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Sharks lose back-to-back games by double digits this time against Pittsburgh 10-2

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Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Penguins. Vinnie Hinostroza celebrates his first goal with Penguins.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

Still searching for their first win the Sharks took on the Penguins at home with Erik Karlsson making his return to San Jose.

Getting the start for San Jose was Mackenzie Blackwood while the Penguins had Tristan Jarry in goal.

The first period saw Reilly Smith get two goals for the Penguins with one coming on the power play.

Then in the second period the wheels really fell off the bus. Goals by Jake Guentzel and Vinnie Hinostroza blew it open to 4-0.

A goal from Anthony Duclair on the power play cut the Penguins lead to three.

To close out the second period the Penguins scored three straight as Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, and former Shark Matt Nieto lit the lamp making it 7-1.

After the goal from Letang Blackwood’s night would end as Magnus Chrona stepped in to take his place. Chrona actually made his NHL debut when he stepped in goal.

The third period saw the score get run up to double digits once again as the Sharks became the first team in 58 years to give up ten goals in back-to-back games.

The culprits for the Penguins would be Bryan Rust, Malkin, and Jake Guentzel with one goal coming from the Sharks as Jacob MacDonald scored on the power play.

The score ended at 10-2 with the shots favoring the Penguins at 35-26.

If there was any bright spot for the Sharks they did go 2/6 on the power play while Pittsburgh went 2/4.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Bryan Rust 2nd: Reilly Smith 3rd: Jake Guentzel

The Sharks will look to get their first win on Tuesday against the Flyers at home at 7:30 p.m.

NHL podcast with Matt Harrington: Rangers Fox out 10-24 days; Stars Pavelski 39 playing like he’s in his prime; plus more news

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The New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox (23) is out for 10-24 days with a lower body injury against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thu Nov 2, 2023. (photo from NHL.com and Jared Silber NHLI)

On the NHL podcast with Matt:

#1 New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox is on the long term injured list. Fox was injured on Thursday night against the Carolina Hurricanes in a 2-1 win. Fox was injured in the first period Fox collided with the Hurricanes Sebastian Aho leg on leg with 7:57 left in the period. Fox could be out from ten to 24 days. How much of impact will Fox injury have on the Rangers?

#2 In nine games the Dallas Stars 39 year old forward Joe Pavelski is lighting up the lamp like he was in the prime of his career. So far Pavelski has ten points, with four goals and six assists. On Thursday Pavelski had a goal and two assists in the Stars 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place.

#3 Every hockey player has his day if not every hockey player certainly the Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart and forward Sean Courturier each player is day to day. Hart has a mid body injury he got in a 5-2 loss against the Buffalo Sabres on on Wednesday. Courturier suffered a suffered a lower body injury and ended up playing Wednesday. Courturier was called up from the AHL Leigh Valley team. Courturier was injured during the game.

#4 Chicago Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall could be back in the line up he got hurt against Florida Panthers on Saturday. Hall missed the last two games due to a left shoulder injury. Hawks head coach Luke Richardson said that Hall looked great in practice. Hall is day to day and Richardson said he wants to be cautious before putting Hall back in the line up.

#5 When the San Jose Sharks lost their last game in Washington 3-1 after having a 1-0 lead until the third period when the Capitals scored three times for their ninth loss in the row it was the goal of the Sharks to try and win at home against the visiting Vancouver Canucks. Who would have thought the Sharks would think they were in the movie “The Mighty Ducks” as Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen saw a barrage of Canucks goals six goals in all before MacKenzie Blackwood relieved him in net and gave up four goals himself. The Sharks have now lost ten straight games.

Matt does the NHL podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Walsh: Sharks hope to pick up first win against Karlsson and Penguins tonite in San Jose

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San Jose Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) was pelted with six goals against by the Vancouver Canucks on Thu Nov 2, 2023 at SAP Center in San Jose (AP News photo)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Mary Walsh:

#1 Mary, the San Jose Sharks continue their skid on Thursday they took a beat down from the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in a 10-1 loss it was their ninth consecutive defeat.

