When the news broke last week that San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl would miss Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final and eventually the remainder of the series, San Jose’s hopes of coming back from a 2-0 series deficit looked even dimmer.
Head coach Pete DeBoer tabbed second-year forward Melker Karlsson to fill Hertl’s role on the top line for Game 3 and the Swede made his coach and team satisfied with that decision as he played one of his best games of the 2016 playoffs.