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Sharks Break 9 Game Losing Streak Beating Ottawa 2-1

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San Jose Sharks goaltender Magnus Chrona (30) celebrates the win over the Ottawa Senators with Fabian Zetterlund (20) at SAP Center in San Jose on Sat Mar 9, 2024 (AP News photo)

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

San Jose, CA – The San Jose Sharks hosted the Ottawa Senators and finally ended their nine game losing streak on Saturday night at SAP Center with a 2-1 win after a wild trade deadline. The Sharks made a total of five trades before the trade deadline Friday.

Anthony Duclair, Kaapo Kahkonen, and Tomas Hertl were amongst the five traded and fans may not seem happy, but that also has to do with their current losing streak. Last game on Thursday night was the ninth loss in a row against the New York Islanders, 7-2.

The Sharks played in their 2,500th NHL game in franchise history. San Jose now owns an all-time record of 1,139-1,041-121-199. Thomas Bordeleau (1g, 0a) netted his first power goal of the season and now has three points (2g, 1a) in seven NHL games this year.

Mike Hoffman (1g, 0a) has logged points in three of his past five games played (2g, 2a). William Eklund (0g, 1a) has a career-long four-game point streak (2g, 2a). Fabian Zetterlund (0g, 1a) has tallied six points (1g, 5a) in his past five games played.

Givani Smith (0g, 1a) equaled his career high in assists with his third marker of the season and is now three points shy of tying his career high (7) set during the 2021-22 season as a member of the Detroit Red Wings.

Game recap: First period for the Sharks was a big boost especially with a big crowd on this weekend day game. Brady Tkachuck got a tripping penalty five and a half minutes into the period and the Sharks capitalized on the Ottawa captain’s penalty with good special teams offense.

Fabian Zetterlund and Mikael Granlund gained assists as Bordeleau scored right in the slot making it 1-0 for San Jose off the power play goal. The rest of the period, the Sharks were generating good shots and controlling a lionshare of offense. On top of that Magnus Chrona had a good period blocking eight shots on goal, keeping the score by intermission 1-0 Sharks. 

The second period was a better offensive period shooting wise for Ottawa, but that wouldn’t change the fact that at the end of this period the Senators would be still down one goal. Ottawa would tie it up with a power play goal quickly after a Mario Ferraro penalty.

Tim Stutzle with a shot past Chrona, 1-1. The Sharks came right back minutes later with a great set up power play that consisted of crisp passing and smart movement that led to Bordeleau’s second goal of the night. 2-1 Sharks as the game enterted the third period. 

It was a quieter third period for both teams, but both goalies stopped what came into their path. Ottawa completely out shot the Sharks, but that didn’t matter because the real number was on the scoreboard. A cheap shot on Mike Hoffman by Tkachuck doesn’t get called, but it motivated the Sharks to close this game out and break their losing streak. Sharks put up a steel curtain while Ottawa had an empty net and Sharks won 2-1.

Breaking a nine game losing streak, especially after the last two days with trades and everything led to the crowd making a lot of noise and a huge ovation for Chrona and the Sharks. The Sharks now go on a road trip before being back to San Jose on Thu March 21st a 7:30pm PDT face off.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Troy Ewers: Sharks try to snap nine game skid tonight against Ottawa at SAP Center

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The New York Islanders center Matthew Barzal (13) skates away from the net after scoring on the San Jose Sharks goalie Magnus Chrona (30) at SAP Center in San Jose on Thu Mar 7, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Troy Ewers:

#1 Troy, the New York Islanders just really took it to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday at SAP Center here in San Jose. Scoring four goals in the second period to bury the Sharks 7-2.

#2 In the Sharks last four out of six games they have given up six or more goals and had given up seven goals in three of those.

#3 The Sharks got scoring help from Thomas Bordeleau and Mike Hoffman in their ninth consecutive loss. The Sharks just couldn’t get any offense going in the five goal loss.

#4 The Sharks started Magnus Chrona who save 26 shots but allowed the whopping seven goals another tough outing for Chrona.

