The San Jose Sharks host the Nashville Predators after Mikael Granlund's two-goal game against the Nashville Predators in the Sharks' 7-5 loss.
Nick Blankenburg scored the eventual game-winner as the Nashville Predators erased a four-goal deficit to defeat the visiting San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday night.
The San Jose Sharks’ season hit rock bottom Tuesday night. The Sharks took a four-goal lead early in the second period only for the wheels to totally fall off in what became a disheartening 7-5 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.
The Nashville Predators host the San Jose Sharks after Filip Forsberg's two-goal game against the Minnesota Wild in the Predators' 6-2 win.
The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.
Nashville Predators (17-22-7, in the Central Division) vs. San Jose Sharks (14-30-6, in the Pacific Division) San Jose, California; Thursday, 10:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks host the Nashville Predators after Mikael Granlund scored two goals in the Sharks' 7-5 loss to the Nashville Predators.
The Sharks had a 5-1 lead with 16:32 left in the second period. Nashville then came all the way back and won the game for their fourth straight. Prior to tonight, Nashville had never come back to win a regular season game after being down four goals.
The loss marked a crushing end to the Sharks’ five-game road trip, which began with an encouraging win over the Detroit Red Wings last Tuesday and was quickly followed by losses to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the New York Islanders, and the Boston Bruins.
Nick Blankenburg scored at 8:09 of the third to lead the Nashville Predators to a 7-5 comeback victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and three assists, Tommy Novak scored and had two assists and Fedor Svechkov,