The Sharks fell into a 2-1 series hole last night thanks to Zack Kassian’s game-winning goal in the third period. While it’s easy to blame David Schlemko’s turnover or Martin Jones allowing his fourth five-hole goal of the series, the truth of the matter is San Jose has a serious scoring problem.
Now three games into the series, the Sharks have scored three times — all of which came in game one. That’s a six-period scoring drought, for those keeping track at home. They have scored three goals on 83 shots (a tidy .964 save percentage for Cam Talbot).