The season for the San Jose Sharks is off to a miserable start. The Californian club conceded ten goals in the second game in a row. The last time something similar was seen in the NHL was almost 60 years ago.
Ice hockey’s NHL series jumbo San Jose Sharks lost for the 11th time in a row, this time at home to the Pittsburgh Penguins with goals of 2–10.
by Mikael Granlund represented by the Sharks also lost their previous match by a large margin 1–10 to the Vancouver Canucks the other day. The last time an NHL team allowed 10 goals in two consecutive games was in the 1965–66 season. At that time, it was the Boston Bruins.
The fact that they have scored only 12 goals in total is also indicative of the Californian team’s dark start to the season. The opening win is also missing, and the next opportunity for that is on Tuesday against Philadelphia.
Granlund commented on San Jose’s situation with a serious expression after the crushing defeat.
– We try our best, but nothing works. There is no way out of this situation with a magic trick. Just have to get back on the court for the next game, try to do things better. I believe we can turn the tide, but we have to work. Now the situation is just this, Granlund stated.
Have you ever experienced anything like this?
– No, Granlund answered, shaking his head.
Granlund’s answer says a lot, because the Finnish konkar is already in his twelfth season in the NHL. In the ranks of the Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators, he has played in the playoffs in nine springs.
Granlund, 31, has only played in four games for San Jose because of a lower-body injury. He hasn’t gotten to the taste of power points yet.
Colorado fell to the feet of the champion
The 15-game NHL round was also abundant: a total of 114 goals were scored in the games, or an average of almost eight goals per game.
He suffered a resounding defeat Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen represented by the Colorado Avalanche, who lost to the Vegas Golden Knights with a score of 0-7.
Defending champion Vegas’ point streak is already 12 games long, thanks to which it is at the top of the NHL’s Western Conference. Colorado, which lifted the Stanley Cup in the second season, is fifth in the Western Conference.
Kotkaniemi and Aho saved Carolina from a pint
The Carolina Hurricanes came from three goals behind to win over the New York Islanders. Finnish attackers Sebastian Aho and Jesperi Kotkaniemi were the most important performers of Carolina’s fairytale evening.
In the middle of the match, Carolina was badly down, as the home team Islanders led 3–0. In the second set, Carolina managed to narrow it down to 1–3.
In the third period, Jesperi Kotkaniemi rose to an important role, when Carolina started to tighten the grip on the Islanders. A good seven minutes before the end, he scored a 2-3 goal and three minutes later he scored a 3-3 equalizer with superiority. Aho completed the final score of 4–3 after a good minute of extra time had been played.
Of course, similar postural movements have been seen in the NHL before, so Carolina’s head coach Rod Brind’Amour didn’t get nervous during the second set either.
– Of course, it is difficult to be three goals behind. We didn’t play badly, we made a few mistakes and because the opposing team’s players are talented, they punished the mistakes. “I said at halftime that we just have to keep playing and it will get better,” Brind’Amour said.
Antti Raanta saved Carolina 22 times in the goal.
Kotkaniemi has scored five goals and Aho two this season. However, Carolina’s Finns have scored the most goals eight times Teuvo Teräväinenwhich leads the goal exchange for Finnish NHL players.
He was also successful in scoring in the NHL round of the night Kasperi Kapanen, represented by the St. Louis Blues, beat the Montreal Canadiens at home 6–3. Kapanen hit a 6-2 hit in the third set.
in Seattle Eeli Tolvanen took the Kraken 2–1 lead in the opening set with his goal, but the Calgary Flames eventually ran away with a 6–3 victory.
Kapanen and Tolvanen have each scored two goals this season.
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