John Klingberg scored 68 seconds into extra time because the Anaheim Geese got here again to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Friday at Honda Middle.
Tomas Hertl misplaced the puck close to the Sharks’ blue line and Mason McTavish took over. He handed the puck to Troy Terry, who discovered Klingberg for a one-timer from the slot that beat Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen for his fifth objective of the season.
Timo Meier scored twice and Matt Nieto and Steven Lorentz every added one objective because the Sharks wrapped up their season sequence with the Geese with a 1-0-3 file.
“I believed for lots of the sport we had been outplaying them, outshooting them, after which similar to many occasions this yr, the place we simply form of discover a approach to lose this sport,” Meier stated. “I don’t actually know what to say, it’s clearly irritating.”
McTavish scored with 6:47 left within the third interval to tie the sport 4-4. The objective got here after a giveaway by Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who was trying to move to Evgeny Svechnikov contained in the Sharks’ zone.
The Sharks challenged the play for offside, feeling Adam Henrique didn't get again onside earlier than the puck was carried into the San Jose finish. However after a prolonged assessment, the objective was dominated to be good, leading to McTavish’s second objective of the sport and ninth of the season.
Meier was credited with two second-period objectives and completed with a staggering 10 photographs on web for the Sharks, who had been trying to win consecutive video games for simply the fourth time this season.
Kahkonen, who completed with 24 saves Friday, was additionally in web for the Sharks’ 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks final Sunday at United Middle.
Meier tipped two photographs by Kevin Labanc previous Geese goalie Anthony Stolarz within the second interval because the Sharks took a 4-3 lead. Initially, Labanc acquired credit score for the objectives, which got here on the 10:16 and 13;20 marks of the second interval, earlier than the NHL made the change.
The Sharks, who outshot the Geese 39-23 throughout 5-on-5 play, host the NHL-leading Boston Bruins on Saturday evening.
Nieto and Lorentz each scored within the first interval, with Lorentz’s objective on the 6:03 mark giving the Sharks a 2-0 lead.
On the play, Jonah Gadjovich, fished the puck out of the nook and fed the puck again to Karlsson, who fired the puck towards the online. Lorentz redirected the puck previous Stolarz for his fourth objective of the season, giving Karlsson assists in 14 straight video games.
Karlsson has two objectives and 20 assists in his 14-game level streak, as he’s remained the NHL’s factors chief amongst defensemen with 54.
Solely seven NHL defensemen within the final 30 years have had level streaks of a minimum of 14 video games. He's additionally now the fifth blueliner in league historical past with assists in 14 straight video games, following Paul Coffey (17 GP in 1985-86), Brian Leetch (15 GP in 1991-92), Phil Housley (14 GP in 1992-93) and Bobby Orr (14 GP in 1970-71).
Errors led to the Sharks’ first two objectives towards, because the Geese tied the sport 2-2.
A Vlasic turnover later led to Trevor Zegras’ eleventh objective of the season on the 6:38 mark. Later at 4-on-4, McTavish skated round a drained Karlsson within the Sharks’ zone and put a move proper on the stick of Ryan Strome, who redirected it previous goalie Kahkonen on the 14:15 mark.
“I actually appreciated loads about our sport tonight, however sadly, we obtained off to such an ideal begin,
I believed we thought it was gonna be simple,” Sharks coach David Quinn stated. “I believed the six minutes in penalties form of modified the best way the primary interval went, clearly it’s 2-2.
“I actually appreciated our second interval. They get a fortunate bounce on the stanchion and get the third objective. The fourth objective I nonetheless suppose was offsides, but it surely’s unlucky we weren’t capable of get the 2 factors.”