SAN JOSE — If Logan Couture eventually gets crowned with the Conn Smythe Trophy, and if the Sharks eventually hoist their first Stanley Cup — both of which are big “ifs” — Monday’s second-period comeback will help define Couture’s playoff greatness.
Too early to crown Couture? Yes. It’s also too impossible to ignore what he’s meant to this postseason.
With the Sharks trailing 2-0 Monday, Couture intervened.
First came a short-handed breakaway goal to make it 2-1. Then, a minute and 59 seconds later, Couture scored again.
That two-goal outburst woke up the Sharks and the home crowd, even if it merely suspended the St.