Loss in Anaheim leaves Sharks winless through 3 games
Logan Couture scored and Aaron Dell stopped 30 shots for the Sharks, but they lost for the third straight time to start the season, falling 3-1 at Anaheim on Saturday night.
Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf scored, Ondrej Kase had two assists and Anaheim remained unbeaten with the victory over winless San Jose.
Adam Henrique and Michael Del Zotto also scored and John Gibson made 35 saves for the Ducks, who have won back-to-back home games over Pacific Division opponents Arizona and San Jose in an auspicious start under new coach Dallas Eakins.
San Jose has been outscored 12-3 during its rough start against Pacific rivals Vegas and Anaheim. Forward Marcus Sorensen also left the game in the second period with an apparent injury.
The Sharks have made the playoffs in 18 of the past 20 seasons, but they’ve showed potential flaws on defense and in net during the first three games of the new season.
Anaheim missed the playoffs last spring for the first time since 2012, prompting big changes for the longtime contenders. The Ducks are sending out the youngest roster in franchise history, but veterans and holdovers made the biggest plays against San Jose.
Del Zotto put Anaheim ahead 3:38 in with his first goal for the Ducks, who acquired him last season and then reacquired him in the summer after trading him to the Blues for their Stanley Cup title run. His goal was created by Kase, who stole a pass by Dell behind the net and adeptly fed Del Zotto, a healthy scratch in Anaheim’s opener, for a shot into an open goal.
Couture evened it early in the second period when he was left unchecked for a shot through traffic into the back top corner of Gibson’s net.
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