Ducks defeat the Sharks 3-2 in overtime, 1/31/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Sharks played against the Ducks in Anaheim at the Honda Center on Wednesday, January 31st. After a 1-1 tie to San Jose being in the lead... the Ducks tie it up 2-2 and get the 3-2 overtime win.


Sharks lineup against the Ducks:

Hoffman - Couture - Zetterlund

Barabanov - Eklund - Duclair

MacDonald - Sturm - Kunin

Zadina - Carpenter - Bailey


Vlasic - Emberson

Rutta - Mukhamadullin

Okhotiuk - Addison


Kahkonen

Blackwood


Ducks lineup against the Sharks:

Henrique - Carlsson - Strome

Lundestrom - McTavish - Silfverberg

Vatrano - Groulx - Terry

Johnston - Carrick - Leason


Zellweger - Fowler

Vaakanainen - Lyubushkin

LaCombe - Gudas


Gibson

Dostal


   Anaheim struck early into the first period - Isac Lundestrom scored the first goal for the Ducks, getting them on the board 1-0. Lundestrom took a centering pass from Mason McTavish, going around the crease, and around Kaapo Kahkonen's right leg. After a shot by Shakir Mukhamadullin was saved by John Gibson, the puck got to Anthony Duclair who scored his ninth of the season and tied up the game 1-1.


   Marc-Edouard Vlasic gets the only goal in the middle frame in the net. With 2:03 remaining in the second period, Vlasic strikes the net from the point and gets the Sharks in the lead.


   Tying the game back up 2-2 with only 1:01 remaining in the third period, Troy Terry strikes his 15th goal of the season. With a great setup pass by Leo Carlsson, Terry nets one.


   Frank Vatrano scored the game-winning goal with only 53 seconds left in overtime. Vatrano took a cross-ice pass from Troy Terry off the rush and scored with a snapshot that slipped inside the near post.



Notes:

- Troy Terry leads the Ducks in points and assists - now tied in second for goals.

- The Anaheim Ducks point streak extended to four games

- Isac Lundestrom has three points in his last three games

- Mason McTavish now owns 31 points and 43 assists this season... fourth-most this season among NHL players under 22 years old.

- Jakob Silfverberg has five points in his last four games

- Shakir Mukhamadullin recorded his first NHL point with his primary assist.

- Marc-Edouard Vlasic has scored in three straight games for the first time in his 18-season career.



Troy Terry on the Ducks 3-2 overtime win over the San Jose Sharks: "I think we had the puck in there more - I thought in the third period, we made more of a commitment to do that... So, it was nice to have kind of a heroic comeback there - It was good."


 

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