Thornton returns to lineup for Sharks in Game 3 vs. Oilers

If San Jose is going to win Game 3 they need to get more shots on goal.

Two days after managing just 16 shots in a 2-0 loss, the Sharks were shut out again by Oilers goalie Cam Talbot, who stopped 22 shots. He had 18 assists and 21 points in 24 postseason games a year ago with the Sharks.

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In the second period, the Sharks threatened early with Talbot coming up big on consecutive shots by San Jose forwards Jonas Donskoi and Tomas Hertl. “The entire town is wallowing in Oilerish bliss”. He led the entire National Hockey League in scoring this season. In Game 1, Couture received an elbow to the face from blue liner Eric Gryba. He gained a step on San Jose defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to attempt a wrap-around, which Jones denied. “And the majority of them are No. 97”. The Sharks controlled the play for significant swaths of time for the first 20 minutes. Jones play has also been confounding – he’s generally played solid for the greater part of the series, but the goals he has surrendered have nearly all been ones in which he would have like to have had back – his five hole become increasingly suspect. “It’s a game of mistakes, and it ends up in the back of the net”. The broadcast must run complete with commercials and without interruption. The fans here are legendary in the playoffs and lived up to their reputation.

San Jose went on the power play at 16:43 when Edmonton winger Benoit Pouliot was guilty of a rough. “It’s nice to be up 2-1 but we have another one on Tuesday“.

“We have to figure out a way to score to win”, Peter Deboer, the Sharks coach, said. We know that. That’s been a concern for us all season.

The Izdans have had season tickets for seven years and planned to purchase more raffles before the drawing but the lines were too long. You couldn’t help but think of the possibilities with pay-per-view fights. The Oilers carried more of the play and outshot the Sharks 12-4. “They’ve done a good job on the PK, we’re not playing with a lot of confidence there right now”. They can’t be expected to get on the scoresheet every night come playoff time.

“What’s fantastic is that we’ve had draft parties and stuff like that in the old building and had crowds of 5,000”.

“We have played well here, but it is a different animal in the playoffs”, Connor McDavid said after the morning skate. “I definitely felt a little bit of nerves in the first one”. “I have seen him play with broken fingers”. Here we are with the first road game of the first round. “We got what we probably deserved out there”. “This is not a one-off”. But they settled in very nicely and slowly took over the game.