The “Sharks Postgame Live” crew breaks down the turning point in San Jose’s 4-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night at SAP Center.
Sharks’ secondary lines bolster offense in crucial 4-1 win vs. Maple Leafs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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Out, and you’ve talked about this a lot throughout this season, is the secondary scoring.
Out, and you’ve talked about this a lot throughout this season, is the secondary scoring.
They would have to come around, because Macklin Celebrini has, wide as those shoulders are for a 19-year-old, can’t just carry this team each and every single night.
They would have to come around, because Macklin Celebrini has, wide as those shoulders are for a 19-year-old, can’t just carry this team each and every single night.
They’re gonna need secondary scoring.
They’re gonna need secondary scoring.
So the Toyota turning point of this game is that everybody else did what they needed to do.
So the Toyota turning point of this game is that everybody else did what they needed to do.
Goals, two goals from the fourth line, and every other line got on the score sheet as well, Jammer.
Goals, two goals from the fourth line, and every other line got on the score sheet as well, Jammer.
Yeah, this is a set face off play, obviously.
Yeah, this is a set face off play, obviously.
Allow a rim around the boards, and Zach Nostopchuk showing tremendous speed and an elite shot as he’s able to find the back of the net.
Allow a rim around the boards, and Zach Nostopchuk showing tremendous speed and an elite shot as he’s able to find the back of the net.
And Michael Mesa gets a turnover, and Colin Graff, we talked about it, it’s his 20th of the year, and it comes with a little bit of money attached.
And Michael Mesa gets a turnover, and Colin Graff, we talked about it, it’s his 20th of the year, and it comes with a little bit of money attached.
We’ll talk about that a little bit later on.
We’ll talk about that a little bit later on.
But then they would just keep coming, and this was the Wennberg line, who always has the most defensive assignment, but they get in as well with William Macklin going off the boards.
But then they would just keep coming, and this was the Wennberg line, who always has the most defensive assignment, but they get in as well with William Macklin going off the boards.
Yeah, just a great job on the entry there with the middle lane drive, creating that space, and Eklund gets to the middle of the ice and gets a fortuitous bounce.
Yeah, just a great job on the entry there with the middle lane drive, creating that space, and Eklund gets to the middle of the ice and gets a fortuitous bounce.
And then how about Adam Gaudette, 17th of the season, second in three games, and that’s the fourth line.
And then how about Adam Gaudette, 17th of the season, second in three games, and that’s the fourth line.
You talked about Warso putting out guys he trusts, and that’s the fourth line as the time wind s- down.
You talked about Warso putting out guys he trusts, and that’s the fourth line as the time wind s- down.
Well, the play is made right there when Nostopchuk does a great job getting that puck up, make, takes a hit to make a play, and that’s what allows that play to leave the zone.
Well, the play is made right there when Nostopchuk does a great job getting that puck up, make, takes a hit to make a play, and that’s what allows that play to leave the zone.
That was the most important part, and Gaudette was the benefactor in that.
That was the most important part, and Gaudette was the benefactor in that.
But it doesn’t happen without the trust Ryan Warsofsky has with his fourth line group and the ability for them to get that job done.
But it doesn’t happen without the trust Ryan Warsofsky has with his fourth line group and the ability for them to get that job done.
So the San Jose Sharks are now up to 36 wins this season.
So the San Jose Sharks are now up to 36 wins this season.
They had 19 and 20 the previous two years, so 39 combined, three away from that mark.
They had 19 and 20 the previous two years, so 39 combined, three away from that mark.
I know it’s hard to quantify and tell you about growth and what it all means and how you see it, but that’s one way we can do it, by telling you that they’re three away from their last two previous combined.
I know it’s hard to quantify and tell you about growth and what it all means and how you see it, but that’s one way we can do it, by telling you that they’re three away from their last two previous combined.
Yeah, and I think that this is a testament to all season long, we’ve talked about the, the standard that they’ve set for themselves.
Yeah, and I think that this is a testament to all season long, we’ve talked about the, the standard that they’ve set for themselves.
We’ve talked about the culture in the room.
We’ve talked about the culture in the room.
We’ve talked about the fact that they all care about each other.
We’ve talked about the fact that they all care about each other.
That is transat- translating into victories.
That is transat- translating into victories.
That is translating into an opportunity now to make the playoffs, and that has given them a new life.
That is translating into an opportunity now to make the playoffs, and that has given them a new life.
They’re playing with energy.
They’re playing with energy.
They’re playing with pace.
They’re playing with pace.
They’re playing with a refound, focus that, you know, they have a real opportunity here, and they realize it down the stretch to make the playoffs.
They’re playing with a refound, focus that, you know, they have a real opportunity here, and they realize it down the stretch to make the playoffs.