SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (00-00) vs TUCSON ROADRUNNERS (00-00) DATE TEAM RESULT TUESDAY, MAY. 18 | 1 PM | FIVEPOINT ARENA | IRVINE, CA 2/7 TUC (T) 1-2 OTL 2/8 TUC (T) 3-5 L 2/12 @TEX 5-2 W GAME NOTES | GAME 1 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: SHARKS + SAP CENTER APP 2/13 @TEX 3-5 L 2/16 @TEX POSTPONED Playoff Preview: The Barracuda (15-15-4-2) and Tucson Roadrunners (13-20-3-0) are set to play 2/19 @TUC POSTPONED in the first single-elimination play-in game on Tuesday at the FivePoint Arena in Irvine. The 2/20 @TUC POSTPONED winner of Tuesday’s game between the Barracuda and the Roadrunners will then play the 2/21 @TUC POSTPONED winner of the game between the Ontario Reign and Colorado Eagles which will also be played 2/25 BAK POSTPONED in Irvine on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. On Wed., May 19 (7:00 p.m.) in Irvine, the play-in winners will 2/27 ONT (S) 6-3 W compete head-to-head for the fourth playoff spot in the Pacific Division. The winner of 2/28 ONT (S) 3-1 W Wednesday’s game will face the Henderson Silver Knights in a best-of-three series which will 3/3 @BAK(S) 0-6 L begin on Friday in Las Vegas. The semifinal winners will advance to the best-of-three finals, 3/5 @SD (I) 5-1 W with that winner being awarded the John D. Chick Trophy as champions of the Pacific Division. 3/6 @SD 2-3 OTL 3/9 SD (S) 4-2 W Tale of the Tape: The Barracuda faced the Tucson Roadrunners twice during the regular season 3/12 @BAK 1-4 L in 2021, with both games taking place in Tucson on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. The Barracuda lost their 3/13 @BAK 4-3 OTL season opener to the Coyotes affiliate 2-1 in overtime on Feb. 7 and proceeded to fall 5-3 the 3/16 BAK 2-3 OTL 3/17 BAK 4-3 W following night. The two clubs were originally scheduled to face each other a total of six times 3/20 @HEN 2-5 L in 2021 but four of the games were canceled due to COVID-19. The Barracuda boast a lifetime 3/21 @HEN 0-4 L regular-season record against the Roadrunners of 16-11-3-2. In the only postseason meeting 3/24 @BAK 3-4 SOL between the two clubs, the Barracuda lost three-games-to-one in the Division Semi-Finals in 3/30 BAK 4-3 W 2018. 4/3 @SD 3-7 L 4/6 HEN 1-2 SOL Things to Know: The Barracuda finished the regular season with the AHL’s best home power- 4/7 HEN (S) 4-2 W play (26.7) while Tucson finished tied for third in the league on the penalty kill (84.8) and first 4/10 @BAK 1-4 L in shots per-game (33.69). 4/11 @ONT 5-1 W 4/13 TEX (S) 2-7 L World Championship Bound: The Barracuda will be without the services of Sasha Chmelevski 4/14 TEX (S) 4-2 W (USA), Alex True (Denmark) and Lean Bergmann (Germany) on Tuesday as all three skaters will 4/16 TEX 5-3 W be headed to Riga, Latvia for the 2021 World Championships. In addition, the team will be 4/17 TEX 4-2 W without Joachim Blichfeld (injury). 4/20 SD 1-5 L 4/21 SD 1-6 L Joe the Wall: With the Sharks season officially over, the team assigned goaltender Josef 4/25 @ONT 4-2 W Korenar back to the American Hockey League. Korenar is expected to get the start on Tuesday 4/27 BAK 4-2 W against the Roadrunners after appearing in 10 games with the Sharks, where he made seven 4/30 HEN 7-5 W starts and went 3-5-0, with a 3.17 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage. Korenar’s 5/1 HEN 0-4 L only AHL postseason action came in 2019 where he appeared in four games against the San 5/3 BAK(S) 3-5 L Diego Gulls, going 1-3, with a 3.45 goals-against average and a .898 save percentage. 