#2 The Canucks Quinn Hughes had himself a night scoring a goal and four assists and eight Canucks scored in the lopsided affair.

#3 Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist, Anthony Beauvillier scored twice in Beauviller’s 500th career game.

#4 The Sharks goaltenders saw the red lamp lit behind them quite a few times for starting goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen he faced 19 shots and allowed six goals and relief goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood saw 14 shots allowed and allowed four goals.

#5 This might be the Sharks best chance to get their first win of the season as they host the Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP. The Penguins are 3-6-0. They have lost their last two games. Former Shark Erik Karlsson returns to San Jose for the first time since being dealt to the Penguins.

Join Mary Lisa Walsh for the San Jose Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Drop To 0-9-1 After A Devastating Loss To Vancouver 10-1

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The San Jose Sharks left winger Anthony Duclair (10) attempts to put the puck on net against the Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) in the third period at SAP Center in San Jose on Thu Nov 2, 2023 (AP News photo)

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

By Troy Ewers

San Jose, CA – The San Jose Sharks are back home and they are coming off a winless opening month of hockey and they hope to start the month of November off with a win. That will come with a challenge though as they face off against the Vancouver Canucks who are looking like one of the best teams in the Western Conference this early in the season. 

The first period for San Jose was why they’re projected to be not only the worst team this season, but one of the worst teams in NHL history. Two and a half minutes into the game, the Canucks scored a power play goal after Nico Sturm’s high sticking minor.

The goal was scored by Brock Boeser (assisted by Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes) on a great slap shot that followed elite passing, 1-0 Vancouver. Not even two minutes later J.T. Miller scored the second goal, still on the power play, but this time when Boeser cleared the puck it ricocheted off the boards and Miller scooped it and backhanded it past Kaapo, 2-0 Vancouver.

The spiral continued four minutes later after another was scored, but this one is attributed to sloppy defense from the Sharks. The goal was scored by Hughes, who at this point had three points (1 goal and 2 assists) and the building might as well have been here for drinks and atmosphere.

Thatcher Demko of Vancouver stopped all six shots the Sharks brought his way, but the story here was the Sharks defense never leaving the starting blocks. A Mario Ferraro tripping penalty gave the Sharks their second penalty, but more importantly it gave Boesar his second goal of the game (assisted by Andrei Kuzmenko and Miller) and by the end of the opening period, the Sharks made their way back to the locker room down 4-0. 

The second period was even worse for the Sharks and it felt like the end of the road for San Jose. One minute in the period and Vancouver immediately jumped on the Sharks with a one time goal by Ilya Mikheyev (assisted by Soucy and Pettersson), 5-0 Canucks.

The next goal for Vancouver was not only bad, because it added to the avalanche of goals, but Kaapo Kahkonen was injured during the goal. Andrei Kuzmenko scored with assists by Pettersson and Mark Friedman to make it 6-0, but the damage was done.

Kahkonen was out with an injury and Mackenzie Blackwood was in, but the scoring didn’t stop. Sam Lafferty would add to this with a wrap-around goal and it was 7-0.

The fourth goal of the period for the Canucks was by Pius Suter for his first of the season, but on this goal Quinn Hughes got the assist and by the end of this second period, Hughes had five points in an 8-0 lead as the we were in the second intermission.

Sharks fans booed and some walked out, but it was clear that air was taken out of the building. This is Coach David Quinn’s 300th game and this might be the game where fans call for his job. The stats show that it’s not his fault this Sharks team is this bad, but don’t tell that to these fans. 

The final period wasn’t any different from the rest of the game if anything it was David’s nightmare. “Fire Quinn” chants began after Anthony Beauvillier scored on a power play to make it 9-0 and we were only three minutes into the period.

