SAN JOSE — The Sharks became all too familiar with what works and what doesn’t against the Nashville Predators from their back-and-forth second round playoff series last season.
The Sharks experienced a refresher course anyway Saturday, as they got away from their strengths in the second period and played right into Nashville’s in a 3-1 loss to the Predators at SAP Center.
“I liked our first period, and then we stopped playing, stopped following that formula,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. “We had some things working for us, our forecheck, good pressure in the offensive zone. Keeping it simple.