SAN JOSE -- You could see over the Sharks’ last two games they missed having Erik Karlsson on the ice. The boost the defenseman provides on both sides of the ice, and in every phase of the game, was no doubt missed.
But one thing Karlsson mentioned to the media before he began serving his two-game suspension was that he had every bit of faith his teammates would rise to the occasion in his absence.
“I think they’re going to rally around it,” the two-time Norris Trophy winner said Sunday before the Sharks hosted the Arizona Coyotes.