{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Mason Morelli made his NHL debut today and finished with a goal and an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4-0 on Monday afternoon. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Golden Knights also got goals from William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, and Michael Amadio. Logan Thompson made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Sharks were shutout for the ninth time this season, tying a franchise record for most times shutout in a season. They have been shut out nine times in a single season on three occasions. Mackenzie Blackwood did everything he could, making high-danger save after high-danger save. He made 22 saves. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "San Jose started with a flurry of chances and hit the crossbar twice before three minutes had gone in the first period. There seemed to be a lack of bite to the entire Sharks game. They sunk in very deep defensively and struggled to pressure the offensive attack of the Knights. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": " \"We started out great. We're ready to play. First two and a half minutes we were buzzing. Crossbars. Chances. Then we gave up like our 38th breakaway in three games. It's just inexcusable. It can't happen,\" Sharks head coach David Quinn said." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Henry Thrun returned to the Sharks lineup after dealing with an upper-body injury, and Alexander Barabanov was a healthy scratch after a mistake in his last game." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"They just capitalized on their opportunities and we didn't on ours,\" Kevin Labanc said postgame. \"We got a lot of good looks got a lot of good chances, but we just didn't have the boucnes go our way.\"" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "After dominating play early, Michael Amadio gets behind the defense for a breakaway and scores his 8th goal of the season. San Jose gave up a lot of breakaways to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday." } }, { "id": "lm8wqdxa-4dmaqbrd", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1759689982070206640", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1759689982070206640", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "William Karlsson scored his 17th goal of the season after the Sharks gave up many chances in front of their goal." } }, { "id": "6gvyr0se-k32wp479", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1759691214214062482", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1759691214214062482", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Mason Morelli scores his first NHL goal to put the Golden Knights up 3-0." } }, { "id": "948brcz2-npo7immu", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1759697089439916364", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1759697089439916364", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Keegan Kolesar scores his 5th goal of the season after Alec Martinez made a great pass. Morelli picked up a secondary assist on this goal. " } }, { "id": "haqyekkq-dy8cnxhn", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1759710213618500009", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1759710213618500009", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Make sure you bookmark THN's San Jose Sharks site for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns, and so much more." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Barabanov Healthy Scratched Against Vegas; NHL Scouts Following Sharks As Trade Deadline Looms" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "BREAKING: Sharks Place Captain On IR; Activate Henry Thrun" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "This Day In Sharks History: Joe Thornton Has First Hat Trick In Eight Seasons" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Matthews' Hat Trick Breaks Cap-Era Record Held By Former Sharks Fan Favorite" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "REPORT: Couture Trade Could Happen In Off-Season; Improving From Injury But Remains Out" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ "Follow Max on Twitter: @Real_Max_Miller" ] } }, { "type": "image", "data": { "file": { "url": "https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNTkwNDcwMzA3MzkwODQw/img_6014.jpg" }, "caption": "The Hockey News" } } ] }

Mason Morelli Shines In NHL Debut; Golden Knights Handle Sharks 4-0