 Beauvillier scored his second goal eight minutes after his first and at this point it was 10-0 and the Canucks had scored more goals in one game than the Sharks have all season. By the end of this game the Sharks scored one goal by Fabian Zetterlund and the crowd that was still in attendance popped for it, but the game was more than over, it was a goal for Quinn.

The next game for San Jose is against some familiar foes when they face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins and this is Erik Karlsson’s first game back in San Jose with his new team and this doesn’t look good for the Sharks as analysts project another loss for the Sharks, but that seems like the what whole regular season is projected at this point.

NHL podcast with Len Shapiro: Senators sports wagering scandal forces Dorion out as GM; Wild’s Boldy back in line up for Thursday night; plus more NHL news

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Pierre Dorion was fired by the Ottawa Senators on Wed Nov 1, 2023 by owner Michael Andlauer (photo from NHL.com)

On the NHL podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 Ottawa Senators fired general manager Pierre Dorion. The firing came under new Senators owner Michael Andlauer who as owner within his first 30 days had a inherited a sports wagering scandal. Shane Pinto was suspended for 41 games for sports wagering. The suspension started Oct 26th. The Senators also lose a first round draft pick and the trade for Evgeni Dadonov was invalidated. Steven Staios has been named as the new general manager.

#2 Minnesota Wild forward Matt Boldy is expected to get back in the line up for Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils. Boldy had been out with an upper body injury since Oct 14 on the second night of the regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Boldy said getting hurt in the second game of the year stinks.

#3 The Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart is out with an upper body injury. Hart sustained the injury against the Buffalo Sabers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday. It was Hart’s eighth start in ten games.

#4 For the Chicago Blackhawks Connor Bedard says he’s getting used to the NHL life. Bedard so far has four goals and two assists and hoped to see a lot more action. Bedard said that he looks forward to an exciting NHL season.

#5 Len, the Carolina Hurricanes Paul Stastny is retiring from hockey after 17 years. Stastny has not filed any retirement papers but said in September he would be done after this season. Stastny came in as a second pick (44) in 2005 by the Colorado Avalanche. Stastny has 822 career points (293 goals and 529 assists).

Join Len Shapiro for the NHL podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Lead for two periods, Lose in third 3-1 to Capitals

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Washington Capitals right wing TJ Oshie (77) tries to skate around San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl (48) in the first period at the Capital Center in Washington on Sun Oct 29, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks lost their final game of this road trip, falling 3-1 to the Washington Capitals. Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for the Capitals. Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves for the win. Luke Kunin scored for the Sharks, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 39 saves on 41 shots in the loss. This leaves the Sharks still winless after nine games this season.

The Sharks held a 1-0 lead until the third period, and had their second-highest shot count of the season. Still, they lost and were badly out-shot by the Capitals. “Yeah, listen, we’re really snake-bitten. Tonight we actually had chances,” Sharks Head Coach David Quinn said after the game. “Right now we have such a thin margin for error. You know, usually if you only give up two goals, you like your chances.”

Luke Kunin scored that one goal for the Sharks at 11:40 of the first period. He gathered up the puck as it bounced off the back boards and tucked it between the goalie’s skate and the post. Ty Emberson and Mario Ferraro got the assists. The point was Emberson’s first in the NHL.

Dylan Strome tied the game 2:18 into the third period. His shot went through a line of skaters and under Blackwood. Nick Jensen and Hardy Haman Aktell got the assists.

Tom Wilson gave the Capitals the lead at 15:15 of the third. His centering shot bounced off of San Jose’s Kyle Burroughs and into the net. Alexander Ovechkin and John Carlson got the assists.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored into the empty net to make it 3-1 at 19:02. Ovechkin and Carlson got the assists again.

The Sharks had no power plays but their penalty kill was perfect, killing all three of their penalties. In the face-off circle, the Sharks had their second-worst game of the season, winning just 47.5% of the draws. The shot count was nearly even until the third period, when the Capitals jumped ahead for a 31-42 final count.

