On Saturday, the San Jose Sharks lost a 4-0 lead to the Chicago Blackhawks, falling 5-4 in overtime hockey.
Thomas Bordeleau and Fabian Zetterlund logged two goals each, and Devin Cooley made his SAP Center debut as a Sharks goalie.
Game recap – First period
The first period saw the Sharks dominating for a change of pace, outshooting the Hawks 15-8 and leading draws 13-4.
At 3:24, Team Teal got a man advantage when MacKenzie Entwistle was called for a tripping against Klim Kostin. 29 seconds into the power play, Sharks’ Thomas Bordeleau had a tip-in assisted by Fabian Zetterlund and Calen Addison.
Bordeleau scored his second on a wrister assisted by Justin Bailey and Nico Sturm to put the Sharks ahead 2-0.
With less than three minutes in the opening period, Andreas Athanasiou and Sharks’ alternate captain Luke Kunin had a tussle. Both players got five-minute majors to carry over into the second period.
The second
In the second, the Tank came alive with energy.
Just seconds in, Zetterlund got his first goal of the night on a wrister assisted by Kostin and Mario Ferraro.
A minute later, Chicago’s Entwistle made an illegal check to the head on Henry Thrun to put Sharks on the power play. Thrun appeared dazed but returned to the game.
Nine seconds into the power play, Zetterlund scored again, this time assisted by William Eklund and Mikael Granlund. Zetterlund’s two goals and one assist earned him his 20th goal of the season.
“There’s a lot more hockey in him too,” head coach David Quinn said, “I think he’s just scratching the surface.”
Chicago answered at 6:45 with a backhand goal from Ryan Donato assisted by Taylor Raddysh and Tyler Johnson.
Past the midway point, Johnson got his own goal to cut the Sharks’ lead in half. His wrist shot was assisted by Donato and Raddysh.
While the Sharks continued to lead by two at the end of the second, the Blackhawks saw improvements in the period. After forty, Sharks just led shots on goal at 25-23 and faceoffs 14-10.
Third period and overtime
“You can never take your foot off the pedal. I don’t think we did it too much, but enough to get them back in the game,” Quinn said.
The third period saw the Sharks get loose with puck management as the little things piled up.
At 6:20 into what should have been the closing period, Seth Jones’ wristshot bested goaltender Devin Cooley.
The goal putting the Hawks within one was assisted by Wyatt Kaiser and 18-year-old 2023 Blackhawks’ draft pick Connor Bedard.
San Jose was 47 seconds away from closing the game with a win when Philipp Kurashev scored on a wrister assisted by Donato and Nick Foligno.
4-4, the Sharks and Hawks went into bonus hockey.
Overtime hockey was quick but not painless. Off the draw, Kurashev won the faceoff and got the puck to Jones for the game-winning goal. Sharks didn’t even touch the puck.
Final score 5-4, Blackhawks in overtime.
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