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.<\/p>\n
Sharks’ spirited comeback comes up short amid late collapse in loss to Predators<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n View More<\/p>\n Video Transcript<\/p>\n And they came into this game knowing what was at stake.<\/p>\n And they came into this game knowing what was at stake.<\/p>\n They go down three, they fight all the way back, so give them credit to that.<\/p>\n They go down three, they fight all the way back, so give them credit to that.<\/p>\n But that’s what happens when you chase a game from the get-go.<\/p>\n But that’s what happens when you chase a game from the get-go.<\/p>\n When you tie it up, it’s almost so hard to get that now the go-ahead goal.<\/p>\n When you tie it up, it’s almost so hard to get that now the go-ahead goal.<\/p>\n Yeah, and I You know what?<\/p>\n Yeah, and I You know what?<\/p>\n we just heard Drew talk about it.<\/p>\n we just heard Drew talk about it.<\/p>\n Yeah, I They were too tight, right?<\/p>\n Yeah, I They were too tight, right?<\/p>\n They came out, we ta- we talked about it.<\/p>\n They came out, we ta- we talked about it.<\/p>\n We wanna play loose hockey.<\/p>\n We wanna play loose hockey.<\/p>\n We wanna, like, get the, get the momentum going early, right?<\/p>\n We wanna, like, get the, get the momentum going early, right?<\/p>\n And, and we didn’t get on the forecheck quick enough.<\/p>\n And, and we didn’t get on the forecheck quick enough.<\/p>\n I don’t think we were physical enough at the start of the game.<\/p>\n I don’t think we were physical enough at the start of the game.<\/p>\n And, too many mistakes in the first, ended up costing us.<\/p>\n And, too many mistakes in the first, ended up costing us.<\/p>\n And man, it’s hard to crawl back into the game three-nothing.<\/p>\n And man, it’s hard to crawl back into the game three-nothing.<\/p>\n We did, but we, we, we Lot of energy j- getting back just into that game.<\/p>\n We did, but we, we, we Lot of energy j- getting back just into that game.<\/p>\n And it all started with something that happened in the stands.<\/p>\n And it all started with something that happened in the stands.<\/p>\n Doesn’t always happen on the ice.<\/p>\n Doesn’t always happen on the ice.<\/p>\n The Toyota Turning Point, Crazy George.<\/p>\n The Toyota Turning Point, Crazy George.<\/p>\n Going through it, man.<\/p>\n Going through it, man.<\/p>\n 45 years of the Wave.<\/p>\n 45 years of the Wave.<\/p>\n He’s gone a little bit of a retirement tour here, and he gets the Sharks going.<\/p>\n He’s gone a little bit of a retirement tour here, and he gets the Sharks going.<\/p>\n And then the team does its best with Nick Leddy getting his first of the season with a great play from behind the net.<\/p>\n And then the team does its best with Nick Leddy getting his first of the season with a great play from behind the net.<\/p>\n Yeah, you know what?<\/p>\n Yeah, you know what?<\/p>\n We are not getting the result, tonight, but it’s exciting hockey.<\/p>\n We are not getting the result, tonight, but it’s exciting hockey.<\/p>\n This team has been exciting all year long, and, oh, this was a nice one here.<\/p>\n This team has been exciting all year long, and, oh, this was a nice one here.<\/p>\n Celebrini started this whole play coming up the ice and, finishes it, right in the slot with a beauty as well.<\/p>\n Celebrini started this whole play coming up the ice and, finishes it, right in the slot with a beauty as well.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Yeah, you thought the Sharks, were gonna have a better fate, at that start of the period.<\/p>\n Yeah, you thought the Sharks, were gonna have a better fate, at that start of the period.<\/p>\n this was just a beauty off that fr- face-off that Macklin Celebrini had to start a third.<\/p>\n this was just a beauty off that fr- face-off that Macklin Celebrini had to start a third.<\/p>\n Just the pace for the Sharks right here in this first five minutes of the third, they were all over Nashville.<\/p>\n Just the pace for the Sharks right here in this first five minutes of the third, they were all over Nashville.<\/p>\n You could feel the energy, right?<\/p>\n You could feel the energy, right?<\/p>\n and then they took their foot off the gas a little bit.<\/p>\n and then they took their foot off the gas a little bit.<\/p>\n Nashville started pushing.<\/p>\n Nashville started pushing.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n You can kind of feel that momentum kinda start sh- shifting.<\/p>\n You can kind of feel that momentum kinda start sh- shifting.<\/p>\n And then a couple mistakes, O’Reilly, that O’Reilly goal, a couple mistakes, we’ll talk about that.<\/p>\n And then a couple mistakes, O’Reilly, that O’Reilly goal, a couple mistakes, we’ll talk about that.<\/p>\n