SAN JOSE — Pete DeBoer insists that he isn’t afraid to lean on the Sharks top blue liners in the playoffs if need be. He might be forced to play that hand with the uncertainly surrounding his top-shutdown defenseman’s health.
At this point, it’s unclear whether Marc-Edouard Vlasic will suit up for Game 3 of the Sharks first-round playoffs series with the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday. Vlasic missed the last 38:58 of Game 2 after he blocked a Shea Theodore shot up high while killing a penalty at 1:02 of the second period.
The shot appeared to hit Vlasic in the side of the head, suggesting that he might have suffered a concussion on the play.