SAN JOSE — The Sharks are hoping a little more attitude in their game — and both ends of the ice — might go a long way into turning their season around.
The Sharks haven’t come close in recent games to playing to their identity as a relentless, pressuring team. Too often they’ve had the pace of play dictated to them rather than asserting themselves in all three zones.
The Sharks haven’t had a lead at any point in their last seven periods entering Friday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets. They were outscored 3-0 in the third period of last Friday’s game by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and fell behind early in regulation time losses to the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins that dropped their record to 4-8-1.