Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) watches as San Jose Sharks center Michael Misa (left) scores a first period goal past the Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm (27) at TD Garden in Boston on Sat Oct 24, 2026 (AP News photo)
By Mary Walsh
The San Jose Sharks lost 6-4 to the Boston Bruins Saturday. Casey Mittelstadt, Marat Khusnutdinov, David Pastrnak, James Hagens, David Minten and Will Borgen scored for Boston. Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves for the win. Michael Misa, Kiefer Sherwood, Dmitry Orlov and Will Smith scored for San Jose. Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in the loss.
The Sharks finished this road trip 3-2-1. After the game, Sharks goaltender Alex Nedljkovic talked about the long eastern trip:
“We had chances, we had some momentum and just let it kind of slip away, and didn’t finish. Yeah, it’s a tough one to swallow right now, definitely, pretty sour taste in your mouth, at least for me. We did a lot of good things. I think there’s still plenty of room for us to grow, a lot of room for us to grow in certain areas and get better at. So we’ll take the five hundred record. It’s a tough trip, a long trip, played in some tough buildings.”
Casey Mittelstadt scored the first goal of the game at 3:08 of the first period. He passed the puck forward from behind the net, then joined the scrum in front of the net to poke the puck home. Assists went to Elias Lindholm and James Hagens.
Michael Misa tied the game at 5:54 with a power play goal. Tyler Toffoli sent the puck to the net from high up the boards. It went through the blue paint and out the other side. Misa was waiting for it and knocked it home. Assists went to Toffoli and Jacob Trouba.
The shots were 12-11 Boston in the first period. The Bruins took two penalties and the Sharks took none.
Marat Khusnutdinov gave the Bruins their second lead of the night with a goal at 8:20 of the second period. The Bruins had the puck moving all around the Sharks zone before Morgan Geekie got it in front of the net. But the Sharks defense was on him, so Geekie handed it off to Khusnutdinov, who found a little space and backhanded it in. An assist also went to Fraser Minten.
Kiefer Sherwood tied it up again with a short handed goal at 13:34. Sherwood intercepted a pass in the neutral zone, carried the puck in and beat Swayman on the stick side.
The shots were 11-6 Boston in the second. The Sharks took three penalties and Boston took one, until Michael Kesselring responded to being boarded by Mark Kastelic and got a roughing penalty. They each got a minor for those, and then fighting majors to boot.
Dmitry Orlov gave the Sharks their only lead of the game with a power play goal at 4:03 of the third period. His slap shot came from the blue line, assisted by Ivar Stenberg and Mason Marchment.
David Pastrnak tied it back up again at 8:27. He caught a cross-ice pass from JJ Peterka and fired off a snap shot from above the faceoff dot.
James Hagens gave the Bruins a 4-3 lead at 9:07, wristing it through a crowd at the blue paint. An assist went to Lindholm.
David Minten scored a power play goal at the 12 minute mark. Minten knocked in a rebound from a Peterka shot. Assists went to Peterka and Mittelstadt.
Will Smith gave the Sharks life with a goal at 12:27. His shot came from just inside the faceoff circle. Assists went to Jacob Trouba and Macklin Celebrini.
Will Borgen put the game away with an empty netter at 19:32.
The third saw an early fight at 2:38 between Tanner Jeannot and Zack Ostapchuk. After that, the Bruins took three penalties and the Sharks took one. The shots were 12-9 Boston.
The Sharks next play on Tuesday at home against the Buffalo Sabres at 7:30 PM PT.
