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Post by John96 on Mar 30, 2019 8:56:52 GMT -8
Don't suck.
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 30, 2019 9:35:21 GMT -8
Seven has become the unluckiest number for the struggling San Jose Sharks.
The streaky Sharks lost their season-high seventh straight game on Thursday night, mounting a big rally but losing 5-4 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
As the regular season winds down, coach Pete DeBoer's squad needs to right the ship if it wants to catch the Pacific Division-leading Calgary Flames -- or at least stay in second place ahead of Vegas and have home-ice advantage in the playoffs over the Golden Knights.
The Sharks (43-25-9) host Vegas on Saturday night. The Golden Knights have won two of the three meetings between the teams this season.
While San Jose has been handed loss after loss (0-6-1) since their last win in Winnipeg on March 12, Vegas has closed the gap on the Sharks in the Pacific.
The Sharks are eight points back of first-place Calgary, but third-place Vegas failed to clip its deficit even shorter. San Jose is still five points ahead of the Golden Knights, last season's Western Conference champions, who lost 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild on Friday.
San Jose's previous longest losing streak was four games, from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1, which began with a 6-0 loss in Vegas in the teams' first match.
DeBoer cited his team's chronic problem of late -- a lack of discipline.
"Penalty trouble got us early, and again, same story. We're chasing the game the rest of the night," DeBoer said. "It's one of those times now when everything that can go wrong is going wrong for us, and we got to fight through it."
Vegas (42-30-6) has gone 8-4-1 in March to anchor a spot among the top three in the Pacific Division, plus the Golden Knights became the fifth Western Conference club to clinch a playoff spot after Arizona's 3-2 shootout loss to the Avalanche in Colorado on Friday.
Much of Vegas' future success likely hinges on the productive play at both ends of the ice by Mark Stone, known for his complete 200-foot game.
Obtained from the Ottawa Senators before the Feb. 25 trade deadline, the Winnipeg native has set a career mark with his best offensive output, amassing 72 points this season.
In 15 games since joining the sophomore Golden Knights, the right winger has been steady in the offensive end. He has 10 points (four goals, six assists) and had a six-game point streak from March 6 to March 18.
Stone said he gets the importance of the standings and facing a good divisional rival like the Sharks.
"I think we understand that if we want to have success not only now but going forward into the playoffs and comfortably securing a spot in the playoffs, we're going to have to beat San Jose and Calgary," Stone said recently.
The loss to Minnesota was the fourth straight for the Golden Knights (0-3-1), who slipped to 23-11-5 in Las Vegas, and Paul Stastny scored both goals.
Left winger Max Pacioretty returned to the lineup after missing three games, but goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was out for the seventh consecutive game. Backup Malcolm Subban had his career home record slide to 13-2-1.
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Post by cjelli on Mar 30, 2019 9:40:16 GMT -8
taking my dad to this one.
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 30, 2019 9:59:09 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 30, 2019 16:12:39 GMT -8
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 30, 2019 16:21:45 GMT -8
Poor Melker. The sharks as desperate for a win and Haley gets the start over the milkman.
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 30, 2019 16:27:46 GMT -8
Poor Melker. The sharks as desperate for a win and Haley gets the start over the milkman. Haley is in there to deal with Reaves. Which means Haley will get his ass kicked |
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Post by d5shark on Mar 30, 2019 16:52:44 GMT -8
Poor Melker. The sharks as desperate for a win and Haley gets the start over the milkman. Haley is in there to deal with Reaves. Which means Haley will get his ass kicked |
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 16:57:34 GMT -8
Series coming up shortly, you can see Pete’s reasoning to play Haley.
He hurt more than helped last game vs Vegas and Reaves wouldn’t fight. But that was last game
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 17:15:20 GMT -8
Two open guys to pick from 15 feet out. GJ
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 17:24:21 GMT -8
I feel like it might not be necessary to give them dangerous chance every single time they enter the zone
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 18:07:51 GMT -8
Monster shift for Timo, nice finish Hertl
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 30, 2019 18:25:52 GMT -8
Donskoi with the big hit on Logan.
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 18:29:02 GMT -8
1st half of second pathetic
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Post by Marbles on Mar 30, 2019 18:34:16 GMT -8
These fucks remind me of LA when LA was good. Sharks just can't sustain pressure against them (i'm watching delayed in case this ends up looking odd).
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Post by danvilleshark on Mar 30, 2019 18:47:12 GMT -8
So Suban is better than Jones? Great.
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 18:48:48 GMT -8
Ah hem, regardless of the opponent, on a seven game losing streak here. Not playing like it
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Post by d5shark on Mar 30, 2019 18:52:51 GMT -8
Ah hem, regardless of the opponent, on a seven game losing streak here. Not playing like it Is that a good thing or bad thing? |
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 19:06:03 GMT -8
Ah hem, regardless of the opponent, on a seven game losing streak here. Not playing like it Is that a good thing or bad thing? Well, its not my favorite thing |
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Post by Getzlaffedat on Mar 30, 2019 19:18:23 GMT -8
When everyone else sucks, Hertl makes something happen.
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Post by mk391419 on Mar 30, 2019 19:26:19 GMT -8
What is wrong with Martin?
There are no words.
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Post by d5shark on Mar 30, 2019 19:31:00 GMT -8
Donskoi with the big hit on Logan. |
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Post by mk391419 on Mar 30, 2019 19:34:21 GMT -8
To that end, I am enjoying the chirping.
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Post by mk391419 on Mar 30, 2019 19:54:56 GMT -8
Look at that, THEY WON!
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Post by cjelli on Mar 30, 2019 21:06:05 GMT -8
Who would've thought. They looked dead and buried at the 2nd intermission. Just like this thread.
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Post by cjelli on Mar 30, 2019 21:20:12 GMT -8
The Sharks have also clinched the home advantage for the first round, FWIW.
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Post by redbeard on Mar 30, 2019 22:27:46 GMT -8
Donskoi with the big hit on Logan.  |
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Post by John96 on Mar 31, 2019 5:38:00 GMT -8
I'm taking all the credit for my GDT breaking the magic number thread's curse.
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Post by Fugazi on Mar 31, 2019 9:51:19 GMT -8
* Despite surrendering a game-tying goal in the third period, 38 seconds after taking their first lead of the contest, Brent Burns scored 22 seconds into overtime to help the Sharks halt a seven-game skid (0-6-1). Burns netted his 14th career regular-season overtime goal to eclipse Scott Niedermayer (13) for the most by a defenseman in NHL history.
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Post by Marbles on Mar 31, 2019 12:13:31 GMT -8
* Despite surrendering a game-tying goal in the third period, 38 seconds after taking their first lead of the contest, Brent Burns scored 22 seconds into overtime to help the Sharks halt a seven-game skid (0-6-1). Burns netted his 14th career regular-season overtime goal to eclipse Scott Niedermayer (13) for the most by a defenseman in NHL history. To be fair to Nieds, 4 on 4 is a very different scoring probability than 3 on 3. I'd be curious how many of those 14 goals took place in the past 3 years. |
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