An embarrassing showing by the Sharks ended with a 4-1 loss to the Blues.
The Sharks came off a day of rest after winning against Buffalo on Tuesday, while the Blues suffered a 2-1 loss to Anaheim on the first night of back-to-back games. Both teams gave their rested backup goaltenders the start.
Things started fairly optimistically. It seemed as though they were more evenly matched than the last time these teams met, when the Blues shut out the Sharks on January 14th. A bad turnover from Brent Burns led to a Blues’ goal from Scott Upshall with only three minutes left in the period.