Warsofsky shoulders responsibility as Sharks seek first win: ‘It’s on me’

SAN JOSE Macklin Celebrini stood inside the San Jose Sharks dressing room and seemed to be in disbelief that he and his teammates were going through this again Outside the room coach Ryan Warsofsky who has now been through four straight agonizingly slow starts with the company facetiously revealed he d give up one of his two young children for a win right now Trust me it sucks Warsofsky commented Saturday night I keep telling myself there s a reason why this keeps happening A Sharks season that was hoped to be a little bit better than the previous sparse has so far turned out to be anything but as San Jose enters a challenging four-game road trip this week as the NHL s last remaining winless group The Sharks fell to - - with a - loss to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at SAP Center Responding after poor performances against the Carolina Hurricanes and Utah Mammoth earlier in the week the Sharks were the better association for the final two periods as they established a forecheck outchanced the Penguins and kept Pittsburgh s shots on goal to a minimum Still the Sharks were unable to beat Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry who made saves as they were shut out for the first time this season Sharks goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made saves in a frenetic first period but Crosby scored a second-period goal on a tipped shot and Anthony Mantha and Evgeni Malkin both scored in the third with Malkin s being an empty-netter to hand San Jose its third straight regulation-time loss The only way we re going to get those bounces is if we keep working for them They re not just going to happen Nedeljkovic stated We have to earn those bounces And if we play like we did tonight more times than not coming up we ll start getting a few While the goaltending took a step forward Saturday the Sharks have still managed just two even-strength goals in their last three games I think we have a really tight group and it s just hard Celebrini announced especially when you play certain good games do various good things and it just feels like it hasn t really kind of connected yet The Sharks begin a four-game road trip on Tuesday against Matthew Schaefer the No overall pick in June s NHL Draft and the New York Islanders That s followed by games against the New York Rangers on Thursday the New Jersey Devils on Friday and the Minnesota Wild on Sunday The Sharks were - - to begin the - season started - - in - and - - last year Warsofsky has unfortunately been a part of every dismal start as he was an assistant under David Quinn from to before he was named the Sharks head coach This year s band is presumed to be better than any of the previous three Now s the time to show proof We re not going to quit Warsofsky mentioned We re five games into this thing What s happened has happened and we ve got to work I ve got to get this group to improve and individuals to improve It s on me Related Articles Sharks apologize for offensively worded message supportive of ICE on scoreboard Better effort same end as San Jose Sharks remain winless on season Penguins rookie says Sharks Macklin Celebrini helped prepare him for NHL Yaroslav Askarov can be great but his Sharks teammates need to shape up first Another goalie puck-handling gaffe costly as Sharks remain winless on season CAGNONI RECALLED The Sharks on Sunday placed Shakir Mukhamadullin upper body on injured reserve and recalled fellow defenseman Luca Cagnoni from the Barracuda Mukhamadullin has missed the previous two games after he was injured during practice last week and it s unclear when he might be able to return The -year-old Cagnoni a second-year pro had an impressive camp with the Sharks and scored in the Barracuda s season-opening contest against Bakersfield on Oct Cagnoni had points in games with the Barracuda last season and two assists in six games with the Sharks Warsofsky mentioned Saturday that injured defensemen Timothy Liljegren upper body and John Klingberg lower body would be on Sunday s flight to New York However it was unclear when either would be healthy enough to play Both were injured in the Sharks Oct encounter against Carolina Liljegren is on IR and is eligible to return for Thursday s tournament