NHL: San Jose Sharks’ Erik Karlsson inches further up the NHL’s all-time single-season scoring list for a defenseman
SAN JOSE – Erik Karlsson has inched further up the NHL’s all-time single-season scoring list for a defenseman and will be within striking distance of 100 points for the year in two days when the San Jose Sharks play their final home game of the season.
Karlsson had a goal and a highlight-reel assist Thursday in the Sharks’ 6-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at SAP Center, giving him 98 points, a mark reached only 15 other times by a defenseman in the 105-year history of the NHL. Karlsson can become just the sixth different defenseman in NHL history to reach 100 points in a season on Saturday when the Sharks host Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Karlsson scored an even-strength goal at the 15:43 mark of the first period, poking a loose puck that was near the crease through Avalanche goalie Alexandar Georgiev’s legs to give the Sharks a 1-0 advantage. After the defending Stanley Cup champion Avalanche scored four straight times to take a three-goal lead, Karlsson then assisted on Steven Lorentz’s even-strength goal at the 8:41 mark.
On the play, after Lorentz won a faceoff in Colorado’s zone, Karlsson took control of the puck, avoided a check as he darted toward the goal line, then doubled back toward the blue line and skated toward the middle of the ice. He then found Lorentz near the side of the Avalanche net with a tape-to-tape pass that the Sharks’ centerman fired into a near-empty net with Georgiev out of position.
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