Yaroslav Askarov made 24 saves and stopped all 11 photographs he confronted within the third interval because the San Jose Sharks snapped an eight-game shedding streak with a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With roughly 11 minutes remaining within the sport, Victor Hedman was hit on the facet of the top with a puck and exited to the locker room; he didn’t return for the remainder of the competition, though a few of his teammates stated he was doing advantageous.
Sport Recap
A lot of the primary interval consisted of the groups feeling one another out, with neither gaining a serious shot benefit. The Lightning ultimately received two nice alternatives, the primary because of a mistake taking part in the puck by Askarov and the second when the Sharks made a poor change resulting in a Tampa breakaway. San Jose’s protection recovered on the previous, and Askarov made a superb save to cease the latter, preserving the sport scoreless.
The ultimate nice scoring probability of the interval resulted in a objective for the Sharks when Tyler Toffoli made some glorious stickhandling strikes to work into the center of the offensive zone earlier than giving San Jose a 1-0 benefit. Marc-Edouard Vlasic recorded the first help in his first sport of the season, having missed the primary 40 with an upper-body damage.
The second interval was far more bodily, with a number of scraps and penalties for each groups. Nevertheless, the Sharks managed a lot of the interval’s motion, outshooting the Lightning 12-6. They expanded their lead off a Lightning turnover, as Mario Ferraro led a counterattack up the ice and caught with the play to fireside residence a objective. Tampa received one again about 5 minutes later after Anthony Cirelli tipped an Erik Cernak shot previous Askarov and into the online.
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Within the third interval, the Lightning turned up the desperation searching for a tying objective. Nick Paul had their finest probability of the interval, with a point-blank look in entrance of the online, however Askarov made a sprawling save to maintain the Sharks forward. Barclay Goodrow and Luke Kunin had open shot alternatives for San Jose, however Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made the required saves. Goodrow’s try got here instantly after the puck struck Hedman within the head.
Vasilevskiy headed to the bench for an additional attacker with slightly below two minutes remaining, and the Lightning managed a couple of photographs on this time, however Goodrow and Macklin Celebrini led the defensive effort to close down any hopes for a comeback.
Each groups subsequent play on Saturday (Jan. 4). The Sharks have a day contest at residence towards the New Jersey Devils whereas the Lightning face the Los Angeles Kings that night.
Different Notes
- Askarov and Vasilevskiy are the 2 highest-drafted Russian goaltenders in NHL historical past — Vasilevskiy at nineteenth total and Askarov at eleventh total.
- That is the Sharks’ first regulation win towards the Lightning since Jan. 5, 2019.
