The highly anticipated rematch between the Sharks and the Flames wasn’t the fight-fest most people believed it would be. But it was an exciting, fast-paced fete, with edge-of-your-seat entertainment right up until the final buzzer.
San Jose allowed the opposition to score the opening goal early in the game. But the team buckled down and battled back, ending a raucous 60-minute battle with a 5-2 victory Thursday night in Calgary.
Here are three takeaways from the Sharks' fourth consecutive win:
They got revenge on the scoreboard
This game was circled on many people’s calendars after the teams last met on New Year’s Eve and things got ugly in the last few minutes when Sam Bennett hit Radim Simek.