At the beginning of the first game of the traditionally dreadful western road trip from hell, the Canadiens and the Sharks exchanged chances, and then exchanged lightening fast goals as first Logan Couture and then Jonathan Drouin scored 16 seconds apart.
The brisk pace continued, the Habs taking the first penalty — slashing to Tomas Plekanec — but they killed it off comfortably.
Andrew Shaw had a couple of chances as the period progressed, and the Habs looked pretty sharp, picking up eleven shots to San Jose's eight through the first twenty.