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J Date Team Result Oct. 5 ONT W, 4-1 GAME NOTES | GAME 37 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App Oct. 6 @BAK W, 5-1 Oct. 10 BAK L, 2-3 (SO) Oct. 13 @STK W, 6-4 San Jose Barracuda (23-8-2-3 .714) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (24-13-3-4 .625) Oct. 15 TUC W, 3-2 (SO) Oct. 20 @STK W, 5-2 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 | 4:00 P.M. PT | VAN ANDEL ARENA | GRAND RAPIDS, MI Oct. 21 STK L, 2-3 Oct. 26 @SA W, 2-1 Oct. 27 @TEX W, 6-1 Nov. 2 SA W, 3-1 Grand Matchup: On Friday, the San Jose Barracuda and Grand Rapids Griffins square off for the first time in Nov. 5 STK W, 5-2 2018-19 and the first of two meetings on the weekend. The Barracuda and Griffins have met in the regular Nov. 9 @TUC L, 0-5 season in each of the last three years and collided in the Western Conference Finals two years ago. San Jose Nov. 10 @TUC L, 0-1 Nov. 18 COL W, 5-0 is 2-1-0-1 all-time in the regular season against the Red Wings affiliate and 1-0-0-1 at the Van Andel Arena. Nov. 23 @COL L, 3-4 (OT) Against Central opponents this year, San Jose is 4-0 and 20-10-2-0 all-time. Nov. 24 @COL L, 3-4 (SO) Nov. 27 STK W, 4-2 Road Warriors: Friday marks the first game of a three-game road trip after San Jose finished up its five-game Dec. 1 @STK W, 6-3 Dec. 3 SD W, 5-3 homestand on Monday at the SAP Center. The Barracuda boast the Pacific’s best road winning percentage at Dec. 8 @BAK W, 4-2 .676 (10-4-1-2) and are 5-2-1-2 over their last 10 on visiting ice. In addition, SJ has a +9-goal differential which Dec. 9 BAK W, 4-0 also ranks first in the Division. Meanwhile, Grand Rapids holds the best home record in the AHL (15-3-1-3 = Dec. 15 @SD L, 3-4 (SO) .773) and are riding a six-game home point streak (5-0-0-1) entering Friday. Dec. 16 @ONT W, 5-2 Dec. 19 @SD L, 1-6 Dec. 21 TUC W, 4-3 (OT) Powering Up: With Cavan Fitzgerald’s power-play strike on Sunday, San Jose has now scored on the man- Dec. 22 TUC l, 3-4 advantage in four-straight games (4/14 = 28%). In addition to a recently improved power play, the Barracuda Dec. 27 COL W, 3-1 Dec. 30 SD L, 1-5 rank sixth overall (83.9%) on the penalty kill this season. Dec. 31 @STK W, 6-5 Jan. 4 @SD L, 3-4 Welcome Back: On Tuesday, the Sharks reassigned AHL All-Star Jake Middleton and standout rookie Dylan Jan. 5 @ONT W, 2-1 Gambrell back to the Barracuda. Gambrell ranks third on the Barracuda in scoring (24), fourth in goals (9), T- Jan. 9 ONT W, 3-1 Jan. 11 ONT L, 1-3 third in assists (15), T-second in power-play goals and first in points-per-game (.89). Middleton, who’s in his Jan. 13 STK W, 2-1 third pro season, made his NHL debut against the Tampa Bay Lightning on January 5. Jan. 18 TEX W, 2-1 Jan. 21 BAK L, 5-6 (OT) Jan. 25 @GR Hey Now, You’re an All-Star: The AHL announced earlier this month that Barracuda assistant captain Jake Jan 26 @GR Middleton, winger Francis Perron, and goaltender Josef Korenar will all be heading to Springfield for the 2019 Feb. 1 @STK AHL All-Star Classic, which will take place on January 27-28. In addition, Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer Feb. 2 STK will be the Pacific Division’s coaching representative for the AHL All-Star Classic. Feb. 5 IA Feb. 8 @BAK Feb. 10 @ONT True or False?: Sophomore forward Alex True collected three assists on Monday and now leads the team in Feb. 12 STK points (31), second in goals (11), T-first in assists (20), second in plus/minus (+16), T-second in power-play Feb. 16 SD Feb. 18 SD goals, third in points-per-game (.86), and T-first in game-winners (3). True finished second on the Barracuda Feb. 21 @IA in goals last season (15) as a rookie and has now registered five multi-point games this season. Feb. 22 @IA Feb. 24 @STK Two-Headed Monster: San Jose’s