The NHL, though, had already agreed to give the league’s two new expansion teams, Tampa Bay and Ottawa, the first two choices in the 1992 draft.

The Sharks have never drafted first overall.

One thing we know about the Sharks: They do not want to have another season like this for a long, long time.

Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves and didn’t get a ton of help from the skaters in front of him, as the Sharks have now allowed six or more goals 17 times this season. They are last in the NHL with 212 goals against during 5 on 5 play.

The turning point on Saturday was not hard to pick out.

Ferraro cut Minnesota’s lead to 3-2 at the 15:52 mark of the second period, as, on a Sharks rush, he one-timed a pass from William Eklund past Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt.

But late in the second period, the Sharks were called for icing, something that was completely preventable.

That kept the Sharks’ fourth line on the ice and allowed Minnesota’s top line to come on. After the Wild won a faceoff, they worked it around before Kaprizov’s shot from the point went off Rutta, the post and off Blackwood before the puck crossed the line for a 4-2 Minnesota lead.

After Fabian Zetterlund was called for high sticking, Kaprizov scored on the power play, as he was left alone in the slot before he took a pass from Joel Eriksson Ek and scored his 44th of the year.

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