The San Jose Sharks allowed the equalizer and Martin Necas’ game-winning objectives in a considerably unfathomable 5-Four loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.
Main Four-2 with lower than two minutes left in regulation, the Sharks blew protection inside their very own zone, permitting a aim to Sebastian Aho at 18:23 of the third. Then, with 11.5 seconds remaining, Necas scored to tie the sport, choosing up a unfastened puck and hitting goaltender James Reimer over the appropriate shoulder.
Necas then scored simply 55 seconds into time beyond regulation because the Sharks (14-25-11) turned a near-certain win into one other heartbreaking loss.
“We have had a season,” Sharks coach David Quinn stated, “of extremely disappointing losses.”
Quinn was livid on the means the Sharks defended Aho’s third-period aim. Then, on Necas’ first aim, the Sharks felt the puck by no means touched the ice on a faceoff to Reimer’s left earlier than it was eliminated by Jordan Staal.
“Simply full protection blown on the third aim. We simply have to guard the center of the observe and we do not,” Quinn stated. “And within the fourth, the puck by no means hits the ice on the way in which down.
“They should shoot from the nook, it hits the facet of the web and goes straight to (Svechnikov) on the facet. It wasn’t a blown cowl. It was simply them throwing the puck into the web, it hits the facet and goes straight to (Necas)”.
Mikey Eyssimont assisted on Nick Bonino’s game-tying aim early within the third interval and scored with eight:45 left in regulation because the Sharks took a Three–2 lead. Ferraro’s empty-sheet aim got here with 1:52 left within the third interval, giving the Sharks a seemingly comfy two-goal lead.
Oskar Lindblom additionally scored and Reimer completed with 31 saves because the Sharks fell to Zero-2-2 in a five-game highway journey that ends Saturday in Pittsburgh.
On Eyssimont’s aim, he took a cross from Nico Sturm alongside the boards, stepped to heart ice and beat Hurricanes goaltender Antti Raanta for his first aim in a San Jose uniform.
Eyssimont now has one aim and three assists in 9 video games with the Sharks for the reason that crew claimed him earlier this month. He scored 5 factors in 20 profession video games with the Winnipeg Jets.
The Sharks at the moment are 5-6-11 in one-goal video games this season, together with a Three-2 time beyond regulation loss to the Detroit Purple Wings on Tuesday. The Sharks started the highway journey with a 5-Three loss to Columbus final Saturday and a Four-Zero loss to Boston the subsequent day.
VLASICO OUT: Defender Marc-Edouard Vlasic was sick on Friday and was dropped, lacking his first recreation this season. Quinn stated Friday morning that a few of his advocates had been sick. Vlasic scored 12 factors in 49 video games coming into Friday and averaged simply over 18 minutes on ice per recreation.
NEW DEFENDER: With Vlasic gone, Jacob MacDonald, two days after being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche, performed his first recreation with the Sharks when he was paired with Mario Ferraro.
“Only a two-way defenseman who can come collectively and contribute offensively,” MacDonald stated of his type. “Secure within the D zone and in a position to make a superb first cross and hopefully get out and in of our D zone fairly rapidly. Each every now and then, there’s additionally a little bit of physicality.”
MacDonald, 29, and ahead Martin Kaut, 23, had been acquired by the Sharks on Wednesday for ahead Matt Nieto and defenseman Ryan Merkley.
Within the first two intervals, MacDonald had 10:45 of ice time and was credited with a blocked shot, a success, and a shot on aim.
“My first thought was to be excited for the chance to return right here,” stated MacDonald, who additionally is aware of Mikey Eyssimont and Nico Sturm on the Sharks roster, “after which play and present what I can do. ”