SAN JOSE – From the Sharks’ perspective, there wasn’t much to be pleased about after they dropped a 4-0 game to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, but the play of Matt Nieto was a bright spot for coach Pete DeBoer.
Nieto replaced Nikolay Goldobin on the Joe Thornton-Joe Pavelski line in the second period, as DeBoer made some changes on the fly in a game that wasn’t going San Jose’s way.
“Just looking for some type of spark. I thought Nieto was our best forward tonight, and he deserved to be moved up there,” DeBoer said after the game.