5/8 @HEN(V)3-5 L 5/11 @HEN 1-3 L Timur Time: Sharks’ 2019 sixth-round draft pick Timur Ibragimov is expected to make his AHL E = EL SEGUNDO debut on Tuesday, playing on the team’s fourth line, along with Zach Gallant and Steen I = IRVINE Pasichnuk. Ibragimov just finished his first campaign with TPS of the Finnish Elite League, where S = SOLAR4AMERICA ICE he skated in 51 games and collected 14 points (eight goals, six assists) and was a teammate of T = TUCSON V = T-MOBILE ARENA (LAS VEGAS, NV) Barracuda forward Evan Weinger at the start of the year. The six-one, 185-pound, native of St. ALL TIMES PACIFIC Petersburg, Russia is also a former teammate of Alexei Melnichuk and Sharks defenseman Nikolai Knyshov while back in his native Russia. REGULAR SEASON TEAM LEADERS (2020-21) REGULAR SEASON (2020-21) Points: 22, J. Blichfeld Home: 10-6-2-1 Goals: 12, J. Blichfeld/M. Letunov Road: 5-9-2-1 Assists: 13, R. Russo/J. Kellman Pacific Division: 11-13-4-2 PP Goals: 4, S. Chmelevski/M. Letunov Central Division: 4-2-0 SH Goals: 1, F. Handemark/A. Suomela/A. True/J. Kellman Western Conference: 15-15-4-2 GW Goals: 3, J. Halbgewachs Eastern Conference: PIMS: 41, S. Pasichnuk SITUATIONAL RECORDS: +/-: +8 N. Meloche/J. Megna 1-Goal Game: 2-0-4-2 SHOOTOUT TOTALS 2-Goal Game: 9-5-0 After a Win: 5-9-1 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 6-5-1-1 A. True 1/1 100.0 After an OTL/SOL: 4-1-1 J. Blichfeld 0/2 0.0 Scoring First: 8-5-2-2 J. Kellman 0/1 0.0 Opponent Scoring First: 7-10-2 N. Gregor 0/1 0.0 Leading After 1 Period: 7-2-0-1 S. Reedy 1/1. 100.0 Trailing After 1 Period: 5-10-0 I. Chekhovich 1/1. 100.0 Tied After 1 Period: 3-3-3-1 M. Letunov 0/1 0.0 Leading After 2 Periods: 11-0-1-1 S. Chmelevski 0/1 0.0 Trailing after 2 periods: 2-13-1 J. McGrew 0/1 0.0 Tied After 2 Periods: 2-2-2-1 Overtime Record: 0-0-4 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 0-0-0-2 S. Harvey 0-1 2/4 50% Outshooting Opponent: 9-8-2 A. Melnichuk 0-1 3/6 50% Outshot by Opponent: 6-6-2-2 SITUATION FOR AGAINST Even Shots: 0-1-0 5 on 5 68 79 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-4-1-1 5 on 4: 20 2 Scoring 2 goals: 0-3-2 5 on 3: Scoring 3 goals: 1-5-0-1 4 on 4: 3 1 Scoring 4+ goals: 14-0-0 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 3-0-0 3 on 3: Allowing 2 goals: 7-0-1-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 4-1-2 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 1-13-0-1 4 on 5: 4 33 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 2-4-1 Extra Attacker: 1 1 Specialty Jersey: Empty Net: 10 7 Penalty shot: Overtime: 4 LAST TIME WHEN (2020-21) REGULAR SEASON ALL-TIME RECORDS SH GOAL FOR: (5/3/21 BAK, 5-3 L) vs. BAKERSFIELD: 30-23-4-5 (H: 18-10-2-2/R: 12-13-2-3) SH GOAL AGAINST: (5/3/21 BAK, 5-3 L) vs. BELLEVILLE: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL FOR: (4/30/21, HEN, 7-5 W) vs. BINGHAMPTOM: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL AGAINST: (5/11/21, @HEN, 3-1 L) vs. BRIDGEPORT: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) HAT-TRICK: J. Kellman (4/30/21, HEN, 7-5 W) vs. CHARLOTTE: 2-2-0-0 (H: 1-1-0-0/R: 1-1-0-0) HAT-TRICK AGAINST: C. Marody (3/13/21 @BAK 4-3 OTL) 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: (3/9/21, SD, 4-2 W) vs. COLORADO: 7-5-2-1 (H: 5-2-0-0/R: 2-3-2-1) SHUTOUT FOR: vs. GRAND RAPIDS: 5-1-0-2 (H: 3-1-0-0/R: 2-0-0-2) 40+ SAVES FOR: vs. HARTFORD: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) 40+ SAVES AGAINST: (2/28/21, ONT, 3-1 W) vs. HENDERSON: 2-5-0-1 (H: 2-1-0-1/R: 0-4-0-0) 50+ SAVES FOR: vs. HERSHEY: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) 50+ SAVES AGAINST: vs. IOWA: 6-2-2-0 (H: 4-1-0-0/R:2-1-2-0) 40+ SHOTS FOR: (4/20/21 SD, 5-1 L) vs.