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Carlsson’s buzzer beater gives Barracuda a 5-4 win over Reign on New Year’s Eve

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San Jose Barracuda defensemen Cole Clayton (#59) and Luca Cagnoni (#42) help take Ontario Reign forward Jared Wright (#78) to the ground after the whistle during the Barracuda’s 5-4 win at Toyota Arena on Wednesday DEC 31, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Lucas Carlsson ended up giving the San Jose Barracuda a Happy New Year.

Carlsson scored the game winning goal with one tenth of a second left on the clock as the Cuda defeated the Ontario Reign 5-4 on New Year’s Eve at Toyota Arena.

Cam Lund sent a cross-ice pass through the crease that hit off the stick off of Reign goalie Phoenix Copley and Carlsson cleaned up the rebound into the back of the net with just one tenth of a second remaining. The goal went to review, and it was deemed a good goal as San Jose escaped with two points in regulation after blowing a two-goal lead.

San Jose concluded the season series with Ontario with a 5-2-1 record including going 3-0-1 at Toyota Arena. They also have won three consecutive road games and three out of their last four overall.

Ontario (18-10-1-1-38 points) drew first blood with a power play goal just past the halfway mark of the first period. Glenn Gawdin sent a pass over to Cole Guttman to the right wing. Guttman looked out in front before unloading a wrist shot past Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere for his sixth goal of the season at the 10:57 mark. Guttman played in his first game back from a two-game suspension when he had a hit to the head of Quentin Musty back on December 22nd.

San Jose (18-10-1-1-38 points) showed little to none forecheck during the opening frame as they only registered four shots against Reign goalie Phoenix Copley, who only had to make one tough save off of a Musty shot through traffic in front of his crease with under five minutes remaining.

The Barracuda evened the game with an even strength early in the second period. Colin White’s pass behind the net found Kasper Halttunen inside the trapezoid. Halttunen’s back hand pass was tucked home by Oliver Wahlstrom for his ninth goal of the season at the 2:47 mark.

San Jose gained its first lead of the game less than three minutes later. Musty led a two-on-one odd man rush inside Ontario’s zone. Musty sent a cross-ice pass over to an unmarked Ethan Cardwell who buried a one-timer to the short side for his fourth goal of the season at the 5:27 mark.

The Barracuda scored its third unanswered goal with a short-handed goal late in the middle frame. Filip Bystedt initiated a two-on-zero odd man rush inside the neutral zone. Bystedt skated all the way before depositing a wrist shot through the five-hole of Copley for his ninth goal of the season at the 12:41 mark.

Ontario responded just 32 second later moments after their power play opportunity just ended. Jack Hughes sent a backhand pass from behind the net to Kenny Connors at the left wing. Connors sneaked a wrist shot past Carriere to the short side for his seventh goal of the season.

San Jose regained its two-goal lead with 40 seconds left in the middle period with an even strength goal. Egor Afanasyev rifled in a one-timer from the left wing for his fifth goal of the season to cap off a four-goal second period.

Ontario erased San Jose’s two goal lead with two goals in the first 1:45 of the third period. Guttman scored his second goal of the game 1:20 in when he beat Carriere with a wrist shot to the glove side for his seventh goal of the season. Then 25 seconds later on the next shift, Tim Rego cleaned up a rebound into an open net for his first goal of the season.

Carriere (8-6-2-1) finished the game stopping 18 of the 22 shots to earn his eighth win of the season. Copley (7-7-0) made 26 saves on 31 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-1 on the power play. Ontario went 1-for-4.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1) Carlsson (1G, 0A)

2) Guttman (2G, 1A)

3) Rego (1G, 0A)

UP NEXT: San Jose begin the new calendar year with a weekend series against the Bakersfield Condors on Friday January 2nd at 7:00pm at Dignity Health Arena.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Uklavoic: Barracuda looking to right the ship after getting shutout by Ontario

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San Jose Barracuda left wing Egor Afanasyev (11) gives chase of Ontario Reign defenseman Otto Stalin (10) in AHL action at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Dec 27, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda X photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 How do you assess San Jose’s offensive execution Saturday night, especially given that Barracuda forwards like Quentin Musty and Oliver Wahlstrom generated chances but weren’t able to convert? (referring to Musty and Wahlstrom as key Barracuda offensive names from the roster)

#2 Jakub Skarek faced 32 shots and ended up with the loss — what feedback do you have on his performance in net and how do you think the defense could have helped him more? (Skarek was the Barracuda goalkeeper Saturday night.

