Quick Bites: Sharks Fall 5-4 to Winnipeg

The Sharks did not get off to the greatest of starts. Mathieu Perreault redirected a Nikolaj Ehlers’ shot just 18 seconds into the first. I say “redirected” but Brent Burns had him tied up and the puck glanced off of Perreault’s skate and past Aaron Dell.

Winnipeg is not a team that you want to spot an early lead. So of course the Sharks the Jets score a second goal before the game was five minutes old. On a quick transition play, the Jets easily moved the puck into a good scoring chance, which Joel Armia converted.

The Sharks ability to comeback was compromised when Tomas Hertl was given a five minute major and a game misconduct for boarding Dmitry Kulikov at 8:13 in the first. Kulikov was…