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San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa: Capitals-Sharks face off on Saturday at SAP; All eyes on Ovechkin nine goals away from goal scoring record

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San Jose Sharks forward Tyler Toffoli (73) is seen here after scoring a goal in a Mon Mar 3, 2025 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Thu Mar 13, 2025 Toffoli scored an unassisted empty net goal at 19:27 in the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks. (Canadian Press via AP)

On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1  Colin Graf made headlines on Thursday night for the San Jose Sharks. Graf an undrafted rookie showed his handy work scoring twice. Will Smith scored a goal and an assist as the Sharks defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2.

#2 Mary, talk about the job that Sharks goaltender Alexander Georgiev did between the pipe stopping 24 shots and allowing two goals and holding Chicago just enough for the Sharks to come away with a two goal win.

#3 The Sharks Tyler Toffoli added the scoring with an empty netter for insurance in the win. Toffoli was fired up needless to say after scoring. It’s goals like these that can get a team motivated?

#4 Smith opened up the game in the first period with a goal at 3:48 getting a pass from Macklin Celebrini. Smith now has seven goals, 12 assists and 19 points in his last 19 games.

#5 The Sharks in a Saturday matinee will host the Washington Capitals at SAP Center for a 2:00pm faceoff. Needless to say the all the attention will be on the Capitals Alexander Ovechkin who needs nine more goals to pass all time NHL scoring leader Wayne Gretzky to achieve his 895th goal.

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

Barracuda Fall 4-3 to Reign, Reign Score 2 in Final 90 Seconds

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San Jose Barracuda center Filip Bystedt (18) celebrates a goal scored with teammate forward Kasper Halttunen (14) at the Toyota Center in Ontario on Sun Oct 13, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Barracuda fell 4-3 to the Ontario Reign Sunday. It was Ontario’s first win of the season. Tyler Madden, Martin Chromiak and Samuel Helenius scored for the Reign. Phoenix Copley made 19 saves for the win. Tristen Robins, Colin Graf and Filip Bystedt scored for the Barracuda. Georgi Romanov made 35 saves in the loss.

Tyler Madden scored the first goal of the game, giving Ontario an early lead at 1:33. During a delayed penalty call, Madden gathered up a rebound at the corner of the net and lifted it past Romanov. Assists went to Martin Chromiak and Jakub Dvorak.

The teams were skating four-on-four when Tristen Robins tied the game at 4:24. Robins took tha shot from a bad angle to the right of the net. Assists went to Jimmy Schuldt and Jake Furlong.

Collin Graf gave the Barracuda the lead at 11:04. On a breakaway, he took a shot in front of the net, caught his own rebound and lifted the puck past the goaltender.

The Reign had a significant lead in shots at the end of the first period, 14-7. There was just one penalty that resulted in a power play in the first, and it went against San Jose.

Filip Bystedt added to San Jose’s lead at 1:50 of the second period. Tristen Robins carried the puck in and passed across the ice to Bystedt for a quick goal.

Martin Chromiak cut the lead down with a goal just 22 seconds later. Tyler Madden made a cross-ice pass and Chromiak took the shot from above the faceoff dot.

In the second period, the teams were even in shots at 9-9. The Reign had three power plays and the Barracuda had two but both penalty kills were perfect. The same held true for the third period, when Ontario had two power plays and San Jose had one but neither team could score.

San Jose held their 3-2 lead until 18:44 of the third period, when Samuel Helenius tied the game with an extra skater on for the Reign.

With the game looking like it would go to overtime, Helenius scored a second goal at 19:26 to win the game. Jeff Malott got the assist.

San Jose pulled their goaltender with less than 30 seconds to go but they ran out of time. The shot count in the third period was 16-6 Ontario.

The Barracuda next play on Saturday the 19th back in San Jose against the visiting Iowa Wild at 7:00 PM PT.