#5 The Sharks are trying to rebuild again with their recent trades getting draft picks for Anthony Duclair who was dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning and Tomas Hertl who was dealt to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2025 number one draft pick and forward David Edstrom.

Troy Ewers is a San Jose Sharks beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa: Hertl dealt to Golden Knights; Sharks get Edstrom and a 2025 first round draft pick

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Long time San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on Fri Mar 8, 2024 for a first round draft pick and David Edstrom a former 2023 first round draft pick. (AP News file photo)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The criticism was strong on Friday about the San Jose Sharks dealing fan favorite Tomas Hertl plus trading him to the Sharks rival team the Vegas Golden Knights fans were taken by surprised when this deal was announced.

#2 Grier sent Hertl to Vegas with two third round picks in exchange for a 2025 for a first draft pick and David Edstrom who was the Knights first round draft pick in 2023.Critics say that Grier might have got a pretty good end of the bargain with the draft picks.

#3 Hertl had been with the Sharks since 2013 ten years a mainstay. Hertl scored four goals in his first NHL game against the New York Rangers on Oct 8, 2013. In that game Hertl made a between the legs shot for a goal. He had stopped the puck skated over it and shot the puck between his legs for a goal.

#4 In his time with the Sharks Hertl scored 218 goals, 266 assists in 712 games. Hertl’s post season total are 24 goals, 18 assists, in 62 playoff games.

#5 Hertl has surgery in February to remove loose cartilage from his left knee. Hertl was expected to return before the end of the regular season.

Mary Lisa does the San Jose Sharks podcasts for http://www.sportsradioservice.com on Saturdays

Sharks give up four in the second fall to the Islanders 7-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Sharks.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Sharks played their second of a three game home stand against an Eastern Conference foe in the New York Islanders.

Before talking about the game there was some big moves made by the Sharks before this game began.

The first and most obvious being the Anthony Duclair trade as he was shipped off to Tampa Bay along with a seventh in exchange for a third rounder and defenseman Jack Thompson.

Before the deal was done Thomas Bordeleau was also called up and played his first NHL game since being sent down on 10/29. He’d play alongside Mikael Granlund and Fabian Zetterlund on the first line.

Now on to the starting lineup as Magnus Chrona was getting the start in between the pipes for San Jose. Chrona is coming off of an outstanding performance against the Dallas Stars on March 2nd when he made 36 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss.

On the other side was Ilya Sorokin who heading into this one had a 21-13-11 record with a 3.03 GAA and .910 SV%.

This game did have some historical importance to it as this was the 25,000th regular season game the Sharks have played all time.

The Sharks got off to a rough start in this one as less than twenty seconds in Noah Dobson scored on a flukey bounce out front. The goal which was Dobson’s eighth of the season and was assisted by Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anders Lee.

The terrible start did not seem to deter the Sharks too much as not long after Luke Kunin got a breakaway but rang one off the crossbar.

There wouldn’t be another goal until late in the period when Alexander Romanov absolutely tee’d into a pass from Bo Horvat blasting one past Chrona and making it 2-0.

In the middle frame the first power play of the game was doled out to the Sharks as Horvat took a hooking penalty. On the power play William Eklund threw the puck on goal and it deflected in off of who else but Bordeleau as he scored his second of the season.

After the goal both teams played a relatively normal chunk of hockey as the Sharks looked to tie the game.

Through the quietness though a three-goal outburst came out of nowhere in less than a minute. It started off with Horvat getting his revenge as he walked right out to the slot and ripped one past Chrona making it 3-1. Mike Hoffman then tucked home a pass from Givani Smith off the rush making it a one goal game once again. Finally Kyle MacLean corralled a rebound in front of the Sharks goal and banked it in off of Chrona getting their lead right back.

The Islanders did not take their foot off the gas as Matthew Barzal scored on a terrible turnover by Henry Thrun as he attempted to clear the puck out of the zone.

