SAN JOSE – Through the first week of the NHL’s regular season, Martin Jones was the chief reason the Sharks busted of out of the gates with four consecutive wins and again looked like a Pacific Division contender.
On Tuesday at SAP Center, Jones played a key role in the team dipping below the .500 mark for the first time. The 25-year-old starting goalie was pulled just three-and-a-half minutes into the game after allowing two goals on three shots, including a very stoppable wrister by Mikhail Grabovski that put San Jose in a 2-0 hole that it could not dig out of.