The Sharks next play on Thursday in San Jose at 7:30 PM PT against the Vancouver Canucks.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa: Pressure is on Sharks to get first win; San Jose faces Capitals in DC Sunday

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San Jose Sharks goaltender Kappo Kahkonen (36) at the bottom gets a stick on the puck as the Carolina Hurricanes Seth Jarvis (24) and Sebastian Aho (20) try to force the puck in first period action in Carolina on Fri Oct 27, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 San Jose Sharks continue what some predicted an O-For start and it’s extended into eight games with their most recent loss to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0.

#2 The Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen did all the heavy lifting with a hat trick and goaltender Annti Raanta stopped 20 shots.

#3 The Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen made 37 saves on 40 shots in the loss. Kahkonen started in goal as MacKenzie Blackwood in Tampa Bay saw a rain of pucks and red lights behind the net in last Thursday’s 6-0 loss.

#4 The Sharks simply are not getting offense they have now been shutout in two straight games and head coach David Quinn is looking for answers just to get a puck in the net.

#5 The Sharks conclude this four game road trip in Washington against the Capitals. The Caps have gone 3-3 in their last six games and are 2-3-1. They beat the New Jersey Devils in their last game on Wednesday 6-4. New Jersey is a pretty decent team so that transcends the Sharks could see a barrage of shots on goal and possibly another lopsided game.

Mary Walsh does the San Jose Sharks road games for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Shut Out 3-0 by Hurricanes, Teravainen’s Hat Trick

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Carolina Panthers goaltender Annti Raanta (32) stops the San Jose Sharks Fabian Zetterlund’s (20) first period shot in Carolina on Fri Oct 27, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks extended their losing streak to eight with a 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. Teuvo Teravainen scored all three of the Carolina goals and Antti Raanta made 20 saves for the shutout win. San Jose’s Kaapo Kahkonen made 37 saves on 40 shots in the loss.

Sharks center Luke Kunin was in the box for high-sticking when Teravainen scored his first goal of the game, at 6:10 of the first. Seth Jarvis gathered up a rebound and made a pass to Teravainen for the shot before Kahkonen could get across. Assists went to Jarvis and Sebastian Aho.

Teravainen’s second goal came at 15:10, a slap shot off of Dmitry Orlov’s cross-ice pass. Assists went to Orlov and Jalen Chatfield.

After a scoreless second period, Teravainen completed his hat trick at 6:06 of the third period. His third goal looked a lot like his second goal, with a cross-ice pass setting him up for a snap shot over the Sharks’ prone goalie. Assists, again, went to Jarvis and Aho.

The Sharks were out-shot in every period for a total count of 40-20 Hurricanes. The worst shot discrepancy was in the third period, when Carolina out-shot them 14-4. The Sharks did pretty well yet again in the face-off circle, winning 55.7%. They killed three of four penalties and had two unsuccessful power plays.

Center Ryan Carpenter returned to the lineup Friday, called up from the AHL Barracuda. It was his first game with the Sharks since 2018. In the interim, he played with the Golden Knights, the Blackhawks, the Flames and the Rangers. Marc-Edouard Vlasic was back in the lineup, but Logan Couture still has not played this season and Alexander Barabanov is still out with injury.

The Sharks next play on Sunday in Washington against the Capitals at 2:00 PM PT.

NHL podcast with Len Shapiro: Hurricanes Pesce out with lower body injury; Could Sharks be worst NHL team of all time?; Plus more NHL news

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Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Jonas Johansson (31) stops the puck in the first period while defenseman Darren Raddish (43) and the San Jose Sharks defenseman Jacob Peterson (24) anticipate the rebound at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay FL on Thu Oct 26, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the NHL podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 The Carolina Hurricanes lost Brett Pesce for two to four weeks with a lower body injury. Pesce has missed the last two games due to the injury. Pesce last played for the Canes on Oct 19th against the Seattle Kraken. Pesce has one goal and one assist through five games.

#2 This season no one expected the San Jose Sharks (0-6-1) to be a world beater and no one is really surprised that the NHL world is beating up on the Sharks who have now lost six games and are still looking for their first win of the 2023-24 season. The Sharks had problems in their expansion years in the early 90s but oddsmakers now are saying they could be one of the worst team in hockey history.

#3 Streaks: Vegas Golden Knights is 7-0, Boston Bruins 6-0-1 tied for all time best start in 100 years and lost in OT tonight 4-3, In Pittsburgh, the Avalanche have won 15 in a row on the road over two seasons and that’s an NHL. Penguins ended the Aves streak in shutout 4-0. Tristin Jarri goaltender for the Pens stopped 31 shots.

#4 More bad news for the Edmonton Oilers they have lost their star forward Connor McDavid for one to two weeks due to a upper body injury. McDavid has two goals six assists. McDavid got hurt last Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets in 3-2 overtime loss.

#5 The New Jersey Devils Jake Hughes has been exceeding expectations and is considered one of the best NHL players this season. Last Saturday Hughes had four assists becoming the first player with at least 14 points in the first five games of the season since the Pittsburgh Penguins Mario Lemieux did it with 17 points in the 1992-93 season.

Join Len Shapiro for the NHL podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Shut Out 6-0 by Lightning; San Jose remains winless at 0-6-1

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The San Jose Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) replaces Sharks starting goalie MacKenzie Blackwood in the second period at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay on Thu Oct 26, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks, still winless after seven games, fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 in Thursday. Brayden Point, Michael Eyssimont, Steven Stamkos, Brandon Hagel, Nicholas Paul and Luke Glendenning scored for the Lightning. Jonas Johansson made 31 saves for the shutout win, his second shutout in a row. Mackenzie Blackwood made 16 saves on 21 shots before Kaapo Kahkonen replaced him in the net. Kahkonen made 9 saves on 10 shots.

Though not their first loss of the season, this was the first time the Sharks were shut out. After the game, Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro said: “Not good, not good at all. Weren’t hard enough to play against, too much time and space for them. It wasn’t a good game for us. No, we’re not happy about that one, there’s nothing positive to take out of that.”

When asked what the team needs to do to improve offensively, Ferraro said: “I think we just as a team have to stop worrying about that.” He later elaborated on that:

“I think maybe we’re thinking too much on what we got to do offensively and how to create and I think just narrowing it down to the little things, our compete and being good teammates and working hard every night. Until we’re consistent with that, we can’t worry about scoring.”

Brayden Point scored the first of the game at 1:41 of the first. Mikhail Sergachev made a pass from the left side of the blue line down tot the right circle and Point shot it to the far side over Blackwood’s shoulder. Assists went to Sergachev and Nick Perbix.

Michael Eyssimont scored next, at 6:03, tipping a blue line shot while falling in front of the net. That shot came from Calvin deHaan. Perbix also got an assist.

Steven Stamkos made it 3-0 with a goal in the final minute of the period, during a 5-on-3 power play. Assists went to Nikita Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev.

Brandon Hagel made it 4-0 with a break away goal at 4:01 of the second period. Assists went to Alex Barré-Boulet and Victor Hedman.

Nicholas Paul added another at 7:29, with a back-hand on a rebound in traffic. Assists went to Stamkos and Hedman.

The Sharks pulled Blackwood after that goal and sent Kaapo Kahkonen into the net.

The sixth goal of the game came from Luke Glendenning at 5:44 of the third period. Connor Sheary’s shot was deflected by Glendenning and then went off of Matt Benning and Kyle Burroughs before bouncing into the net. Assists went to Sheary and Darren Raddysh.

The Sharks had just seven shots in each of the first two periods and nine in the third. They had two unsuccessful power plays and killed three of four penalties. The Sharks won 61.5% of the faceoffs. The Sharks were again without Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Alexander Barabanov was out due to injury.

The Sharks next play on Friday at 4:00 PM PT in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes.