SAN JOSE – The Blue Jackets entered San Jose with the NHL’s worst record, but you wouldn’t have known it in the first period of Tuesday’s game against the Sharks at SAP Center.
Columbus was first to loose pucks, harder along the boards, and was rolling four lines effectively, while the Sharks looked as slow as they have all season playing mostly in their own end. Rather than jumping on a fragile opponent and putting them away early, the Sharks played from behind for much of the night in what was eventually a 5-2 loss.
Minor penalties to Chris Tierney and Brenden Dillon were partly to blame for the slow start, as both came in the first five minutes.