TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 4 at Anaheim 2
Playing in the second game of a back-to-back set, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 at Honda Center on Wednesday night…The Bolts took down the Ducks for the sixth time in the last eight meetings at Honda Center…Tampa Bay held Anaheim to just four shots in the first period and 21 on the game…The Lightning improved to 2-1-0 in the second game of a back-to-back this season…Trevor Zegras opened the scoring at the 14:25 mark of the first period…Mikhail Sergachev answered just 2:53 later with his first goal of the season…Nikita Kucherov gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead 1:26 after Sergachev’s goal…Troy Terry scored the lone goal of the second period to tie the game with 3:21 left in the middle frame…Brandon Hagel scored the game-winning goal on the power play with 4:27 remaining in regulation…Nick Paul added an empty-net goal at the 19:58 mark of the third…Brian Elliott earned his second win of the season with 19 saves on 21 shots against.
PP: TBL – 1-3 ANA – 0-2
SOG: TBL – 30 ANA – 21
Attendance: 14,889
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Sharks are playing the first of two meetings this season and the only meeting at SAP Center…Tampa Bay has won five straight games against San Jose…The Lightning have won two straight and five of the last seven meetings at SAP Center…The Bolts are 24-20-0 with two ties against the Sharks all-time, including a road record of 11-10-0 with one tie…Tampa Bay went 2-0-0 against San Jose last season…Ross Colton and Alex Killorn led the Lightning with two goals against the Sharks in 2021-22…Steven Stamkos (14-14—28) holds the Tampa Bay franchise records for goals, assists and points against San Jose.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. SJS
- Steven Stamkos – 28 pts. (14-14—28, 19 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 14 pts. (11-3—14, 15 GP)
T3. Nikita Kucherov – 13 pts. (6-7—13, 14 GP)
T3. Victor Hedman – 13 pts. (4-9—13, 18 GP) - Alex Killorn – 11 pts. (5-6—11, 16 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the third game of the team’s three-game California road trip…The Lightning are 3- 3-0 in six road contests this season…The Bolts have won two of the club’s last three road games and three of the last four games overall.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 16
Current Injuries:
Zach Bogosian (Shoulder surgery; Out) 8 Games
Anthony Cirelli (Shoulder surgery; Out) 8 Games
TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 21 – Assigned F Gabriel Fortier to AHL Syracuse
KUUUUUUCH
Tampa Bay forward Nikita Kucherov scored a goal for the second-straight game Oct. 26 at ANA to extend his point streak to six games (2-8—10)…Kucherov is the only Lightning skater to record a six-game point streak this season…Kucherov’s 11 points and nine assists lead all Tampa Bay skaters…Only three NHL skaters have recorded more assists than Kucherov…Going back to the end of the 2021-22 season, Kucherov has recorded at least one point in 23 of his last 26 regular season contests and has picked up 46 points (16-30—46) during that span…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, only Connor McDavid (1.48 P/GP) has recorded a higher point-per-game average than Kucherov’s 1.33.
NHL P/GP LEADERS SINCE 2016-17
- Connor McDavid – 1.48 P/GP (231-433-664, 450 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 1.33 P/GP (180-298—478, 359 GP)
- Leon Draisaitl – 1.25 P/GP (237-334—571, 457 GP)
- Brad Marchand – 1.21 P/GP (200-309—509, 421 GP)
BACK TO BRANDON
Lightning forward Brandon Hagel scored a goal for the third-straight game Oct. 26 at ANA…Hagel has scored goals in three straight contests for the first time since joining the Lightning last season…The threegame goal streak matches the longest of Hagel’s career…Hagel’s goal Oct. 26 at ANA was his first gamewinning goal in the regular season as a member of the Bolts…Hagel has recorded four points (3-1—4) in eight games this season.
STORM SERG
Bolts defenseman Mikhail Sergachev recorded his second multi-point game of the season (1-1—2) Oct. 26 at ANA and extended his point streak to four games…The four-game point streak is one game shy of tying a career high for Sergachev…Sergachev (1-6—7) is tied with Victor Hedman (0-7—7) for the third-most points among all Tampa Bay skaters…Both Sergachev and Hedman are tied for the fifth-most points among all NHL defensemen this season.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS AMONG DEFENSEMEN
- Victor Hedman – 610 pts. (134-476—610, 906 GP)
- Dan Boyle – 253 pts. (66-187—253, 394 GP)
- Pavel Kubina – 243 pts. (72-171—243, 662 GP)
- Roman Hamrlik – 185 pts. (52-133—185, 377 GP)
- Mikhail Sergachev – 181 pts. (37-144—181, 366 GP)
HED RUSH
Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman recorded his first multi-point game of the season (0-2—2) Oct. 26 at ANA…Hedman (0-7—7) ranks second on the Bolts in assists and tied for fourth in points…Josh Morrissey (8, WPG) is the only NHL defenseman with more assists than Hedman this season…Only four active NHL defensemen have recorded more career points than Hedman’s 610 (134-476—610)…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, no defenseman in the NHL has recorded more points or assists than Hedman (85-296—381)…Hedman leads all defensemen in Lightning history in goals (134), assists (476), points (610), power-play points (217), game-winning goals (25), plus/minus (+147), hits (985), blocked shots (1,389) and takeaways (455).
