The Vancouver Canucks’ visit to the home of the San Jose Sharks prolonged two stretches of tragic futility last night. The Sharks’ 4-0 win extended the Canucks’ current losing streak to eight games, and set our blue boys’ record against their Northern brethren at 10-0-1 over their last 11 meetings. It may not have been the most conventional win, as the 5-on-5 stats would tell you, as the Sharks did the preponderance of their damage on the power play.
While San Jose’s 5-on-5 play was nothing to sing songs about, perhaps due in part to head coach Peter DeBoer’s perplexing line up decisions: scratching Antti Suomela in favor of first time NHL player Lukas Radil, and Joakim Ryan for Tim Heed, their power play was deadly.