"The San Jose Sharks lost to the Utah Mammoth and, most specifically, Nick Schmaltz on Friday night, by the score of 6-3. Schmaltz had a hat trick in the win and the Sharks fell to 0-2-2 to start the season, remaining the only team in the NHL without a win. The Sharks didn't get off to the best of starts last night and dug a hole early in the game. After that, it was a steep slope to climb just to get back to even. Once the Sharks pulled even, stupid mistakes killed all the momentum, and San Jose couldn't pull itself back to even again."
"It was a combination of issues. First, at five-on-five. I went back and looked at the play-by-play on ESPN and it looks like the Sharks didn't have a shot on goal at even-strength until 11:44 into the first period. That means the team was not generating chances; it was all Utah. What's more, because the Sharks were unable to create or generate offense, the team took three penalties in the first ten minutes of the game. In one instance, the penalty turned into a 5-on-3 for the Mammoth and you can guess how that turned out."
"With plenty of time left, the Sharks might have been able to battle back in the game, but this team is clearly disjointed early in the season. We'll start off with the misplayed puck behind the net that gave the Mammoth back the lead in the second period. Yaroslav Askarov went behind the net to play the puck and then just missed it. Sigh."
San Jose fell 6-3 to Utah as Nick Schmaltz recorded a hat trick and the Sharks dropped to 0-2-2, the only NHL team without a victory. The Mammoth jumped on San Jose early, and the Sharks did not register an even-strength shot until 11:44 of the first period. San Jose took three penalties in the first ten minutes, including a 5-on-3. The slow start created a 2-0 deficit. A misplayed puck behind the net by Yaroslav Askarov surrendered a lead in the second period. After briefly pulling even, repeated mistakes erased momentum and prevented a comeback.
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