The “Sharks Postgame Live” crew breaks down the turning point in San Jose’s 6-3 loss against the Nashville Predators on Saturday night at SAP Center.
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And they came into this game knowing what was at stake.
And they came into this game knowing what was at stake.
They go down three, they fight all the way back, so give them credit to that.
They go down three, they fight all the way back, so give them credit to that.
But that’s what happens when you chase a game from the get-go.
But that’s what happens when you chase a game from the get-go.
When you tie it up, it’s almost so hard to get that now the go-ahead goal.
When you tie it up, it’s almost so hard to get that now the go-ahead goal.
Yeah, and I You know what?
Yeah, and I You know what?
we just heard Drew talk about it.
we just heard Drew talk about it.
Yeah, I They were too tight, right?
Yeah, I They were too tight, right?
They came out, we ta- we talked about it.
They came out, we ta- we talked about it.
We wanna play loose hockey.
We wanna play loose hockey.
We wanna, like, get the, get the momentum going early, right?
We wanna, like, get the, get the momentum going early, right?
And, and we didn’t get on the forecheck quick enough.
And, and we didn’t get on the forecheck quick enough.
I don’t think we were physical enough at the start of the game.
I don’t think we were physical enough at the start of the game.
And, too many mistakes in the first, ended up costing us.
And, too many mistakes in the first, ended up costing us.
And man, it’s hard to crawl back into the game three-nothing.
And man, it’s hard to crawl back into the game three-nothing.
We did, but we, we, we Lot of energy j- getting back just into that game.
We did, but we, we, we Lot of energy j- getting back just into that game.
And it all started with something that happened in the stands.
And it all started with something that happened in the stands.
Doesn’t always happen on the ice.
Doesn’t always happen on the ice.
The Toyota Turning Point, Crazy George.
The Toyota Turning Point, Crazy George.
Going through it, man.
Going through it, man.
45 years of the Wave.
45 years of the Wave.
He’s gone a little bit of a retirement tour here, and he gets the Sharks going.
He’s gone a little bit of a retirement tour here, and he gets the Sharks going.
And then the team does its best with Nick Leddy getting his first of the season with a great play from behind the net.
And then the team does its best with Nick Leddy getting his first of the season with a great play from behind the net.
Yeah, you know what?
Yeah, you know what?
We are not getting the result, tonight, but it’s exciting hockey.
We are not getting the result, tonight, but it’s exciting hockey.
This team has been exciting all year long, and, oh, this was a nice one here.
This team has been exciting all year long, and, oh, this was a nice one here.
Celebrini started this whole play coming up the ice and, finishes it, right in the slot with a beauty as well.
Celebrini started this whole play coming up the ice and, finishes it, right in the slot with a beauty as well.
And then you like the little mini turning point in the third, that face-off win right off the get-go from Macklin Celebrini, and then Alex Wennberg just a moment later goes coast to coast right at the forward, tests him, and shows off those silky mitts.
And then you like the little mini turning point in the third, that face-off win right off the get-go from Macklin Celebrini, and then Alex Wennberg just a moment later goes coast to coast right at the forward, tests him, and shows off those silky mitts.
Yeah, you thought the Sharks, were gonna have a better fate, at that start of the period.
Yeah, you thought the Sharks, were gonna have a better fate, at that start of the period.
this was just a beauty off that fr- face-off that Macklin Celebrini had to start a third.
this was just a beauty off that fr- face-off that Macklin Celebrini had to start a third.
Just the pace for the Sharks right here in this first five minutes of the third, they were all over Nashville.
Just the pace for the Sharks right here in this first five minutes of the third, they were all over Nashville.
You could feel the energy, right?
You could feel the energy, right?
and then they took their foot off the gas a little bit.
and then they took their foot off the gas a little bit.
Nashville started pushing.
Nashville started pushing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You can kind of feel that momentum kinda start sh- shifting.
You can kind of feel that momentum kinda start sh- shifting.
And then a couple mistakes, O’Reilly, that O’Reilly goal, a couple mistakes, we’ll talk about that.
And then a couple mistakes, O’Reilly, that O’Reilly goal, a couple mistakes, we’ll talk about that.