Yaroslav Askarov

Why Warsofsky pulled Askarov from Sharks' blowout loss to Kraken

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The San Jose Sharks tried to stop the runaway train.

The Sharks gave up four goals to the Seattle Kraken in 5:49 in the second period, turning a 1-1 first period into a 5-1 deficit.

San Jose would lose 6-2, their goals from Carl Grundstrom and Tyler Toffoli.

2:03 into the second, Oliver Bjorkstrand got a fortunate bounce to give the Kraken a 2-1 lead. 51 seconds later, Brandon Montour took advantage of a Walker Duehr turnover and rifled a shot past Yaroslav Askarov.

But for San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky, that wasn’t where the game went off the rails.

The Sharks actually received a power play, and for two minutes, the top unit had possession. They failed to score though.

That’s when Warsofsky felt the air go out of the bench: “Probably after the power play, when the guy comes out of the box, gets the breakaway.”

That was Jaden Schwartz, making it 4-1.

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