Sunrise, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart prolonged his goal streak to 5 games, aiding the Florida Panthers to a 3-1 acquire about the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night time.
Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and Kevin Stenlund each individual scored for the Panthers (3-3-), who had been with no captain Aleksander Barkov since of an health issues. Anthony Stolarz produced 27 will save in his Florida debut, nearly flawless in his 1st probability as Sergei Bobrovsky’s backup.
“He has attained that for the reason that he labored seriously tricky and he did that straight as a result of camp,” Panthers mentor Paul Maurice reported of Stolarz. “He knows the task so he is familiar with these techniques have to be his video games and he well prepared himself very perfectly. He is a major gentleman, but successful. Not a whole lot of scramble in his game. It was really good.”
Fabian Zetterlund scored for the Sharks. Mackenzie Blackwood produced 32 will save.
At -5-1, San Jose has matched the worst 6-match start out in franchise heritage. The Sharks also went -5-1 for one particular level by six games in 1993-94 — component of what grew to become an -8-1 start out. San Jose turned factors about that year, getting to the second spherical of the playoffs.
“I just believed we saved offering the puck away,” Sharks coach David Quinn stated. “I didn’t believe we were dedicated in our battles and in opposition to a crew like that you are likely to shell out a good deal of time in your conclusion and give up probabilities. That is type of what took place, but as the activity went on that transpired less and a lot less.”
Zetterlund gave San Jose the direct 8:30 into the next interval, scoring a electrical power-engage in objective off of a go from William Eklund.
That was it for the Sharks’ offense. The rest was all Florida.
Verhaeghe tied the sport 1:18 immediately after Zetterlund’s intention, scoring off a one-timer set up by Matthew Tkachuk — the 1st of his two helps in the match. Reinhart’s intention arrived at 15:23 of the 2nd, a power-engage in rating for his seventh intention of the period.
Reinhart’s target streak is the longest of his vocation he’d had a four-activity aim streak on four other events in advance of this operate.
“I do not imagine I’ve ever experienced (a hot streak) at the start of the 12 months,” Reinhart said. “When it doesn’t go at the start out of the yr, it is a whole lot even worse than when it is in the center of the calendar year mainly because you have nothing at all to slide back again on. It just provides to that strain, so to be ready to start like this is awesome.”
Stenlund added an empty-netter with 1.5 seconds left.
NOTES: Barkov was replaced by rookie forward Mackie Samoskevich, who has known as up from AHL Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon. … Veteran defenseman Marc-Eduoard Vlasic was a healthy scratch for the Sharks for a second-straight recreation. … San Jose forward Anthony Duclair and Florida forward Steven Lorentz played from their previous groups for the to start with time given that obtaining traded for every single other on July 1. … Stolarz and ahead William Lockwood created their Panthers debut right after signing with the crew as no cost brokers in the offseason.
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Sharks: Go to Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Panthers: Host Seattle on Saturday.
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