goalie combo of Josef Korenar and Antoine Bibeau have combined for the Feb. 26 IA Mar. 1 @ONT AHL’s best goals-against average (2.47) and save percentage (.914). The 20-year-old rookie Korenar ranks Mar. 2 @BAK second in the AHL in GAA (2.22), sixth in SV% (.919), T-fourth in wins (14), and T-fourth in shutouts (2). Bibeau Mar. 6 BAK is T-11th in the league in GAA (2.63) and 12th in SV% (.912). Mar. 9 BAK Mar. 10 STK Mar. 16 COL Francis on Fire: Acquired from the Ottawa Senators in the Erik Karlsson trade, the third-year pro is second on Mar. 17 COL the Barracuda in points (28), first in goals (13), T-third in assists (15), first in power-play goals (6), first in Mar. 23 @TUC shooting percentage (26.5%), T-first in game-winning goals (3) and is T-third in plus/minus (+14). Mar. 24 @TUC Mar. 27 @SD Mar. 29 ONT Hard Wood: Acquired in an offseason trade with the Arizona Coyotes, Kyle Wood is T-first on the Barracuda Mar. 30 BAK in assists (20), first in plus/minus (+19) and is fourth in points (23). Wood was an AHL All-Star in 2016-17 and Apr. 3 SD was named an AHL All-Rookie member after totaling 43 points (14g, 29a) with the Tucson Roadrunners. Apr. 5 GR Apr. 6 GR Apr. 10 @SD Apr. 12 @COL Apr. 13 @COL Regular Season Team Leaders (2018-19) Regular Season Records (2018-19) Points: 31, Alex True Home: 13-4-1-1 Goals: 13, Francis Perron Road: 10-4-1-2 Assists: 20, Kyle Wood/Alex True Pacific Division: 20-8-2-3 PP Goals: 6, Francis Perron Central Division: 3-0-0-0 SH Goals: 1, Evan Weinger/Manny Wiederer Western Conference: 20-7-2-3 GW Goals: 3, Francis Perron/Alex True Eastern Conference: PIMS: 68, Jeffrey Viel Situational Records: +/-: +19, Kyle Wood 1-Goal Game: 7-4-2-3 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 8-1-0-0 After a Win: 10-7-2-2 Shooter Goals/Att % After a Loss: 5-2-0-0 Letunov 0/2 .00 After an OTL/SOL: 4-0-0-1 Praplan 1/2 .50 Scoring First: 18-1-0-3 Fonteyne 0/1 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 4-6-2-0 Gambrell 1/3 .33 Leading After 1 Period: 13-0-0-1 Halbgewachs 0/1 .00 Trailing After 1 Period: 2-4-2-0 Perron 0/2 .00 Tied After 1 Period: 8-3-0-2 True 1/3 .33 Leading After 2 Periods: 21-0-0-2 Wiederer 0/1 .00 Trailing after 2 periods: 2-5-2-0 Suomela 1/1 1.00 Tied After 2 Periods: 1-3-0-1 Wood 0/1 .00 Overtime Record: 1-2 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 1-3 Bibeau 1-2 11/15 .73 Outshooting Opponent: 12-5-1-2 Korenar 0-1 0/2 .00 Outshot Opponent: 11-3-1-1 Situation For Against Even Shots: 5 on 5 86 64 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-3-0-0 5 on 4: 22 18 Scoring 2 goals: 5-1-0-1 5 on 3: 2 1 Scoring 3 goals: 3-2-1-2 4 on 4: 1 Scoring 4+ goals: 14-0-0-0 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 10-1-0-0 3 on 3: 1 (1 – OT) 1 (1 – OT) Allowing 2 goals: 5-0-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 3-2-0-2 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 2-5-1-0 4 of 5: Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 3-1-0-0 Extra Attacker: 0 1 Specialty Jersey: 3-0-0-0 Empty Net: 8 2 Penalty shot: Last Time When Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 2x Last 11/24/18 at COL Manny Wiederer vs. BAKERSFIELD: 22-11-2-4 (H: 12-5-1-2/R: 10-6-1-2) SH GOAL AGAINST: 1/9/19 vs. ONT Brett Sutter vs. BELLEVILLE: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL FOR: 12/1/18 at STK Rourke Chartier vs. BINGHAMPTOM: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL AGAINST: 12/30/18 vs. SD Troy Terry vs. BRIDGEPORT: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) HAT-TRICK: vs. CHARLOTTE: 2-2-0-0 (H: 1-1-0-0/R: 1-1-0-0) HAT-TRICK AGAINST: 10/13/18 at STK Kerby Rychel vs. CHICAGO: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) PENALTY SHOT: vs. CLEVELAND: 3-1-0-0 (H: 2-0-0-0/R: 1-1-0-0) PENALTY SHOT AGAINST: vs.