the score sheet during the preseason. Regenda’s goal came on a deflection on the powerplay giving the Sharks momentum on the man advantage that they took to Wednesday’s tilt. 

Although team teal went just 1-5 on the powerplay, there were a lot of quality scoring opportunities on five tries. The powerplay goal came from William Eklund from Tyler Toffoli and Will Smith 50 seconds into the third period. 

That put the Sharks within two of the Ducks as they held a 3-0 lead going into the third period. The Ducks scored three goals on broken down defensive plays by San Jose leaving Yaraslov Askarov helpless in the net. 

Coach Ryan Warsofsky confirmed that Askarov was not the Sharks’ problem in the second. Tyler Toffoli added that there were too many turnovers leading to breakaways and eventually the goals against. 

The Sharks got one more in the third to get within one, off the stick of Jeff Skinner. Skinner golfed a one-time pass from Philipp Kurashev into the back of the net which ended up being the last goal the Sharks scored. Anaheim netted two empty netters late in the third and came away with their second straight preseason win against San Jose. 

The Sharks hit the road and take on Vegas and Utah on back-to-backs starting Friday night at T-Mobile Arena to wrap up the preseason. 

Puck drop at 7:00pm Friday night in Vegas.