It has only been a few games thus far into the 2018 – 2019 campaign for the San Jose Sharks. But the pairing of Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Erik Karlsson have shown flashes of greatness.
They’ve been deployed jointly on the ice for approximately 17 and half minutes per game over the course of the first eight contests. Coach Pete DeBoer seems to have already dubbed them as his shutdown pair here in the early stages of the season. Most of the time these two are out against the opposing teams best players.