NHL DEFENSEMEN POINTS LEADERS SINCE 2016-17
- Victor Hedman – 381 pts. (85-296—381, 436 GP)
- John Carlson – 371 pts. (81-290—371, 441 GP)
- Brent Burns – 359 pts. (87-272—359, 461 GP)
- Roman Josi – 356 pts. (89-267—353, 434 GP)
- Kris Letang – 302 pts. (62-240—302, 387 GP)
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
Lightning defenseman Nick Perbix recorded his first career point with an assist Oct. 26 at ANA…Perbix made his NHL debut Oct. 18 vs. PHI…Perbix has dressed in five straight games for Tampa Bay and averaged 13:43 of ice time per contest.
UNCLE PAULIE
Tampa Bay forward Nick Paul (1-1—2) recorded his second multi-point effort in the last three games Oct. 26 at ANA…Paul scored his first goal of the season and added one assist Oct. 22 vs. NYI…Paul has recorded five multi-point games since joining the Bolts last season…Paul leads all Tampa Bay skaters in shorthanded time on ice this season.
SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
Game 10 – 10/27 – SJS 4 vs TOR 3 OT…Erik Karlsson (1g, 2a) and Logan Couture (2g, 1a) led San Jose with three-point nights. Karlsson’s overtime goal was his second overtime marker of the season, leading all NHL players. Couture’s second goal was his 300th career NHL goal. Matt Nieto tallied his fourth point (1g, 3a) in his last five games. San Jose recorded 21 takeaways, their most in the last five seasons.
SJ Goals: Couture (3), Couture (4 pp), Meier (1 pp), Karlsson (4 ot)
SF: 31
SA: 25
SJ PP: 2/3
SJ PK: 3/4
W: Kahkonen (1)
OTL: Kallgren
10/18 Activated F Alexander Barabanov off IR
10/10 Assigned C Thomas Bordeleau, D Nick Cicek, G Aaron Dell, LW William Eklund and F Jeff Viel to the San Jose Barracuda; Placed F Alexander Barabanov and D Markus Nutivaara on IR; Returned F Ethan Cardwell to his junior team
The San Jose Sharks continue their six-game homestand with a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay is finishing a three-game California trip, earning a 1-1-0 record so far. The Lightning will be returning home for a five-game homestand beginning on Nov. 1 against Ottawa. Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos is tied for second of the league in goals (seven), while Nikita Kucherov is tied for seventh in the league in points (11).
Oct. 29, 2022, 1:30 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE SHARKS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
3-7-0 (6 pts), 6th in Pacific 2022-23 RECORD 4-4-0 (8 pts), 7
th in Atlantic
3-2-0 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2-0
First game SEASON SERIES First game
20-21-2-3 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 24-20-2-0
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
12 players (10) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 13 players (8)
Logan Couture, Erik Karlsson, Nico
Sturm (4)
GOALS LEADER Steven Stamkos (7)
Erik Karlsson (5) ASSISTS LEADER Nikita Kucherov (9)
Erik Karlsson (9) POINTS LEADER Nikita Kucherov (11)
David Quinn: 1 win from 100 NHL wins
Alexander Barabanov: 2 games from 100 NHL games
Luke Kunin: 3 points from 100 NHL points
James Reimer: 6 wins from 200 NHL wins
Tomas Hertl: 5 games from 600 NHL games
Jaycob Megna: 5 games from 100 NHL games
San Jose Sharks: Media Notes
Tomas Hertl: 9 points from 400 NHL points
Logan Couture (10/27): 300th NHL goal
Oskar Lindblom (10/22): 100th NHL point (assist)
Mike Grier (10/20): First win as an NHL general manager
Timo Meier (10/20): 400th NHL game
SWEDISH SENSATION…Erik Karlsson capped off a three-point (1g, 2a) game against Toronto on Oct. 27 with the overtime, game-winning goal. The defenseman now has two overtime goals this season (other: Oct. 20 @ NYR), leading the NHL. Karlsson is one of three defensemen (others: Cale Makar, Shea Theodore) to score three or more overtime goals since the start of the 2021-22 season. The 32-year-old currently co-leads all league defensemen in points and ranks T-2 nd in goals.
CAPTAIN COUTURE…Logan Couture recorded three points (2g, 1a) in the Sharks 4-3 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. San Jose’s captain opened the game’s scoring with a strike just 26 seconds in. Per NHL PR, this put him in a tie with Joe Pavelski for the most opening-minute goals in franchise history (eight). With his second goal of the evening – the 300th of his career – Couture became the third player to score 300 goals with the franchise, after Patrick Marleau (522) and Joe Pavelski (355). He is now second on the club in scoring with seven points (4g, 3a) in 10 games.
