Overview
- San Jose won 6-3 at Toyota Arena to close the back-to-back, moving to 17-9-1-0 and vaulting past Ontario (16-9-1-1) for second entering the break.
- Rookie goalie Mattias Sholl made his AHL debut for Ontario with 21 saves on 25 shots as regular starter Erik Portillo remained injured and Pheonix Copley stayed with the Kings.
- The Barracuda went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed both Ontario opportunities, continuing a weekend trend after a 2-for-8, 4-3 shootout win on Saturday.
- Andre Lee received a game misconduct for leaving the bench in the first period after a roughing minor, one day after Cole Guttman was issued a two-game suspension for an illegal check to the head.
- Ontario’s goals came from rookies Koehn Ziemmer and Jared Wright, who each posted a goal and an assist, with Jack Hughes adding one, while Jacob Doty returned from injury and recorded 17 penalty minutes including a fight.