SAN JOSE – The Sharks’ goose egg on Saturday against the Wild in a 2-0 loss was enough evidence that the new line combinations didn’t exactly produce the intended result. Pete DeBoer altered all four of his forward groups ahead of the meeting with Minnesota, attempting to end a five-game losing streak.
Now, the streak is six.
“Obviously no, we didn’t score,” DeBoer said, when asked if the line shuffling had the desired effect.
Still, one player that had his best game in weeks was second-year center Chris Tierney, who started the game on a line with Joonas Donskoi and Joel Ward.