George Kittle, 49ers pump up Sharks before their win over Calgary Flames

SAN JOSE It s fair to say that tight end George Kittle and the San Francisco ers are welcome back at SAP Center to watch a San Jose Sharks competition anytime A handful of ers players including Kittle quarterback Brock Purdy and fullback Kyle Juszczyk made their presence felt Tuesday night as the Sharks hosted the Calgary Flames Kittle and his teammates were in the Sharks dressing room before the tournament to read the starting lineup Then just like a limited ers players did during the playoffs they opened the door to the association s locker room right before the start of the challenge as the Sharks skated onto the ice to Metallica s Seek and Destroy The ers got what they came for too as the Sharks behind a four-point night from Macklin Celebrini beat the Flames - for their third straight win Those guys were in there before the meeting and they re in there now having a couple Cokes Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky revealed But you can tell by the passion that they have the swagger that s why they ve won You can see it by the players that are here and the vitality that they bring The event also delivered on the physicality with the two teams combining for hits much to the delight of the in attendance Tuesday night at the Tank with the ers BayAreaUnite pic twitter com iUFlBuH JX San Jose Sharks SanJoseSharks December Celebrini got things going right away with a no-look pass to defenseman John Klingberg for a one-timer that gave the Sharks a - lead seconds into the event Maybe the pump-up speech from the excitable Kittle who is also a Predators fan since he lives in the Nashville area in the offseason had the desired effect It was nice having the ers in the room giving us the read before the tournament stated Sharks winger Tyler Toffoli who scored his th career NHL goal in the third period I m assuming you guys saw who got us going and Kittle s known for it so he did a great job and got us going obviously with that start The ers improved to - this season with a - win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday Going into this week they are in third place in the NFC West as they with three games left try to lock down a fourth playoff appearance in five years San Francisco ers' George Kittle takes a photo of the San Jose Sharks mascot SJ Sharkie along with his ers teammates during the Sharks battle against the Calgary Flames in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose Calif on Tuesday Dec Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group The Sharks would also love to make the playoffs and end their six-year postseason drought but they have a long way to go They enter Wednesday in the second and final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with points five points back of the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks but still have games to go Related Articles Celebrini s dazzling goal four-point night leads Sharks past Flames What Macklin Celebrini Sharks are saying about prospect Igor Chernyshov Sharks Kurashev week-to-week but Smith s timeline for return still murky Sharks place forwards Will Smith Philipp Kurashev on IR promote prospects Kurtenbach For Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini the C isn t silent The Sharks preponderance of them anyway would love to see the ers make another run at an NFC title and play in Super Bowl LX at Levi s Stadium in Santa Clara It s great for this area Warsofsky declared of seeing a fellow Bay Area gang rally around the Sharks It s great for the society to see the two organizations and we re building We want to look at what they do the custom that they ve set and the standard they set And we want to continue to build that