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Game 80: SJ at NSH TT: 00:10:00
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Here's Dan Ruzanowski.
It's another big game for San Jose Sharks hockey
as they begin a free game road trip in music city Nashville, Tennessee.
Tonight at Bridgestone Arena.
It's the final meeting of the regular season series
between the Sharks and the Nashville Predators.
Here's the situation as we see it right now.
If the Sharks defeat the Predators in any fashion,
the idle and aheim ducks will actually clinch a playoff birth.
If the Sharks win in regulation against the Predators tonight,
the Kings can clinch a playoff birth
if they defeat the Seattle Kraken in any fashion
in Seattle this evening.
It's going to be right down to the wire
for both the Sharks and the Predators
who are also on the outside looking in.
San Jose coming into this game ranked 11th in the Western Conference
with a 3734 and 8 record and 82 points.
The Predators have 86 points in 80 games played.
They're 3832 and 10.
So they have two games left and the Sharks have three
and there's all kinds of playoff calculus that's going on
in the broadcast offices, in the GM's offices
and with all fans around the national hockey league.
How do you handle tonight?
The pressure combined with the implications
combined with the immediacy of what you have to do.
Ryan Warsawwski has a simple answer to that.
Our process is the same.
It's not going to change.
We know and understand how important of a game this is
for both teams and these guys are fighting for their lives
and obviously close from the standings and us.
They've showed a level of desperation in both games
that we've played them.
It's about us as to bring our game to them.
Let's not tiptoe into it.
San Jose has been dominated in the scoreboard by the Predators
with two six three losses so far this year
here in Nashville on October 24th
and at SAP Center on April the 4th.
Head coach Warsawwski talked about the most glaring
things about those games from his point of view.
I probably start, you know, and I think in both games
and we got behind early and you know,
we let them dictate the game and the way it should be played
and we want to dictate the game.
So obviously our start is critical tonight.
What's the mindset inside the Sharks dressing room tonight?
Here's what Vinnie Dayharnay says about that.
Oh yeah, I think we're going to face a desperate team
so we got to have to be ready.
It's going to be, we were in this building two weeks ago, three weeks ago
and we know that they have a strong start.
They're going to be on their toes, they're going to be physical
so we can be surprised of it.
But we know it and we know that if we use our speed,
if we move the puck, we're going to get our chances
or we're going to get all men in Russia.
So I think we know how to play those guys.
We just got to execute.
The one thing that Dayharnay says you have to do
is disrupt the Nashville rush,
which is something that predators are also thinking
about doing the San Jose.
Yeah, I think good gaps.
I think hard tracking from a forward is going to be huge.
But it kind of goes back to the same team,
those all season just being connected.
Being connected as a group of five.
It's going to be a big key for when you play a team
that's very aggressive like that.
So yeah, it's going to have to execute it.
What could be the largest differential in size
amongst a defensive pair will be one of the features
of tonight's game.
That's because Luca Cagnoni was recalled
from the American hockey league San Jose Barracuda.
He's going to be on one of the shark's power play units tonight
and his ability to move the puck
and to use his outstanding skating ability
are two things that the shark's feel can help the team's results.
Yeah, I think I play with him a little bit last season
at the end of the season and right away,
his edges, the way he moves, his feet,
and he's confident with the puck.
I'm excited.
I'm excited to play with him tonight.
I kind of told him, like, hey, don't shoot me down low.
I'll be physical.
He just wheeled the puck out.
Obviously, the blue line, he moves so well
and I'll just try to give him the puck
and let him do his thing.
He's here for a reason.
I'm just excited to play with him.
I'll do anything to make him feel comfortable
and help him out.
They are in a sense that he's excited
for the opportunity that Luca presents
and being a D-partner.
He's a good kid and, you know, he works hard
and we're happy this year and we're excited
to see what he's going to do tonight.
Can you only this season in 67 games
played has eight goals and 35 assists
for John McCarthy's Barracuda.
He talked about his season in the A.H.L.
Yeah, I feel like, you know, we have a really good team
with Acuda down there.
I mean, we've been pretty strong throughout the year
and then individually just, you know,
trying to find that balance of, you know,
being really good offensively
and really good defensively
still trying to learn that way
and then just drive offensively.
You know, they want me to do more 5-1-5
this year and I think I've done a pretty good job of that.
One thing the Barracuda have dealt with pretty well
is injuries.
They have several season-ending injuries
to keep players.
A lot of amateur and professional tri-out offers
and Canyone says that's made him a better player in many respects.
When you're a player and you kind of have to step up
in that moment, especially in the back end,
we've had a lot of injuries
and, you know, it's been a lot of minutes up there
and I feel like I've handled them pretty well
and show what I can do out there
and, uh, yeah, I mean, you know,
we bring guys in that have the drive to play
and, you know, we try to make them feel as welcome as possible.
And Canyone says that he will certainly depend
on Dayharnay's experience this season.
He's super steady and I think that's really going to help me
out or just having someone back there you can rely on.
I mean, mistakes are going to happen throughout the game
and when you can rely on someone,
it kind of makes it easier to get through that.
Here's what Ryan Worcowski says
about what he expects from Luca Canyone.
He's got the skill to make plays,
coming out of Ronan, especially,
and make guys miss.
And, you know, if you can make the first pass miss,
you know, there are two guys.
You have an odd man advantage going the other way.
So he does a really good job of that.
He can see the ice really well.
So we're excited to see what he can do
and he's come a long way since just a few years back now.
And obviously he's played in the league
and understands the level
and how you have to play with certain amount of detail
in your game.
And so we're excited to get him
and he'll go up on that top power play as well.
But what about when the sharks don't have the puck?
What if Canyone doesn't have control of the play
and he's in his defensive zone against the likes of Steve
and Stamcoast, Jonathan Marchasso and Ryan O'Reilly?
Well, Canyone's got a mindset about that.
Just do what I've been doing in the age.
You know, try to box up early.
I mean, I'm not going to be out muscling anyone
so I just kind of have to play with my stick,
you know, give myself a little time and space
and make them try to mess up.
And then that's when I can kind of take advantage.
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What are the predators thinking about tonight's matchup?
Well, Nashville's just as desperate as the sharks are,
and their head coach Andrew Brunette has one attitude
as team has to take.
Well, we can't give a minute.
I mean, they're a deadly team,
and they arguably the top players in the league scary every time
he's on the ice, and we have to understand when he's on the ice.
And we have to have, and we've done a good job,
and it'll be tested tonight about the mindset of a plain
a certain way.
We understand who we are and how we get there,
and we have to be mentally strong to get to our game.
And like I said, we've done a good job,
but we'll be tested tonight.
We know this group, and they probably love nothing better
than punch us out here, too.
So we've got to be ready for that first punch
and hopefully we throw the first punch.
Join Jamal Mayors and me for all of the exciting coverage
at 430 Pacific Time.
The sharks and the predators right here.
I'm Dan Rusynowski, that's the field report today.
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