#3 Barracuda defensemen like Luca Cagnoni and Lucas Carlsson are important on the blue line — where do you see room for improvement in your defensive coverage against the Reign’s attack? (mentioning two Barracuda defenders)

#4 Cam Lund and Colin White have been contributors this season — what adjustments would they make moving forward after a scoreless night from both in this game? (referencing Barracuda forwards Lund and White)

#5 Next up it’s onto Ontario for the Reign again for New Year’s eve on Wednesday night at 6pm PT. The Reign gave them a battle shutting the Barracuda out last Saturday can the Barracuda get a better game next Wednesday?

Join Marko for the San Jose Barracuda podasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda shutout by Reign 3-0

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San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Saturday December 27th at Tech CU Arena (via flickr/sjbarracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–Aatu Jämeson got the Ontario Reign on the board first, scoring his fifth of the season after picking up a loose puck and sneaking it past Jakub Skarek. Andre Lee beat Skarek on his glove side to extend Ontario’s lead to 2-0 at 3:47 of the third. To seal the win, Nikita Alexandorov scored an empty net goal to extend their lead to 3-0.

Going up 1-0 into the first intermission, Ontario outshot San Jose 9-8. After the second period, San Jose outshot Ontario thirteen to seven but weren’t able to score. After the third period, San Jose outshot Ontario 11-5.

San Jose was the first to show their powerplay units. They had three opportunities but weren’t able to capitalize. Ontario had two chances but also weren’t able to capitalize. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose had a 27.4% on the powerplay and 73.7% on the penalty kill. For Ontario, they came into Saturday night’s game 18.1% on the powerplay and 79.5% on the penalty kill.

Jakub Skarek got the start for San Jose. Skarek, who is coming off of a win against this same Ontario team, recorded his fourth loss. With the loss, his record now moves to 10-4-0-1. Isaiah Saville got the start for Ontario. Saville who is coming off of a loss against this San Jose team, recorded his fifth win. Making 32 saves on 32 shots, his record now moves to 5-1-1-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Isaiah Saville
  2. Aatu Jameson
  3. Andre Lee

The Barracuda will be back in action on New Years Eve in Ontario, wrapping up 2025. This will be the last meeting between these two teams until next season.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: The battle continues between the Reign and Barrcuda Saturday at Tech CU

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San Jose Barrcuda host the Ontario Reign at Tech Cu on Sat Dec 27, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda podast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda were in command with a three goal with a win over the Ontario Reign 6-3 Sunday at the Toyota Center.

#2 The Barracuda with the win improve to 17-9-1-1 second in the AHL Pacific Division behind the first place Colorado Eagles. The Barracuda are only three points behind the Eagles for that coveted first place spot.

#3 Marko, the Barracuda got goals in the first period from Jimmy Hunington for his fifth goal, Kasper Halttunen scored his sixth goal, and Shane Bowers picked up his first goal of the season what’s your impression of these scorers and that opening period.

#4 The Barracuda would add three more insurance goals with Filip Bystedt scoring his eighth goal in the second period. In the third period the Barracuda scored twice with Patrick Giles with his fifth goal, Pavol Regenda scored his fourth goal for the Barracuda’s sixth goal of the game.

#5 Two days after Christmas the Barracuda are at it again on Sat Dec 27th against the Ontario Reign at Tech CU. You’ve had a chance to see these two teams match up how do you see this match this Saturday?

Join Marko Mondays for the San Jose Barracuda podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda wrap up roadtrip with a 6-3 win over Reign

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San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Sunday December 21st at Toyota Arena Ontario (via flickr/ontarioreign)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda showed off their special teams once again to start the game that helped lead for a 6-3 win against the Ontario Reign on Sunday. After Ontario’s Andre Lee was given a two minute roughing penalty and a game misconduct, Jimmy Huntington extended his point streak to two games.

