Sharks become 1st team in 58 years to allow 10 goals in consecutive games
The San Jose Sharks fell 10-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, becoming the first team since the 1965-66 Boston Bruins to surrender double-digit goals in back-to-back contests, according to Sportsnet Stats.
San Jose lost 10-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. The two other teams in league history to give up 10 goals in consecutive showings were the 1943-44 Bruins and 1919-20 Quebec Bulldogs, per Hockey Reference.
The current Sharks are now winless through 11 games (0-10-1) this season and own the league's worst goal differential at minus-43.
"We're a fragile group," head coach David Quinn said after the loss.
"We're a fragile group."
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The most recent team to give up 20-plus goals in a two-game span was the Sharks in 1992-93 - their second year of existence. They went on to finish the campaign 11-71-2.
The Penguins wasted no time feasting on the league's worst team, as Reilly Smith opened the scoring 1:30 into the first period. Pittsburgh took a 4-0 lead before Anthony Duclair stopped the bleeding in the second, but the Pens added three more goals before the end of the middle frame.
Smith, Bryan Rust, and Jake Guentzel each produced four points in the blowout win.
San Jose's next chance at a win comes Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers.