The Anaheim Geese will purpose for an additional early-season win over the Sharks after they host San Jose on Tuesday.
The Geese opened their season by blanking the Sharks 2-0 on Oct. 12. Isac Lundestrom and Trevor Zegras scored for Anaheim, and Lukas Dostal made 30 saves for his second profession shutout.
Nonetheless, the Geese have only one win of their 4 video games since. They enter Tuesday’s contest on a two-game skid.
Anaheim misplaced 4-3 in time beyond regulation on the Colorado Avalanche on Friday and fell 4-1 to rival Los Angeles on Sunday. Ryan Strome scored the lone objective for the Geese and Dostal made 32 saves towards the Kings.
The Geese have been outshot 85-33 of their previous two losses. Their energy play has but to seek out the again of the web this season, going 0-for-17 via 5 video games.
“The final two video games we have simply been on cruise management. We’re simply watching the sport,” Anaheim coach Greg Cronin stated. “They have to take possession. The NHL is a quick recreation. If you happen to do not skate to the end line each time you are backchecking, forechecking, impartial zone regroups, you are not going to get the puck. It is that easy.”
In 5 video games, ahead Troy Terry leads the Geese with 4 factors (three objectives, one help). Strome and Leo Carlsson every have two objectives and a helper.
Dostal has made 4 begins, posting a 2-1-1 document with a .930 save proportion and a 2.48 goals-against common. The 24-year-old is 1-1-0 with a .926 save proportion and a 2.01 GAA in two profession appearances towards San Jose.
Tuesday is the second of three conferences between the golf equipment this season. The Sharks and Geese conclude the season sequence on April 1 in Anaheim.
This time, the Sharks journey to Anaheim looking for their first win of the season, however they will should get it with out touted rookie ahead Macklin Celebrini.
San Jose normal supervisor Mike Grier introduced Monday that Celebrini, the No. 1 total choose on this yr’s draft, will miss at the least the following two weeks on account of a lower-body damage.
The 18-year-old has not performed because the season opener on Oct. 10. He tallied a objective and an help in his NHL debut.
San Jose fell 4-1 to Colorado on Sunday night time. The Sharks are winless in six video games this season (0-4-2) and 9 straight relationship again to final season, with their most up-to-date victory approaching April 11 in Seattle.
William Eklund scored and Vitek Vanecek made 18 saves in Sunday’s loss to the Avalanche.
“We have got to discover a method to win a hockey recreation,” San Jose coach Ryan Warsofsky stated. “We have executed some actually good issues in in all probability 4 of our six video games. You might arguably say our document might be totally different, however on the finish of the day, a document is what it says, proper? I do know our guys are digging in, and we care. We’re attempting. It should come. We simply obtained to maintain plugging.”
Vanecek is 0-3-0 in 4 video games this season with a .884 save proportion and a 3.14 GAA. In three profession video games towards the Geese, Vanecek is 1-1-1 with a .935 save proportion and a 1.98 GAA.
Sharks ahead Tyler Toffoli has a team-leading 4 objectives this season.
–Subject Stage Media