As a result of San Jose not being able to clear the puck out of their zone, Ontario tied the game at one a piece. Jared Wright with his sixth goal of the season. Picking up a loose puck, Halttunen beat Sholl on his glove side to give San Jose their lead back. 30 seconds later, Shane Bowers scored his first goal in a Barracuda sweater to extend their lead to 3-1.

Staying aggressive in the second period, Filip Bystedt extended San Jose’s lead to 4-1. Ontario didn’t give up without a fight. Koehn Ziemmer scored his second of the season to cut into San Jose’s two goal lead. With two minutes left, Patrick Giles scored an empty net goal to extend San Jose’s lead. To seal the win, Pavol Regenda scored an empty net goal to improve to a 6-3 lead.

With the score being as close as it was, the shots were pretty close also. After the first period, Ontario outshot San Jose by one shot, 11-10. After the second period, Ontario outshot San Jose again, this time ten to eight. With four minutes left in the game, Jack Hughes scored to make it a one goal game.

Today’s game was very chippy which means there were a good amount of penalties taken. San Jose went to the box five times while Ontario went to the box four times. San Jose was able to capitalize on one of their three chances while Ontario didn’t capitalize on either of their two chances.

Gabriel Carriere got the start for San Jose, and making his AHL debut in today afternoon’s game, Mattias Sholl got the start for Ontario. Carriere, who recorded the win made 23 saves on 25 shots, and now has a record of 7-6-2-1. Sholl, who recorded the loss, and made 17 saves on 21 shots now has a AHL record of 0-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Jimmy Huntington
  2. Koehn Ziemmer
  3. Jared Wright

The Barracuda will be back in action returning home at Tech CU on Sat December 27th where they will host this same Ontario Reign team.

Jakub Skarek makes 19 saves in Barracuda’s 4-3 shootout win

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San Jose Barracuda vs Onatrio Reign on Saturday December 20th at Toyota Arena (via flickr/ontarioreign)

By Madison Montez

Egor Afanasyev opened up the scoring and put San Jose up on top first. In his first game back since his injury, Colin White registered the secondary assist. Five minutes later, Martin Chromiak of the Ontario Reign made teddy bears fly all over to tie the game at 1-1 a piece.

Shorthanded, Andre Lee gave Ontario their first lead of the game. After Cole Guttman was given a ten minute misconduct, Egor Afanasyev tied the game for his second goal of the game.

With their second powerplay goal of the game, Oliver Wahlstrom gave San Jose their lead back. Musty, who drew the penalty that put them on the powerplay, registered the primary assist. With 45 seconds left of the game, Andre Lee tied the game at three to send the game into overtime. After a scoreless overtime period, it headed to a shootout.

Round one, both teams scored. Round two, Bystedt missed and Ward missed. Round three, Afanasyev scored, Chromiak missed. Skarek with the save, Barracuda win 4-3.

Both teams showed off their special teams in Saturday night’s game. San Jose took advantage and went two for eight on the powerplay while Ontario went zero for four. Coming into Saturday night’s game, San Jose had the advantage on the powerplay, ranking first in the Pacific Divison. On the other hand, Ontario had the upper hand on San Jose on the penalty kill, ranking third while being shorthanded in the Pacific Division.

Being such a close game, the shots were also very close. After the first period, Ontario outshot San Jose 8-7. After the second period, both teams shot the same, seven shots. After the third period, Ontario outshot San Jose ten to seven.

Jakub Skarek, who made 19 saves on 21 shots, recorded Saturday night’s win. His record now improves to 10-3-0-1. For Ontario, Isaiah Saville got the start in the net. He recorded 18 saves on 21 shots and his record now moves to 4-2-0-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Egor Afanasyev
  2. Andre Lee
  3. Martin Chromiak

The Barracuda will be back in action Sunday December 21st at the Toyota Center in Ontario for 3:00pm PT, wrapping up their roadtrip against these same Reign. They will be looking to the series. Gabriel Carriere and Mattias Sholl are expected to make the starts in net.

