San Jose Sharks at Tampa Bay Lightning

· National Hockey League

San Jose Sharks

0-6-1

Final
0 - 6

Tampa Bay Lightning

4-2-2

Johansson makes 23 saves, Stamkos has goal and assist, and Lightning hammer Sharks 6-0

San Jose Sharks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Full Highlights

Tampa Bay also got goals from Brayden Point, Michael Eyssimont, Brandon Hagel, Nicholas Paul and Luke Glendening.

San Jose goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, under constant siege, was pulled at 7:29 of the second after allowing five goals on 21 mostly quality shots.

The Sharks have opened the season at 0-6-1. Dating to a 7-2 win at Arizona last Apr. 1, San Jose is winless in 13 games (0-11-2).

“We’ve just got to play with more of a competitive edge to our game,” Sharks coach David Quinn said before the game. “I mean, just because you are around a battle doesn’t mean you’re in the battle. There’s a big, big difference. We have to play with more freakin’ attitude if we’re going to be successful and generate more offense and spend less time in our end.”

San Jose has eight goals in its seven games, scoring more than one just once.

“Not good, not good at all," Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro said. “We weren’t hard enough to play against. Too much time and space for them. We’re not happy about that one. There’s nothing positive to take. It’s the NHL, no one’s going to do us any favors.”

Johansson, filling in for the injured Andrei Vasilevskiy, had 32 saves in a 3-0 win Tuesday over Carolina.

Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Vasilevskiy (back surgery) is doing light skating like “a Christmas skate” and is expected back in late November.

Stamkos made it 3-0 during a 5-on-3 power play with 42 seconds left in the first. Stamkos tied Dale Hawerchuk for 39th place on the all-time goals list with 518. The captain has 196 power-play goals, which is one away from tying Jarome Iginla for 21st place.

Stamkos also tied Ray Whitney for 71st all-time with 1,064 points. After going two games without a shot on goal, the Lightning captain took 11 shots with one on goal.

Tampa Bay had 79 shot attempts, compared to 41 for the Sharks.

Veteran San Jose defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic was a healthy scratch for the second straight game.

UP NEXT

Sharks: Play Friday night at Carolina.

Lightning: Host Seattle on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 1:41	Brayden Point Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikhail Sergachev (4), Nick Perbix (2)
Goal	1st Period 6:03	Michael Eyssimont Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Calvin de Haan (1), Nick Perbix (3)
Goal	1st Period 19:18	Steven Stamkos Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (5), Mikhail Sergachev (5)
Goal	2nd Period 4:01	Brandon Hagel Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Barré-Boulet (1), Victor Hedman (7)
Goal	2nd Period 7:29	Nicholas Paul Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Steven Stamkos (5), Victor Hedman (8)
Goal	3rd Period 5:44	Luke Glendening Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Conor Sheary (2), Darren Raddysh (4)

Statistics

SJ		TB
20	Blocked Shots	11
32	Hits	24
1	Takeaways	4
23	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
32	Faceoffs Won	20
61.5	Faceoff Win Percent	38.5
1	Giveaways	6
5	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Brandon Hagel, LW	Injured Reserve	Dec 20
Emil Lilleberg, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 15
Erik Cernak, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 13
Victor Hedman, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 12

San Jose Sharks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Timothy Liljegren, D	Day-To-Day	Dec 21
Michael Misa, C	Out	Dec 17
Philipp Kurashev, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 16
Will Smith, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 15
Vincent Desharnais, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 9