Then the wheels really fell off as Sebastian Aho scored off a beautiful cross-ice feed from Horvat making it 6-2.

The Islanders only continued to put the game away in the final frame as Anders Lee scored on a double-minor penalty taken by Filip Zadina.

That goal ended up being the last one of the game as the Sharks would lose 7-2.

The shots in this one favored the Islanders 33-25 while the Sharks went 1/1 on the power play and New York 1/2.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Bo Horvat 2nd: Brock Nelson 3rd: Noah Dobson

San Jose will look to rebound in the final game of this home stand when they take on one of the bottom-feeders in the East the Ottawa Senators. That game will be on Saturday at an earlier start time of 4 p.m.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Titus Wilkinson: Duclair dealt to Tampa Bay for Jack Thompson and 2024 3rd round selection

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Former San Jose Shark forward Anthony Duclair was dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning as announced by the Sharks before Thu Mar 7, 2024’s game between the New York Islanders and San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose (photo from the Tampa Bay Lighting)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Titus Wilkinson:

#1 The San Jose Sharks (15-39-7) traded away forward Anthony Duclair who had been on the trade block for awhile to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Sharks also sent a seventh round draft pick in the 2025 NHL draft for defenseman Jack Thompson and the Lightning’s third round selection in the 2024 NHL draft. What mostly led to Duclair’s being traded?

#2 Duclair 28, played in 56 games for the Sharks this campaign scoring 16 goals, five power play goals, totaling 27 points. Duclair who was an asset for the Sharks scored his 15th plus goals per season for the fifth time in his career.

#3 Rough going in the Sharks last game against the Dallas Stars Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks unfolded San Jose with three unanswered goals in the third period erasing San Jose’s lead and defeating San Jose 7-6 at SAP Arena in San Jose.

#4 The Star Wyatt Johnston scored his first career hat trick which was one of the factors for the Stars win and the Sharks just had a hard time shutting the Stars down.

#5The Stars Roope Hintz scored the overtime goal to put the final touches on the contest. Hintz had been playing mostly in the offensive zone through out the game and ended up taking a pass from Logan Stankoven in the slot and got the shot past Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen for the game winner.

#6 The Sharks battle the New York Islanders (27-20-14) tonight here at SAP Center. The Islanders are fourth the Metropolitan Division having a 5-3-2 record in their last ten games and they have won four game in a row coming into tonight.

Titus Wilkinson is a San Jose Sharks beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL podcast with Len Shapiro: Stars look for big things from Tanev; Draisaitl scores two goals to beat Bruins; plus more news

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The Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) scores on the Boston Bruins goaltender Luis Ullmark (top) in the overtime stanza at TD Garden in Boston on Tue Mar 5, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the NHL podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 Len you saw the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night and they sure got a bang for their buck in acquiring defenseman Chris Tanev from the Calgary Flames on Feb 28th.

#2 Len their loving Leon Draisaitl in Edmonton as Draisaitl sccored an overtime goal that won it for the Oilers at 2:18 and help hand the Oilers their fifth consecutive win. It was Draisaitl’s second goal of the game a in 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

#3 The Philadelphia Flyers call their star defenseman Nick Seeler their “Glue Guy.” Seeler sealed the deal with a four year $10.8 million contract today with an annual payment of $2.7 million. Seeler has a plus 15 and has played on average 16:58 seconds a career high for Seeler who has 184 NHL leading blocked shots. Seeler is in the final year of his contract three conntract with the Flyers.

#4 The Chicago Blackhawks worked hard last Tuesday night to snap their 22 game road losing streak scoring four power play goals beating the Arizona Coyotes 5-2 at Mullet Arena in Tempe.

#5 Talk about the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night coming back from three goals down to beat the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose 7-6. This was the second game that the Stars had defeated the Sharks by one goal 3-2 in Dallas on Sat Mar 2.

