SAN JOSE – The Sharks knew Monday night’s game against the Devils wasn’t going to be easy. Even though New Jersey was entering the contest on the tail end of a back-to-back – and off a 6-5 shootout loss to Anaheim, at that – a second straight win would be no easy task.
“This is known as a trap game,” Logan Couture said afterward.
He isn’t wrong. San Jose’s schedule through the first third of the season has been grueling, and the plethora of road back-to-backs they’ve logged set them up to face adversity when the Devils came to town.