When you’re up against the reigning back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions, it’s already a pretty tough task to get a good result.
The San Jose Sharks sure found that out last night, looking like “boys against men” in the words of head coach Bob Boughner, as the team was trounced by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
From the get-go, the Lightning demonstrated that the game would be theirs and nothing but theirs, dominating the Sharks in possession. The first blow to the Sharks came just four minutes into the game, as Ross Colton’s intended cross-crease pass to Taylor Raddysh took a bounce off of Marc-Edouard Vlasic and went past James Reimer to open the scoring for Tampa Bay.