The announcement came as a shock to everyone and it caused the pregame hype formulated by San Jose Sharks to get completely shut down. Team Teal was already facing a tough task playing without Evander Kane and after the news regarding Erik Karlsson, beating Vegas in their house seemed like an impossible task.
The game transpired pretty much how they thought with the Sharks falling 4 – 1 to their divisional foe. In the end stages of this sloppy game both Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc left due to injury.