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

Despite A Big Night For Anthony Duclair, But The Sharks Lose 7-6 To The Stars Making It 8 Losses In A Row

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Dallas Stars defensman Chris Tanev (3), Wyatt Johnston center (53), and center Logan Stankoven (11) celebrate Tanev’s third period goal as the San Jose Sharks forward Mike Hoffman (68) skates away from the scene at SAP Center in San Jose on Tue Mar 5, 2024 (AP News photo)

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024

By Troy Ewers 

San Jose, CA – The San Jose Sharks lost the Dallas Stars in a weeknight faceoff here at the SAP Center 7-6 on Tuesday night. Last game for the Sharks on Sunday was a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild. The Sharks netted three unassisted goals for the first time since Feb. 26, 2000. Anthony Duclair (1g, 0a) has seven points (6g, 1a) in his past ten games played, including a team-leading five goals since the All-Star break.

Mikael Granlund (1g, 0a) scored his first power play goal of the season and has seven points (3g, 4a) in his past eight games played. Nico Sturm (1g, 0a) notched his fifth marker of the campaign, a shorthanded goal, and has found the back of the net in two of his past four games played.

Kaapo Kähkönen logged a 28-save performance in his appearance against his former team (Minnesota). SJS Goals: Granlund (8pp), Sturm (5sh), Duclair (14).

Game recap: The first period seemed promising for San Jose fans, but by the end of the period they were reminded that the Sharks are going to “Shark”. The first goal was a power play goal courtesy of a one timer from Duclair. His 15th of the season and 1-0 start for San Jose.

The Sharks stayed on a hot start as a breakaway goal by Fabian Zetterlund with a crisp tape to tape pass from Duclair not only gave the Sharks a 2 goal lead, but Zetterlund took the top spot as leading scorer for the Sharks now with 16 goals.

By the later half of the period a Kyle Burroughs penalty led to a Dallas power play goal of their own by Jamie Benn, 2-1. 50 seconds later Stars tied it up on another power play goal from a rebound shot by Logan Stankoven, 2-2 and that was our score by intermission. 

Electric second period from the Sharks and it started with Ryan Carpenter scoring his first goal in 13 games that gave the Sharks the lead to start the period. 3-2 Sharks. Dallas would tie it up with a goal from Wyatt Johnston and that was his 20th goal of the season, 3-3.

Former Shark star Joe Pavelski got a tripping penalty and that would be the game shifter. Duclair would shove in the loose puck for his second goal of the night and that at this point tied him up with the Sharks leading goal scorer Zetterlund at 16 goals on the season, 4-3 Sharks.

The crowd would then explode when the lead for San Jose would extend to two as Filip Zadina found an open spot in the slot and scored one past Jake Oettinger, 5-3 Sharks. The period ended and the San Jose fans felt a little bit more relief going into the final period of this game. 

The final period may be one that the Sharks want to forget, but Wyatt Johnston will definitely remember. Duclair got his 4th point with a pass to Granlund, who scored while falling to his knees, 6-3 Sharks. It seemed like the game was over, but that assumption was a mistake.

Kaapo Kahkonen couldn’t find the puck as the Stars snuck one past him, 6-4 Stars and that was Stankoven’s second goal of the night. Wyatt Johnston would then get back to back goals, earning a hat trick and sending this game to OT, 6-6.

In OT the game was over pretty quick as a minute and a half in, Roope Hintz scored a wrist shot past Kappo and the game was over 7-6, Stars won.

The game was a high scoring affair and a big night for Anthony Duclair, but again for the Sharks it’s another one for the loss column, making it now eighth losses in a row. Next game for the Sharks will be Thursday, March 7th against the Islanders back at the SAP Center.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Troy Ewers: Sharks hope to snap 7 game skid tonight against Dallas at SAP Center

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San Jose Sharks goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen (36) defends the net as the puck goes away from Kahkonen’s stick in first period action at Target Center in St Paul on Sun Mar 3, 2024 (AP news photo)

On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Troy Ewers:

#1 The San Jose Sharks fell 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Frederick Gaudreau and Kirill Kaprizov scored for the Wild, with Kaprizov earning a hat trick. Filip Gustavsson made 12 saves for the win.