REIM TIME…Sharks goaltender James Reimer earned his first shutout of the season on Oct. 23 with a 30-save performance at Philadelphia. Reimer’s shutout, his fifth as a Shark, moved him into a tie with Aaron Dell for eighth on the franchise’s all-time shutouts list. Reimer also owns a .938 shorthanded save percentage since joining the Sharks at the start of the 2021-22 season, the best in the NHL in that span (min. 10 games played) and the best two-season stretch by a goaltender since the NHL began tracking the statistic in 1997-98 (min. 30 games played, second best is Cory Schneider from 2010-12 with a .936 SV% in 58 GP).
PRIME PENALTY KILL…San Jose killed off their first 22 penalties of the season before finally allowing a power play goal on Oct. 22 at New Jersey. San Jose has been operating at a league-best 88.4% shorthanded efficiency since the 2022 NHL All-Star break, and the Sharks have the league’s T-3rd best penalty kill percentage since the start of the 2020-21 season (83.8%).
QUICK START KUNIN…Sharks forward Luke Kunin tallied points in each of his first two regular games with the Sharks, recording the secondary assist on Tomas Hertl’s goal on Oct. 7 and scoring his first goal as a member of the Sharks the next day. Kunin’s 21:23 minutes of ice time on Oct. 7 is the second highest he’s logged in his career and the most he has logged since 2019. His power-play marker on Oct. 8 was the first power-play goal of his career and the first special teams goal scored in the 2022-23 NHL season. Kunin had points on each of the Sharks first two power play strikes (1g, 1a) of the season, matching his career high for power play points in a season. Including exhibition and preseason, Kunin scored one point in each of the first six games he played with the Sharks.
GRIER’S GAMEPLAN…On July 5, Sharks president Jonathan Becher and assistant general manager Joe Will introduced Mike Grier as the team’s fifth General Manager and first black general manager in NHL history. The 47-year-old appeared in 221 games with the Sharks from 2006 through 2008 as part of a 14-season, 1,060 game NHL playing career. Just two days later, Grier was with the team as they selected center Filip Bystedt with the 27th overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. On July 13, the Sharks traded longtime defenseman Brent Burns and signed Matt Benning, Oskar Lindblom, Markus Nutivaara and Nico Sturm on the first day of free agency. A full list of players under NHL contract that have joined the organization since July 5 is below:
PLAYER CONTRACT HOW ACQUIRED
Luke Kunin Two years Acquired from Nashville in exchange for John Leonard and a 2023 third-round selection on July 8; Signed on July 18
Oskar Lindblom Two years Signed in Free Agency on July 13 Steven Lorentz Two years Acquired with Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional 2023 third round selection (lower of two selections) from Carolina in exchange for Brent Burns (34% {$2.72M} retained) and Lane Pederson; Signed on July 22 Eetu Makiniemi One year remaining
Acquired with Steven Lorentz and a conditional 2023 third round selection (lower of two selections) from Carolina in exchange for Brent Burns (34% {$2.72M} retained) and Lane Pederson
Matt Benning Four years Signed in Free Agency on July 13 Nico Sturm Three years Signed in Free Agency on July 13
Markus Nutivaara One year Signed in Free Agency on July 13
Aaron Dell One year Signed in Free Agency on July 14
C.J. Suess One year Signed in Free Agency on July 14
Andrew Agozzino Two years Signed in Free Agency on July 14
Evgeny Svechnikov One year Signed in Free Agency on Sept. 6
Scott Harrington One year Signed to a PTO on Sept. 9. Signed to a one-year deal on Sept. 30
Erik Karlsson’s overtime game-winning goal on Oct. 20 at New York (Rangers), assisted by Timo Meier and Tomas Hertl, was the first goal the Sharks scored this season that did not feature at least one of Grier’s offseason additions.
QUINN FOR THE WIN…On July 26, Grier introduced David Quinn as Head Coach of the Sharks and later named Scott Gordon, Ryan Warsofsky and Brian Wiseman as Assistant Coaches, Thomas Speer NHL Goaltending Coach and Nick Gialdini Video Coach. Quinn, who most recently served as head coach for Team USA at both the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2022 World Championship, spent three seasons as head coach of the New York Rangers from 2018 to 2021, earning a 96-87-25 record. In his three years, the Rangers held the league’s eighth-best power-play percentage (22.1%), ranked seventh in team blocked shots (4,195) and takeaways (2,244), and were tied for tenth in wins when trailing first (52). Adam Fox, who made his NHL debut under Quinn in 2019-20, was awarded the Norris Trophy following the 2020-21 season. Quinn’s first NHL win was a 3-2 overtime victory against the Sharks at Madison Square Garden with the Rangers on Oct. 11, 2018. His first NHL win with the Sharks was a 3-2 overtime victory against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 21, 2022. The 56-year-old is one win shy of 100 as an NHL head coach.
