{"id":11321,"date":"2025-10-18T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/11321\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T11:32:24","slug":"san-jose-sharks-lose-to-utah-mammoth-host-pittsburgh-penguins-next-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/11321\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks lose to Utah Mammoth; host Pittsburgh Penguins next"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 An impressive second-period comeback by the San Jose Sharks<\/a> went for naught Friday as a costly turnover by goalie Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> resulted in a go-ahead goal by Liam O\u2019Brien and gave the momentum back to the Utah Mammoth, who went on to a 6-3 win at Delta Center.<\/p>\n

The Sharks were badly outplayed in the first period, but erased a 2-0 deficit on second-period goals by Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Skinner. But late in the second, Askarov went behind his net<\/a> to play the puck after it had been sent into the Sharks\u2019 zone, couldn\u2019t control it, and a forechecking O\u2019Brien was there to take control and score his first goal since April 17, 2014, the Arizona Coyotes\u2019 final game.<\/p>\n

Nick Schmaltz scored early in the third period to complete the hat trick, and Michael Carcone and Clayton Keller later tacked on more insurance goals to hand the Sharks their fourth straight loss to start the season.<\/p>\n

Macklin Celebrini scored his first goal of the season at the 16:51 mark of the third period to cut into Utah\u2019s lead, but, naturally, didn\u2019t celebrate as San Jose remained the last winless team in the NHL. The Sharks (0-3-1) host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at SAP Center, then begin a four-game road trip next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe obviously need to find a way to play a full (60 minutes),\u201d Sharks forward Barclay Goodrow told reporters. \u201cIt was right there for the taking for us, and obviously, they found a way to kind of separate themselves in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Askarov finished with 28 saves for the Sharks. Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic will likely get the start against the Penguins (3-2-0), one of his former teams.<\/p>\n

Askarov\u2019s mistake on Friday was reminiscent of Nedeljkovic\u2019s puck-handling adventures<\/a> in the Sharks\u2019 season-opening game against the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

Nedeljkovic could not stop a lob shot by Jack Eichel into the Sharks\u2019 zone that tied the game late in the third period, and he turned the puck over in overtime, which led to a 4-3 Vegas win.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Skinner and Toffoli scored 1:50 apart in the second period.<\/p>\n

Toffoli\u2019s goal came on the Sharks\u2019 first power play, as Dmitry Orlov took a pass from Will Smith and fired a shot that Karel Vejmelka saved, but Toffoli was there to gather the rebound and score his second of the season from short range.<\/p>\n

Skinner\u2019s goal, his third of the season, came at the 7:13 mark. He sent a backhand pass to the front of the net intended for Celebrini, but it instead went off Mammoth defenseman Ian Cole and past goalie Vejmelka to the game.<\/p>\n

Askarov was making his second start of the season and was looking to bounce back from a 7-6 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 11, in which he made 37 saves.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t start well; the Sharks were down 2-0 to the Mammoth after the first period and were probably a bit fortunate that the score wasn\u2019t more lopsided.<\/p>\n

Defensemen Nick Leddy and Dmitry Orlov took tripping penalties one minute apart in the first period. Schmaltz, with time from the bumper position, scored on the 5-on-3 as he took a pass from Logan Cooley and beat Askarov with a perfect shot inside the far post for his first of the season at the 9:39 mark.<\/p>\n

Less than four minutes later, the Sharks turned the puck over from behind their net. Orlov tried to send a short pass ahead to Collin Graf, but the puck wound up on Keller\u2019s stick, and he quickly sent a nifty pass to the front of the net to Schmaltz, who had enough time to settle the puck down, turn around, and fire a shot past Askarov at the 13:31 mark.<\/p>\n

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