SAN JOSE – In their final game of the regular season, the Sharks pulled several regulars out of the lineup against the Flames ahead of next week’s first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, Joel Ward and Justin Braun were all scratched, while Joe Thornton (left knee) and Logan Couture (mouth) also remained out due to injury.
On Saturday morning, coach Pete DeBoer said anyone coming out of the lineup would be for health reasons and not simply to get a breather during what has been a hectic condensed schedule.
“If we sit anybody, it won’t be a rest,” DeBoer said.