NHL: San Jose Sharks cough up a three-goal third period lead to the Dallas Stars, lose in OT
Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz is defended by San Jose Sharks defenseman Calen Addison during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. SAN JOSE – Goalie Kaapo Kahkonen has experienced his share of excruciating losses as a member of the San Jose Sharks over the last two years.
Kahkonen and the Sharks saw a three-goal lead disappear in a span of 2:44 late in the third period before Roope Hintz scored at the 1:49 mark of overtime to give the Stars an unlikely 7-6 win, handing San Jose its eighth straight loss. “There’s many tough losses, obviously, in those two years,” said Kahkonen, who came to the Sharks from the Minnesota Wild in March 2022. “Certainly one of the toughest ones, for sure.” Sharks coach David Quinn didn’t dispute that this might have been his team’s most difficult loss — out of 46 — this season. “Under the circumstances, it’s hard,” Quinn said, “because we played a pretty good game up until the last seven minutes.” The Sharks led 6-3 at the 3:02 mark of the third period after Mikael Granlund scored his ninth goal of the season. The Sharks were managing the game fairly well and appeared to be on track to earn the win before Logan Stankoven’s goal with 7:02 left in regulation time changed everything. Skating alone in the neutral zone, Givani Smith coughed up the puck to Stankhoven, who raced into the Sharks’ zone and put a shot on Kahkonen. The San Jose goalie couldn’t quite corral the rebound, and Stankoven tapped it in to cut the lead to two. “ shot the puck, it hit my blocker, and then my stick got stuck somewhere,” Kahkonen said, “so I couldn’t turn around and grab that puck from the goal line.”Wyatt Johnston followed that with two goals in 2:01, with his second goal at the 15:42 mark tying the game 6-6. “We’re up 6-3 and playing good hockey, staying above them, not giving them much,” Quinn said. “Then we turn it over in the neutral zone and the floodgates open. “I don’t know if they made a run as much as we gave it to them,” Quinn added. “You saw the fourth goal. That was the gift of all gifts, and then they got life.”“Because it was too easy,” Quinn said. “It wasn’t like a hard-fought goal. We just gave them the puck in the neutral zone. You could feel it on the bench.”“A lack of focus mentally, probably,” Duclair said of the loss. “In the third, leading 6-3, you just have to win that game. That’s just unacceptable. We just found a way to lose that game.” Duclair now has 16 goals on the season – tied for the team lead – and 10 points in his last eight games. But as a pending unrestricted free agent, he figures to be one of the players on the move before Friday at noon. Others include Kahkonen, forwards Matt Hoffman, Alexander Barabanov, and Kevin Labanc, and perhaps even center Granlund and defenseman Jan Rutta. “We don’t know what’s going to happen. Obviously there’s a lot of speculation,” Quinn said. “I certainly don’t want to see go but I understand the circumstances and so does he.”Not only is the 24-year-old Zetterlund under team control for a few more years, including for an economical $1.45 million next season, he has also become one of the Sharks’ most impactful players. Zetterlund assisted on Duclair’s goals in the first and second periods and notched one himself — off an assist from Duclair – in the first period. “We have a lot of fun out there,” Zetterlund said of himself and Duclair, “But we should win this game.” Asked about Duclair’s uncertain future in San Jose, Zetterlund said, “We don’t think about that? Take it day by day and he’s on our team right now and the guy’s doing a fantastic job.”NHL trade deadline: For Sharks, nothing appears imminent The game was played in front of the season’s smallest announced crowd as just 10,070 tickets were distributed. The previous season-low was 10,074 for a Nov. 7 game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The actual number of fans in attendance Tuesday looked to be far less, though, with most sections around the arena less than half full. Arena officials Tuesday were expecting around 6,200 fans in the building.Dear Abby: His morning phone call depresses all of us, even the dogHarriette Cole: I tried hard to make my face more pleasant. I finally had to stop.Ask Amy: My teens are down with this vacation plan, but my wife is mad at meMiss Manners: How do I tell my friend I really need that money?Election results, Santa Clara County, March 2024 Lawsuit: Los Gatos PwC partner accused of crashing Tesla at 100 mph into young man’s car after day, night of company-endorsed drinking Lawsuit: Los Gatos PwC partner accused of crashing Tesla at 100 mph into young man's car after day, night of company-endorsed drinking
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