What is driving Warsofsky ‘nuts’ about the Sharks right now; Klingberg discusses mistake

SAN JOSE The San Jose Sharks were initially planning to go without a practice on Thursday morning before boarding their charter flight to Dallas Those plans changed in a hurry after the Sharks suffered their worst loss on home ice in just over two years It s not like we deserved to have a day off Sharks winger Tyler Toffoli noted after Thursday s skate Looking to build on their three-goal win over the Utah Mammoth two days earlier the Sharks reverted to specific bad habits in an ugly - loss to Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals at SAP Center on Wednesday night Little went right for the Sharks as they didn t take care of the puck lost battles repeatedly got lost in the defensive zone and after they fell behind started cheating for offense That was just in the first period when the Capitals scored four times and never looked back handing the Sharks their greater part lopsided loss at home since Nov when they were pounded - by the Pittsburgh Penguins The Sharks thought those types of games were in the rear-view mirror for good as they began their climb out of a deep rebuild this season But when their details are not where they need to be against an elite opponent like the Dallas Stars group they ll face on Friday night the Sharks are still plenty capable of stinking up the joint Warsofsky mentioned the fact that the Sharks compete level can waver from contest to championship is extremely frustrating Drives me nuts I m not really concerned about the results Warsofsky explained I m concerned about how we have to play as a group and the process that we need to play with consistently and how we need to compete They re working hard They care But there s a difference between working hard and competing There s a difference of going into a puck battle and winning the puck battle playing with details and good habits That s central There s going to be mistakes Mistakes are going to happen but they can t be for a lack of compete Warsofsky made a couple of tweaks to his forward lines and defense pairs for Thursday s practice notably moving Philipp Kurashev to the second line with Alexander Wennberg and William Eklund and dropping Adam Gaudette to the fourth line with Zack Ostapchuk and Barclay Goodrow Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin hugs Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren after their - win over the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose Calif on Wednesday Dec Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group In Thursday s practice the Sharks top two defense pairs were the same as Wednesday s contest with Dmitry Orlov and Timothy Liljegren and John Klingberg and Mario Ferraro back together Warsofsky though cautioned not to read too much into the lines and defense pairs saying there will be changes for Friday s battle Sought if those changes could include scratching Klingberg whose turnover on a first-period power play led to Brandon Duhaime s shorthanded goal that gave the Capitals a - lead at the mark Warsofsky reported a decision hasn t been finalized Klingberg took a pass from Macklin Celebrini inside the Capitals blue line and hesitated for a moment before Duhaime got on top of him and knocked the puck off his stick and into the neutral zone There Aliaksei Protas picked up the loose puck skated into the Sharks zone and fed a backwards pass past Klingberg onto the stick of Duhaime for an easy goal past Yaroslav Askarov Warsofsky called it a momentum-changing play as the Sharks could have cut the Capitals lead to two going into the second period Instead the sequence was the death knell That should never happen That s a bad mistake Klingberg disclosed Duhaime was kind of right on me so what I should have done is just put it right down the wall But that s not the first thing that you want to do on a power play just throw a blind pass down the wall You want to make a play with it But I have to realize that I don t have enough time and space Following Thursday s practice Warsofsky spoke to the group at center ice not barking but mixing in a limited expletives nevertheless about the expectations going forward San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky keeps an eye on the meeting against the Washington Capitals in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose Calif on Wednesday Dec Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group After Friday s encounter in Dallas the Sharks five-game road trip continues with stops in Carolina Philadelphia Toronto and Pittsburgh The Sharks have worked hard to put themselves near the playoff cutline but things can go off the rails fleetly if their details are off like they were on Wednesday And practices like Thursdays are the effect I don t think any of us demanded to really be here currently in a sense Warsofsky stated We all requested to get on the plane and get to Dallas Trainers or equipment staff that s hard for them But when you don t compete and we get shelled - at home that s not how this is going to work Related Articles Ovechkin scores twice as Sharks no-show in blowout loss to Capitals As Sharks Misa begins AHL conditioning stint are World Juniors next Sharks in awe of -year-old Ovechkin Is this his last meeting in San Jose Sharks get mixed news on injuries with Alex Ovechkin Capitals up next Sharks Will Smith should be considered for USA Olympic hockey roster SKINNER BACK Winger Jeff Skinner injured on Nov during a competition against the Calgary Flames is set to return to the Sharks lineup on Friday Skinner with seven points in games this season skated on a line with Ty Dellandrea and Collin Graf on Thursday Starting with that battle in Calgary a - Flames win the Sharks have a - - record Look around the league I don t think more than a handful of teams are rattling off in a row That s just the way it is Skinner explained Obviously Thursday s tournament wasn t what we sought but we re not going to dwell on it With Skinner returning the Sharks already at players assigned winger Pavol Regenda to the Barracuda Regenda scored power play goals in each of his first two games as a Shark including one Thursday at the mark of the third period Reggie was good Warsofsky announced He scores two goals by going to the net We need more of that