The biggest question entering this game was, will the Bolts, who are very average at 5 on 5 play so far this season, do well against a Sharks team that is excellent at the penalty kill? Several games so far this season have been bolstered by the strength of power play goals. Could the Bolts win a game with none?
The answer was, someone must've told the Sharks that they needed to play a very polite, clean game, because they took no penalties in the first, and were even awarded a penalty shot after Joonas Donskoi was hooked by Andrej Sustr.