In what could easily be a Western Conference Final preview, the San Jose Sharks came out to play tonight and brought their A-game to the Music City. They needed to, as they were up against the top team in the league.
After getting some advice from his favorite blender, Pete DeBoer started the night off with Chris Tierney on the top line with Evander Kane and Joe Pavelski, Timo Meier on the second line with Logan Couture and Mikkel Boedker, Tomas Hertl centering Melker Karlsson and Kevin Labanc on the third, and Joel Ward centering Marcus Sorensen and Jannik Hansen, while Barclay Goodrow, Eric Fehr, Joonas Donskoi, and Joe Thornton all dealt with ailments.