SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Nov. 11, 2026) – Alex Barré-Boulet scored his third goal of the season and Eric Comrie made 30 saves, but the San Jose Barracuda (6-8-0-0) fell to the San Diego Gulls (6-5-3-0), 4-1, on Wednesday night at Pechanga Arena.

San Diego opened the scoring at 14:52 of the first period when Anton Wahlberg netted his second goal of the season, with assists from Lucas Pettersson and Herman Träff. The Gulls outshot the Barracuda 10-7 in the opening frame and carried a 1-0 advantage into the first intermission.

Neither team found the back of the net in the second period, despite San Diego controlling much of the play and outshooting San Jose 16-3. Comrie turned aside all 16 shots he faced in the middle frame, including several quality scoring opportunities, to keep the Barracuda within a goal heading into the third period. San Jose's penalty kill also came through, successfully killing off a hooking penalty to Libor Hájek midway through the period.

The Gulls doubled their lead at 5:29 of the third period when Wahlberg scored his second goal of the night and third of the season on the power play.

San Jose responded at 11:16 when Barré-Boulet buried his third goal of the season, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Leo Sahlin Wallenius and Cam Lund collected assists on the tally, giving Sahlin Wallenius his fourth helper of the season and Lund his fifth.

However, San Diego restored its two-goal advantage just 2:38 later when James Hamblin scored his fourth goal of the season at 13:54, with assists from Jett Woo and Nathan Gaucher. Corey Schueneman sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 15:51, his second of the year, to account for the 4-1 final.

Comrie finished with 30 saves on 33 shots in the loss, while San Diego netminder Damian Clara stopped 19 of 20 shots to earn the victory. The Barracuda went 0-for-2 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill.

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The Barracuda conclude their two-game Southern California road trip on Thursday night when they face the Coachella Valley Firebirds (Seattle Kraken) at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert. San Jose then returns home on Saturday, Nov. 14, to host the San Diego Gulls at 6 p.m. for the team's annual Teddy Bear Toss Night, presented by Kaiser Permanente. For tickets, go to sjbarracuda.com/tickets.