Max Miller
What a wild game! The San Jose Sharks didn’t have a lead unitl the third period and beat the Utah Mammoth 6-5 in a shootout on Satuday at the Delta Center,
Eric Pohlkamp scored his first NHL goal, Adam Gaudette and Zack Ostapchuk scored six seconds apart, a franchise record, and Dmitry Orlov had a three point night to lead the Sharks to a comeback victory. Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves. And of course, it went ot a shootout for the third straight time.
Zac Jones scored twice for the Mammoth both in the first period. Clayton Keller had two assists.
Saturday’s game had a bit of everything. Two goal reviews, one confirmed as no-goal, and the other was changed to a goal due to continuation. Mason Marchment scored the game deciding goal in the shootout.
The Sharks looked completely overmatched to start the game and weathered the storm and cameback to win 6-5.
1st period
Jones gave the Mammoth a 1-0 lead at 2:15 into the first period. Jones jumped in the rush with Kailer Yamamoto, found Jones on a two-on-one, and beat Askarov by the glove.
Sergachev pushed the Mammoth’s lead to 2-0 with a power-play goal at 8:53. After the Sharks failed to clear the puck, Sergachev got the puck and fired a wrist shot over Askarov.
Toffoli got the Sharks on the board with a power-play goal at 11:35. Toffoli got the puck at the side of the net and took two attempts to jam it past Vejmelka.
Jones scored his second and got the Mammoth a two-goal lead back by making it 3-1 at 12:40. A slap shot from the point got through Askarov, and although the whistle went, the continuation rule allowed the goal to be counted.
2nd period
Will Smith thought he made it 3-2 for the San Jose Sharks with a one-timer at 58 seconds, but it was challenged and ruled offside.
Gaudette got a tip on the power play after Dmitry Orlov’s shot from the point got through, making it 3-2.
Six seconds later, Ostapchuk tied the game with a wrist shot off a broken play on a dump-in, tying it at 3-3.
McBain put the Mammoth back in the lead at 8:59 to make it 4-3. Darnell Nurse turned the puck over on the boards, and McBain eventually one-timed it over Askarov’s blocker.
3rd period
Pohlkamp tied the game 4-4 for the San Jose Sharks with his first NHL goal at 5:23. The d-man fired a wrister by the blocker of Vejmelka.
Orlov’s knucklepuck slapshot put the Sharks in front for the first time 5-4 at 14:17.
Barrett Hayton tied the game with a power-play goal at 16:22.
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