San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Tuesday November 11th at Abbotsford Centre (via abbycanucks/x)

By Madison Montez

San Jose struck first scoring eight minutes into the first period courtesy of Patrick Giles. San Jose got on the board again when Zack Ostapchuk scored in his first game back with the Barracuda after getting sent down from the Sharks. Pavol Regenda registered the main assist, his second of the night.

They did not take the foot off the gas pedal when Lucas Carlsson scored his second of the season, three minutes into the second, to make it now 3-0. To add to the lead, Patrick Giles scored his second of the night, Vincent Iorio, who is on loan from the Sharks, registered the main assist, now 4-0.

Igor Cherynoshov scored his fourth of the season to advance the score to 5-0. 8 minutes into the third, Igor Cherynoshov scored his second of the night, now making it 6-0. To complete the hat trick, Cherynoshov scored his third of the game to absolutely seal the win.

Both goalies faced a good amount of shots. After the first period, Abbotsford outshot San Jose 12 to 11. After the second period, San Jose heavily outshot Abbotsford 10 to 5. After the game, San Jose outshot Abbotsford 36-27.

Both teams had the chance to show their special teams in tonight’s game. San Jose came into the game third on the powerplay with a 26.2% and last on the penalty kill with a 69.0%. For Abbotsford, they came into the game 4th on the powerplay with a 23.7% and 8th on the penalty kill with a 72.5%. San Jose went to the box twice and Abbotsford went 0-2 on the PP. Abbotsford also went to the box twice and San Jose went 1-2 on the powerplay.

Jakub Skarek, who has been good for the Barracuda so far, got the start for San Jose. Skarek making 27 saves on 27 shots, recorded the win. While Ty Young who made 16 saves on 21 shots, recorded the loss.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Igor Cherynoshov
2. Jakub Skarek
3. Patrick Giles

The Barracuda will be back in action Wednesday night at 7pm against this same Abbotsford Canucks team. Gabriel Carriere and Jonathan Lemeieux are expected to get the start in Wednesday’s game.