Holding the Florida Panthers’ offense at bay is a big ask on any given night, let alone when you are without your primary shut-down defenseman. That’s the position the San Jose Sharks find themselves in on Saturday night after Mario Ferraro was forced to leave the contest with an upper-body injury.
Mario Ferraro is not retuning to this game, per the Sharks.
San Jose is going to try and beat the best team in the NHL (by points percentage) with one of its top-four defensemen for the next 40 minutes.