It was the Flames and Sharks from the SAP Centre in San Jose, California! Let’s take a look at the matinee matchup!
Of the ton of shuffling that’s happened in the lineup lately with injuries, the notable stuff was happening on the back end. Brett Kulak started the night paired with Travis Hamonic. Rasmus Andersson was with Mike Stone, and Giordano was still with Dougie Hamilton on the top pairing.
1st Period
The first eight minutes were back and forth, but there weren’t any special chances worth writing home about. At 7:52, Brenden Dillen and Christ Tierney and Tiemo Meier would work a little passing absolutely worth writing home about:
Order some stamps and head to Canada Post, because just over a minute later (1:14 to be precise) there’d be a tough bounce off Jankowski’s skate at 9:06, and it’d go 2-0 SJS:
So maybe not worth writing home about was yet another tough start where the goals were coming in bunches for the opposition.