2024-01-31 06:05:00
In the heart of a painful season that has them stuck in the bottom of the NHL, the Sharks have been almost unrecognizable for some time.
Tuesday night, the San Jose team (14-32-4) defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-0 to collect a fourth victory in their last five games.
Marc-Édouard Vlasic contributed to his team’s recent success by scoring in a second game in a row. Cleared since the start of the season in this regard before January, the Quebecer has collected his total of four goals in his last eight outings.
It was not until the third period before we saw goal celebrations. Vlasic took a precise shot that weaved through traffic before beating the goalie on the blocker’s side.
Jan Rutta added the insurance goal into an empty net 21 seconds from the end of the clock, his third of the campaign.
Mackenzie Blackwood earned her first shutout of the season and ninth career shutout with a perfect 32 saves. This is actually his first shutout since December 8, 2021, when he wore the colors of the New Jersey Devils.
His opponent, Joey Daccord, repelled 21 of the 22 shots aimed at him.
Merzlikins reaches ten shutouts
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 21 shots to become the fifth Columbus Blue Jackets goalie to reach at least ten career shutouts in a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.
According to NHL EDGE, Merzlikins has now had 12 games this season in which he maintained a save percentage of .900 or better. He had obtained nine during the entire last campaign.
After two scoreless periods, Dmitri Voronkov scored his 12th of the season at 4:11 of the final period for the only goal of the game.
Voronkov’s 12 goals ties him with teammate Adam Fantilli for the most goals by a rookie so far this season in the NHL. The two teammates are only ahead of Connor Bedard (15) of the Chicago Blackhawks and Marco Rossi (13) of the Minnesota Wild among rookies.
Zach Werenski had an assist on Voronkov’s goal, joining Nick Foligno for third in Blue Jackets history with 193.
For the Blues, who see their five-game winning streak come to an end, goaltender Jordan Binnington gave up once on 22 shots.
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