#2 Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm and Anthony Duclair scored for the Sharks despite their hard work on offense they Sharks came up a goal short.

#3 Kaapo Kahkonen made 28 saves in the loss. This was the Sharks’ first game with three unassisted goals since 2000. It was also their seventh loss in a row.

#4 Coming off back to back games on Saturday and Sunday Marco Sturm said,  “I thought for the most part we played well today because we managed the game cause we knew we weren’t at our best energy-wise today.”

#5 The Sharks had a tough challenge playing back to back games Saturday in Dallas and Sunday in Minnesota, Monday off and host the Dallas Stars Tuesday night. The Sharks playing two good hockey teams battled them both although losing by one goal showed they can hang with them. Stars and Sharks here at SAP Center what are some of the things your expecting tonight.

Troy Ewers is a San Jose Sharks beat writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Fall 4-3 to Wild, Kaprizov Hat Trick

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The Minnesota Wild’s left wing Kirill Kapizov (97) gets control of the puck against the San Jose Sharks defenseman Jan Rutta (84) in first period action at the Target Center in St Paul MN on Sun Mar 3, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks fell 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Frederick Gaudreau and Kirill Kaprizov scored for the Wild, with Kaprizov earning a hat trick. Filip Gustavsson made 12 saves for the win. Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm and Anthony Duclair scored for the Sharks.

Kaapo Kahkonen made 28 saves in the loss. This was the Sharks’ first game with three unassisted goals since 2000. It was also their seventh loss in a row.

After the game, Sharks forward Nico Sturm talked about the challenge of playing back to back games. In this case, the team had travel and less than 24 hours between games. Sturm said: “I thought for the most part we played well today because we managed the game cause we knew we weren’t at our best energy-wise today.”

He acknowledged that they took too many penalties and were not as sharp as they could have been, but said: “It’s frustrating because I thought this was an extremely good road trip by our team and, the way we played the last two games, I’m proud of the boys with the adversity that we faced and how we showed up.”

Sharks Head Coach David Quinn had a similar take on the game:

“Well, when you don’t have it, you gotta find a way to hang around. I thought that’s what we did. We hung around, we battled. I thought our third period was probably our best period of the night. I thought we kind of got ourselves together, spent a little bit more time in the o-zone.”

Quinn recognized that one player stood out on Sunday: “They got Kaprizov and we don’t. I mean that really was the difference in the game tonight. He scores goals that a lot of guys can’t score in this league.”

In a scoreless first period, the Sharks were outshot 11-3 and had one penalty to kill. The second period saw more success for both teams. The Sharks scored first, 1:41 into the period. Mikael Granlund scored a power play goal with a wrist shot from the outside of the faceoff circle.

Nico Sturm made it 2-0 with a short handed goal at 4:56. Picking up a missed pass along the boards in the defensive zone, Sturm went the other way two-on-one with Ryan Carpenter before taking the shot.

The Wild cut the lead to 2-1 at 5:46 with a power play goal. Declan Chisolm had the puck but lost it above the faceoff circle. He had to scramble to get it back and passed it to Frederick Gaudreau. Gaudreau took a quick shot into traffic for his fourth of the season. Assists went to Chisolm and Jonas Brodin.

Kirill Kaprizov tied the game at 7:01. Mason Shaw made a pass from low in the defensive zone to the sharks’ blue line, where Kaprizov was waiting. Kaprizov was able to skate in unopposed and beat Kahkonen with a snap shot. An assist went to Shaw.

The Sharks took a 3-2 lead 23 seconds into the third period. Anthony Duclair intercepted a pass along the Sharks blue line and took the puck the other way to score his 14th of the season with a wrist shot.

Kirill Kaprizov scored his second of the night at 2:38. Matt Boldy got control of the puck after the Sharks lost it in their zone. Boldy made a long pass from low in the faceoff circle to Kaprizov in the slot. Kaprizov did not hesitate and sent the puck at the net before Kahkonen could get across.

