Sharks are an unbelievable 9-1-0 in their last 10 against Vancouver. With the Canucks swooning out the string, there was no reason to think that trend would be reversed. And it wasn't.
On the second shift of the game, Jake Virtanen made some nice moves in support of Sven Baertschi in the San Jose Sharks zone. He held pressure on the Sharks defenders, kept the puck near the boards, and got a nice shot on James Reimer from distance. Three and a half minutes in, the Emerson Etem line had good net front presence in the Sharks zone and were able to exert pressure on the Sharks, without getting a shot.