The Sharks are not scoring. The Sharks are also not getting any younger while they wait to score. There’s a tendency to conflate those two things.
That conflation might even be fair. As the Edmonton Oilers have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series that continues Tuesday night, it’s been apparent to anyone with eyeballs that the Sharks are indeed the older and occasionally slower team.
The math also doesn’t lie. Let’s look at the birthdays for the 18 skaters, plus goalie Martin Jones, who dressed for the Sharks in Game 2 on Sunday. Their average age: 29.