San Jose, Ca. – The San Jose Barracuda (20-30-9-2) scored three times on the power play and got 29 saves from Eetu Makiniemi en-route to 4-0 win against the Tucson Roadrunners (36-21-3-2) on Sunday afternoon at Tech CU Arena. In the victory, the Barracuda went on the man advantage a season-high nine times and the two clubs combined for 158 penalty minutes. Also a watermark for the season.
Makiniemi’s shutout was his third of the year, seventh of this career, and second in his last five games. Tucson had not been shutout since Nov. 22 and it was just the third time in which they had not scored in a game this season.
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27 shots, 27 saves for Eetu Makiniemi who captured his 3rd shutout of the season tonight. @sjbarracuda pic.twitter.com/v9Uwnf3pM6
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) March 25, 2024
Eetu Mäkiniemi’s three shutouts are the most in a season by a @sjbarracuda netminder since Josef Korenar had four in 2018-19. https://t.co/7ONacKdtvL
— San Jose Sharks PR (@SanJoseSharksPR) March 25, 2024
🙌🏻MAKI SHUTOUTTTTTT🙌🏻
— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) March 25, 2024
He did it for the dogs 🐶 pic.twitter.com/okJYXXIzpz
Hugs for Maki🔥 #Shutout pic.twitter.com/LUpJ3Klx3n
— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) March 25, 2024