Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?
That’s not the case so far with Bob Boughner, who replaced Peter DeBoer last Thursday.
Results have been mixed for the new bench boss — the San Jose Sharks have won one game and lost another — but it’s certainly a new-look Sharks.
These are five things that are different under Boughner:
2-1-2 Forecheck
Under DeBoer, on a dump-in, San Jose typically sent a single forward in on the forecheck first. Here are a few examples of this 1-2-2 forecheck from this year and last.