Kaprizov completed his hat trick to give the Wild the lead at 15:59. After the puck emerged from a scramble in front of the net, Kaprizov had it in the clear and had some traffic to screen Kahkonen. Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy got the assists.

The Sharks ended the game with a power play but could not tie it up again. The Wild outshot the Sharks 32-15 in the game. The faceoff circle was kinder to the Sharks than on Saturday, with the Sharks winning 44.2% of the draws.

The Sharks next play on Tuesday back in San Jose at 7:30 PM PT against the visiting Dallas Stars.

Sharks Fall 3-2 in a Shootout with the Stars

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The San Jose Sharks goaltender Magnus Chrona (30) gets a stick on the puck for a save as the Dallas Stars Ty Dellandrea looks on at American Airlines Arena in Dallas on Sat Mar 2, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks fell 3-2 in a shootout to the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Stars goals came from Radek Faksa and Jason Robertson. Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn scored in the shootout. Jake Oettinger made 21 saves for the win.

Sharks goals came from William Eklund and Filip Zadina. Anthony Duclair scored in the shootout. Magnus Chrona made 36 saves in the loss. This is the Sharks’ sixth loss in a row, though they did get a point against the top team in the Central Division.

With Mackenzie Blackwood on IR, Chrona is bound to see a few more starts before the end of the season. His last start for the Sharks was on December 28, when he was pulled after giving up four goals in the first period. Saturday, his performance was better, giving up just two goals on 38 shots. After the game, Sharks forward Luke Kunin said, of the young goaltender:

“He was great tonight. Some huge saves for us, really kept us in that game. I thought we had a pretty good game for the most part but those stretches where we were giving up a lot, he was there to back us up. Great performance by him tonight.”

Of the Sharks game outside the net, Sharks Head Coach David Quinn said: “The faceoffs killed us. I think they won almost 70% of their faceoffs. You’re chasing the game a lot when you’re losing that many faceoffs. But I thought overall we played a good hockey game.” The Stars did win 67.2% of the faceoffs.

The Sharks scored first at 4:39 of the first period. William Eklund and Luke Kunin entered the zone two-on-one and Eklund took a shot that Oettinger kicked back out. Eklund was ready to catch the rebound and scored with a quick wrist shot. Assists went to Kunin and Jan Rutta.

The Stars tied it at 3:08 of the second period. Sam Steel deflected Craig Smith’s shot from the boards. The puck trickled through Chrona but still needed an extra push from Radek Faksa to cross the line.

The Sharks took the lead back with a goal at 17:08 of the second. Filip Zadina spun around in the faceoff circle and took his shot. The puck bounced up over Oettinger and hit the post before a Star swept it out of the net. An official review determined that the puck did cross the line. Luke Kunin got an assist.

Fabian Zetterlund blocked a shot with his ankle in the final minutes of the period. He had to be helped off the ice and back to the dressing room.

The Stars tied it again at 4:08 of the third period with a power play goal just 3 seconds into that power play. Jason Robertson took a shot from the top of the faceoff circle, putting the puck into the side of the net. Assists went to Miro Heiskanen and Jamie Benn.

Early in the third period, Nico Sturm returned to the bench with an injury, possibly an elbow or a stick to the neck.

At the end of regulation, the Stars had outshot the Sharks 36 to 20. Dallas took a penalty about half way through overtime but the Sharks could not take advantage of that. The Sharks had three shots in overtime and the Stars had two.

The shootout went to seven rounds. Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars. Benn scored the winner while falling to the ice after tripping over Chrona’s stick.

Jake Oettinger stopped shots from Filip Zetterlund, William Eklund, Kyle Granlund, Filip Zadina, Mike Hoffman and Luke Kunin. Anthony Duclair scored for the Sharks. Magnus Chrona stopped shots from Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston, Logan Stankoven and Joe Pavelski.

The Sharks next play on Sunday at 4:00 PM PT in St. Paul, Minnesota, against the Wild.