ANAHEIM, Calif. — On the night that the San Jose Sharks set a team record for most goals scored in a season, they also asserted more stretches of defensive dominance than we’ve seen in a while.
The result — a 4-3 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks — withstanding, this was encouraging for a squad that has lost five straight.
“Our defense starts with our offensive zone time,” Peter DeBoer noted. “We got pucks in, we spent a lot of time in their end.”
About to take a hit at the red line, Barclay Goodrow (23) delivered a perfect dump-in: It was slow enough for Lukas Radil (52) and Melker Karlsson (68) to chase down and fast enough for Radil and Karlsson to enter the zone onside, in stride.