The San Jose Sharks came into tonight with a simple mission: score a lot of goals. The Buffalo Sabres have been putting the biscuit in the basket in large numbers and simply stopping them would prove to be too much.
For much of the game, it seems as though the Sharks couldn’t remember how to play offense, and while their defensive efforts looked good, the Sabres’ looked better, consistently breaking up plays from San Jose before they could even begin. Jack Eichel and Jeff Skinner came in exactly as billed, with an impressive nine shots and one goal from the latter.