San Jose 2, Seattle 0
When: 10:30 PM ET, Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees:
Tom Chmielewski, Chris Schlenker
Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
10988
By Field Level Media
Marc-Edouard Vlasic broke a scoreless tie in the third period and Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 2-0 Tuesday night.
Jan Rutta added an empty-netter with 19.9 seconds remaining as the Sharks won for the fourth time in their past five games and broke a tie with Chicago for the fewest points in the NHL.
Joey Daccord stopped 20 of 21 shots for Seattle, which had a three-game point streak (2-0-1) snapped. The Kraken missed an opportunity to move into a four-way tie with Los Angeles, St. Louis and Nashville atop the Western Conference's wild-card standings.
The game's first goal came at 7:27 of the third period. San Jose's William Eklund skated the puck down the right wing and sent a pass back to Ty Emberson at the point. Emberson immediately swung a cross-ice pass along the blue line to Vlasic, whose wrist shot made its way through a maze of players and into the upper left corner of the net past a screened Daccord.
The Kraken outshot the Sharks 13-3 in a scoreless first period.
The best chance came when Seattle's Brandon Tanev intercepted a pass in the San Jose zone, but Blackwood made a left leg pad save on Tanev's wrist shot from the slot.
San Jose's top opportunity came when Anthony Duclair charged down the right wing and split a pair of defenders to get to the net before sliding a backhander wide of the far post.
Both teams had five shots in the second, which was also without a goal.
The Kraken's Oliver Bjorkstrand rang a shot from the slot off the right post early in the period after teammate Eeli Tolvanen forced a turnover behind the San Jose net.
The Sharks played much better defensively than they did in the first meeting between the Pacific Division rivals this season, which the Kraken won 7-1 on Nov. 22 in Seattle.
Sharks forward Tomas Hertl, the team's leading scorer, missed the game after suffering an undisclosed injury in Saturday's 5-2 loss to visiting Buffalo.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Seattle |
|
San Jose |
|
N/A |
Points |
William Eklund 2 |
|
N/A |
Goals |
Jan Rutta 1 |
|
N/A |
Assists |
William Eklund 2 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Joey Daccord .952 |
Save Percentage |
Mackenzie Blackwood 1.000 |
|
Joey Daccord 20 |
Saves |
Mackenzie Blackwood 32 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Seattle
|
32 |
0 |
0-1 |
1-1 |
7 |
28 |
| San Jose
|
22 |
2 |
0-1 |
1-1 |
7 |
27 |
Upcoming Games
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San Jose will play their next game on the road against Anaheim. The Sharks have a W/L % of .385 after a win and .243 after a loss.
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Seattle will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Kraken have a W/L % of .524 after a win and .345 after a loss.
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