The chief reason why the San Jose Sharks were considered favorites over the Colorado Avalanche was depth. San Jose had it, Colorado did not.
Not that you could tell after losing Game 6 to the likes of J.T. Compher and Tyson Jost. Logan Couture made pointed comments about the Sharks’ depth guys needing to step up. Peter DeBoer, perhaps excusing only Couture’s line, took a swipe at his forwards: “This time of year, you need all 12 of them going.”
All 12 of them were going, at least in the first two periods of Game 7, as San Jose staked out a 3-1 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.