This road trip hasn’t been a pretty one for the Sharks. After an embarrassing performance in Nashville and a loss against a team they’re certainly better than in Chicago, the Sharks to come out of tonight with a split for this four-game roadie.
To start, Pete DeBoer shook things up, line blender style. Tim Heed slotted in with his usual D-partner, Brenden Dillon, moving Dylan DeMelo up the line up to replace Justin Braun who was out with the flu. The line combinations that only produced two goals over the last two games (courtesy of Timo Meier and Logan Couture) were replaced with.