Barracuda fall to Firebirds 4-2 in midweek matchup

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San Jose Barracuda vs Coachella Valley Firebirds on Wednesday December 17th at Acrisure Arena (via coachellavalleyfirebirds/flickr)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda took a tough loss to the Coachella Valley Firebirds 4-2 Tuesday night. After the Barracuda failed to keep the puck in their zone, Firebirds took advantage and scored for the first goal in Wednesday night’s midweek matchup in.

John Hayden put his team on top first, poking the puck in after many attempts. San Jose starting the third period on a powerplay and eventually getting 5 on 3 action, Oliver Wahlstrom scored his sixth powerplay goal to tie the game at 1-1. Mitchell Stephens, who beat the Barracuda to the puck, gave his team the lead again at 5:40 of the third period.

A minute into their third powerplay opportunity of the third period, Filip Bystedt tied the game at 2-2 a piece, scoring his third powerplay goal of the season. Picking up the ricochet and going coast to coast, Oskar Fisker Molgaard put his team ahead with 3:16 left of the third. To seal the win, Logan Morrison scored an empty net goal.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley nine to seven. After the second period, both teams had 14 shots on goal. After the third period, San Jose outshot Calgary 17-9. As a result, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley 40-30.

Both teams had a shot to show off their special teams. For San Jose, they went 2-5 on the powerplay. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose came second on the powerplay and last on the penalty kill. For Coachella Valley, they went 0 for 5 on the powerplay. Coming into Wednesday night’s game, Coachella Valley came sixth on the powerplay and fifth on the penalty kill.

For San Jose’s Gabriel Carriere, this was his first matchup ever against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. For Coachella Valley, Nikke Koko got the start. Carriere, who recorded the loss, made 26 saves on 29 shots. After coming off of a 27 save win on the 12th, Carriere’s record is now 6-6-2-1. Koko who recorded the win, made 38 saves on 40 shots. After coming off of a 23 saves on 23 shots coming into relief, Koko’s record is now 9-4-1-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Nikke Koko
  2. Oskar Fisker Molgaard
  3. Oliver Wahlstrom

The Barracuda will be in action again on Saturday against the Ontario Reign for the first of four straight matchups between these two teams. The last time these two teams faced off was on Saturday November 15th when the Barracuda came out on top 4-3.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda finally catches up to win in OT against Texas

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The San Jose Barracuda forward Igor Chernyshov (92) and forward Filip Bystedt (18) defends against the Texas Stars forward Attu Hyry (12) who sends the puck around the dashboards at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Sat Dec 13, 2025 (Texas Stars photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Filip Bystedt scored the OT winner Saturday night — what was going on on that power-play opportunity, and how did you see it develop?

#2 Egor Afanasyev tied the game in the second period — what adjustments was he making offensively to find space against the Stars?

#3 Jakub Škarek stopped 30 of 34 shots — what did you think about his performance Saturday night, especially late in regulation and in overtime?

#4 Patrick Giles was one of the Barracuda’s three stars — how important was his physical presence and leadership on the ice Saturday night?

#5 After coming back from multiple ties, what was the team’s mindset heading into overtime, and how did the group stay composed?

Marko Ukalovic does the San Jose Barracuda podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Bystedt’s OT winner propels Barracuda to 4-3 win over Stars

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni (#42) looks to make a pass over to one of his teammates against the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Saturday DEC 13, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Filip Bystedt scored his second goal of the game with 3:08 remaining in overtime on the power play as the San Jose Barracuda overcame three one-goal deficits to defeat the Texas Stars 4-3 Saturday evening at H-E-B- Center at Cedar Park.

Igor Chernyshov sent a cross-ice pass from the left wing over to Bystedt who buried a one-timer top shelf past Stars goalie Remi Poirier for a power play goal, his second goal of the game and sixth of the season at the 1:52 mark of the overtime period as San Jose left the Lone Star state with four points.

San Jose, who never led in the game, has won two games in a row as they sweep the weekend series. Texas has lost four games in a row.

