DETROIT — The San Jose Sharks are having trouble holding leads.

The Sharks, for the fourth time this season, blew a two-goal third period lead. But this time, unlike the first three times, San Jose failed to escape with the win, dropping a 4-3 shootout decision to the Detroit Red Wings. Dmitry Orlov, Macklin Celebrini, and Ivar Stenberg scored.

Celebrini discussed what Stenberg has brought to the power play, Orlov took the blame for the loss, Alex Wennberg talked about playing his cousin Anton Johansson for the first time, and San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky tried to make sense of the “frustrating” loss.

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Ryan Warsofsky

Warsofsky, on why the San Jose Sharks are blowing late leads:

Just our details, understand where we’re at in the game, certain details within our game, really…

I didn’t think we were sitting back. That second goal, we make a tough read there in the neutral zone. Third one, obviously goes off when he skates and goes right to him, so that’s kind of unfortunate. But it doesn’t feel like we’re sitting back. We’re still getting some opportunities. We’re pushing forward. We’re saying the right things for whatever reason. This has kind of gone on here for a little bit.

Macklin Celebrini

Celebrini, on Wennberg’s power play contributions:

The whole thing runs through him. He’s been such an unselfish big part of our power play, just screening the goalie and always being around the net and banging in anything that we need to. And he’s always so smart with the puck and retrieves the puck well.

Dmitry Orlov

Orlov, unprompted, took accountability for the loss: “I think we lost because of me on the second goal.”

Orlov was beat to the backdoor by Finnie, that goal cut #SJSharks lead down to 3-2.

Good for him, because he obviously did a lot right tonight too

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) October 18, 2026

Orlov, on the Emmett Finnie goal that cut the San Jose Sharks’ lead to 3-2:

First of all, I think we lost because of me on the second goal…I saw he’s there. I saw the puck rolling, kind of. It wasn’t a flat pass, so I wasn’t sure if I [should] touch it or not because sometimes this could be [a deflected] goal from a [your] stick, and they finished. I just need to get closer to him and not give him a chance to get that puck.

Alex Wennberg