It’s something of a hockey cliché to -- after a team scores a go-ahead goal -- turn around and say: “Okay, now go get the next one.”
It may be an overused phrase, but that’s how it works. And it’s something the Sharks have struggled doing during the last month of the regular season.
Tuesday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks demonstrated this hole in San Jose’s game yet again.
After overcoming an early 1-0 deficit to skate into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead, Team Teal had the opportunity to build on that momentum and shut Vancouver down.