Boy, how about that hockey game last night? That stunk. The Sharks got their butts kicked in just about every measurable way by the Oilers on Friday evening, including in the hit column. There are reasons to fret about San Jose’s chances of making it out of the first round this season (and I touched on some after game one), but hits aren’t one of them.
The hit stat isn’t particularly informative. For starters, it’s prone to bias. It’s recorded by humans and its definition changes from arena to arena and scorekeeper to scorekeeper. Let’s ignore that for the sake of this argument and focus on how the Sharks and Oilers have matched up in this category at Rogers Place this season.