Sharks’ Sherwood calls Kings ‘disrespectful,’ demands his teammates ‘do something about it’

San Jose Sharks’ forward Kiefer Sherwood said his team was “disrespected” by the Los Angeles Kings during the Sharks’ 7-2 loss Wednesday night.

Sherwood, who finished the night with two shots and 17:39 of ice time,

“They were up 6-2, put their top power play out, (Kings’ forward Artemi) Panarin is blocking shots, celebrating to his bench. It’s disrespectful. Until we do something about it, things aren’t going to change unless we man up and do something about it.”

Sherwood, now with two goals and eight points in 17 games this season, also said him and his teammates had just held a players-only meeting after the game.

“We’re going to move forward here and we got a lot to learn,” he said. “Listen, it’s better to go through the growing pains now than later on, right? We’re going to stick together and get through it together, and we’re going to fix our mindset and our work ethic for the next game, and we’re going to get gritty.”

“This one obviously sucks, but no one’s feeling sorry for themselves,” Sherwood added. “Until we do something about it, stuff’s not going to change.”

The Sharks are now 7-9-1 with 15 points and losses in five of their last six games and seven of their last 10.

Captain Macklin Celebrini, now in his third NHL season, leads the team in all offensive categories with six goals and 11 assists for 17 points. Four players are tied for second in points with 10: Will Smith, Michael Misa, Ivar Stenberg and Jacob Trouba.

Goaltender Yaroslav Askarov is 4-7-0 with an .888 save percentage (SV%) and 3.29 goals against average (GAA) in 11 games played.