SAN JOSE -- Tomas Hertl's season-ending knee injury likely wiped out what little remained of the Sharks' slim playoff hopes, and a change in mindset was palpable ahead of their game against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning at SAP Center on Saturday night.
"We know we got a lot of hockey left to play," San Jose interim coach Bob Boughner said following Saturday's optional morning skate. "We talked about that this morning about how we want to approach these next two months of hockey. Obviously, we've been kicked-in a little bit with the injuries and you have two choices how you want to handle that, and I think we're going to go with the option two where we're just going to come to the rink every day and we're going to work hard together.