It wasn’t always pretty, but when it was, the San Jose Sharks’ 4-3 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers was absolutely gorgeous.
Two San Jose plays stood out on Saturday night: Kevin Labanc’s no-look pass to Joe Pavelski on the power play and Logan Couture’s 200-foot masterpiece that set up Timo Meier’s game winner.
Before scoring on Thursday, Labanc (62) had contributed just two assists over his previous eight contests. The winger continued to put that slump in his rearview mirror tonight with a pair of assists, highlighted by this power play feed to Pavelski (8):
”I was thinking about shooting it the whole way,” admitted Labanc.