This one felt bad, even for us.

The San Jose Sharks played a game against the Edmonton Oilers last night that, frankly, slipped away from them in a series of power play surrenders, ending in a 5-2 loss at the SAP Center. We started strong, with Mackenzie Celebrini notching a power play goal just over four minutes in, from David Orlov and Will Smith. For a minute, I felt that familiar buzz, that maybe we could actually dictate the pace against a team like Edmonton. But then the penalty calls started coming, and the Oilers, especially Connor McDavid, absolutely capitalized. It's tough to watch when you know the talent is there, but the discipline isn't.

By the end of the first, Edmonton had two power play goals of their own from McDavid and Vasily Podkolzin. The second period was a blur of Oilers power plays, with Jean-Luc Roslovic adding another. Kevin Sherwood managed to pull one back for the San Jose Sharks, assisted by Alexander Wennberg and William Eklund, which showed some fight, but McDavid then added two more, completing his hat trick. The Corsi for the second period was just brutal; we just couldn't generate sustained pressure. It's clear that special teams are still a major pain point, and frankly, it feels like we handed them the game through our own errors.

This loss means the San Jose Sharks remain at 81 points, holding onto that Wildcard #4 spot in the Western Conference. Our last ten games are 5-4-1, which isn't terrible, but we need every point we can get. Looking ahead, we’ve got a tough road trip coming up. The mood in San Jose this morning? It's that familiar Silicon Valley frustration – we see the data, we know the variables, and we just want to debug the system. It feels a bit like waiting for a critical software update that just keeps getting delayed.

Teal faithful, we're patient. We've been patient. We're still here. This is P-Nair.

You know Keith and the crew are already digging into this. Catch their take, live, at mornings.live.