Texas (8-13-3-1) drew first blood with an even strength goal early in the first period. Tristan Bertucci won a battle along the far side boards. Bertucci sent a cross-ice pass over to a pinching Michael Karow who beat Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek with a one-timer with a back door goal, his third of the season at the 2:58 mark.

San Jose (15-8-1-1) score the equalizer late in the opening frame. A failed clearing attempt by Texas led to a give and go between Igor Chernyshov and Filip Bystedt at the left faceoff circle. Bystedt fired a wrist shot that beat Poirier over the glove on the near side for his first goal of the game and fifth goal of the season at the 17:12 mark.

The Stars regained the lead with its second even strength goal near the halfway point of the second period. A failed clearing attempt by San Jose led to Cameron Hughes coming away with the puck. Hughes centered the puck in between the faceoff circles over to Matthew Seminoff who blasted a one-timer past Skarek for his fifth goal of the season at the 8:02 mark.

The Barracuda scored their second equalizer of the game just under three minutes later. Bystedt glided a puck a through the crease where the puck hit off of the skate of Egor Afanasyev and into the back of the net for his second goal of the season at the 10:58 mark.

Texas gained its third lead of the contest with its third even strength goal early in the third period. After a faceoff win inside the Cuda zone, Gavin White knuckleballed a shot from the point that went over the blocker of Skarek for his second goal of the season at the 4:53 mark.

San Jose didn’t go down quietly as they scored their third equalizer late in the third period. Patrick Giles centered the puck from the left wing into the crease. Cam Lund fought through the traffic in front and poked home the puck past Poirier for his fourth goal of the season at the 17:11 mark.

Skarek stopped 26 of the 29 shots he faced to earn his eighth win of the season. Poirier made 30 saves on 34 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-4 on the power play. Texas went 0-for-3.

San Jose has four straight overtime games.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1) Bystedt (2G, 1A)

2) Seminoff (1G,0A)

3) Giles (0G, 1A)

UP NEXT: San Jose continues their five-game road trip on Wednesday December 17 when they take the Coachella Valley Firebirds at 6:00pm at Acrisure Arena.

Ex-Barracuda Bailey takes down his former team in Gulls 2-1 win

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman (#42) awaits the puck during the game against the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on Wednesday DEC 10, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Justin Bailey scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second period as the San Diego Gulls defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-1 on Wednesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost two games in a row as the closed out the homestand at 1-2. San Diego has twon two games in a row.

San Diego (9-6-6-0) drew first blood late in the first period with an even strength goal. A shot from Ryan Carpenter from close range was initially saved by ‘Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek. The rebound leaked out to the slot where Judd Caulfield beat Skarek with a wrist shot top-shelf for his eighth goal of the season at the 14:20 mark.

The Gulls doubled its lead 54 seconds to start to the second period. Sasha Pastujov slid a back door pass through the crease to Justin Bailey who buried the puck into an open net for his ninth goal of the season. Bailey played for the Barracuda back in the 2023-24 season.

San Jose (13-8-1-1) cut the deficit in half less than five minutes later. Jimmy Huntington fed the puck down low to Cam Lund behind the Gulls net. Lund made a quick move to beat Gulls goalie Calle Clang with a backhanded wraparound for his third goal at the 5:24 mark.

The blood started to boil late in the middle frame between the two divisional rivals when a clean hit by Anthony Vincent sparked a fight with Nathan Gaucherat the 13:05 mark. Then two minutes Braden Hache and Noah Warren who squared off with each other right after a faceoff at the 15:17 mark.

Caulfield scored his second goal of the contest, an empty netter, his ninth of the season with 28 seconds remaining to ice the game for San Diego.

Clang finished the game stopping 32 of the 33 pucks he faced to earn his second win of the season. Skarek made 32 saves on 34 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-2 on the power play. San Diego went 0-for-1.

The Three Stars of the Game:

  1. Bailey (1G,0A)

    2. Lund (1G,0A)

    3. Clang (32 saves)

    UP NEXT: San Jose begins a five-game road trip with a weekend series versus the Texas Stars on Friday December 12th at 5:00pm at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.