Wednesday, April 12th was the start of the NHL playoffs and the San Jose Sharks are facing off against the Edmonton Oilers. Most of the hockey experts picked the Oilers to win the series.
I fart in their general direction and taunt them in multiple languages.
Game one went to San Jose 3-2. Melkor Karlsson scored the game-winning goal. The Sharks had a slow start in the first but poured it on in the second and took over from there. The Oilers were mown over by the Sharks in the third. In all San Jose had a total of 44 shots on goal to Edmonton's 19 (amazing!). The Sharks were better in the face-off circle, taking the puck 57% of the time. Getting on the forecheck and creating scoring chances can't happen without puck possession and that starts by winning the face-off.
Another key to winning the game was shutting down Edmonton's star player: Connor McDavid, which the Sharks managed to do very well. In fact, the Oilers were very sloppy in the neutral zone with changes despite having the larger number of hits and blocks. Happily, San Jose had Logan Couture on the ice for the first game. We hope Joe Thornton will join the team soon but the younger players showed they could step up their game. Tomas Hertl had a few near misses on goal and seven shots. Brent Burns was his usual dominating presence.
I'm looking forward to the next game on Friday.
Go Sharks.
oh yeah...stay safe out there!
https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-edm/2017/04/12/2016030181#game=2016030181,game_state=fina
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