San Jose Barracuda to face rival as AHL reveals first-round playoff schedule

The San Jose Sharks AHL affiliate will begin its postseason in Los Angeles on Thursday Related Articles How can the Sharks improve Grier talks priorities maybe trading top pick Does this winger want to return to the Sharks Not if it s like this year Can Jimmy Butler fuel a Warriors playoff run like prior midseason acquisitions for Bay Area teams Sharks changes underway Goalie says Mike Grier narrated him he won t be back Sharks season ends with a whimper and with glaring areas of need The San Jose Barracuda lost - to the Calgary Wranglers at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday to finish the regular season in sixth place in the AHL s Pacific Division with points San Jose - - - entered the battle in fifth place but fell behind Calgary with the regulation time loss The Barracuda begin the Calder Cup playoffs with a best-of-three series against the Ontario Reign with all games in Southern California Games and will be at Crypto com Arena home of the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday and Saturday respectively and Match if necessary will be at Toyota Arena in Ontario on Monday The Reign is the Kings AHL affiliate To host a playoff battle at Tech CU Arena in San Jose the Barracuda would need to advance to the second round San Jose won just four of its last games but still finished with points more than last season s unit which was last in the -team Pacific Division Center Andrew Poturalski led the Barracuda and captured the AHL s scoring title with points but is dealing with a lower-body injury and his availability for the first round is in question Poturalski s last meeting was on March and he was considered week to week as of the start of this month Other leading scorers for the Barracuda include defenseman Luca Cagnoni points winger Danil Gushchin points and forward Ethan Cardwell points Goalie Yaroslav Askarov who will likely be on the Sharks roster next season has played three games this month since he returned from a lower-body injury that cost him six weeks In those three games Askarov was - - with a save percentage The Barracuda went - - - against the Reign this season The two teams split their two the majority fresh meetings on April and in San Jose with the Barracuda winning the first battle - and losing the second tournament - Calder Cup playoffs first-round schedule Ontario Reign vs San Jose Barracuda all games streaming on flohockey tv and the Sharks Audio Grid Event Thursday San Jose vs Ontario p m in Los Angeles Challenge Saturday San Jose vs Ontario p m in Los Angeles Competition April San Jose at Ontario p m if necessary San Jose designated as home organization for last change