SAN JOSE — Besides the team’s record, there is one statistic that helps illustrate the biggest difference between this season’s Sharks team and last season’s after 50 games.
Sixty goals.
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That’s the contrast in goal differential from one season to the next. Last season, on Jan, 20, 2019, the Sharks had a goal differential of +23 after 50 games, tied for fifth-best in the NHL. Exactly a year later, they are at -37, third-worst in the NHL.
Here are some other statistical differences between this season’s Sharks team and last season’s.
San Jose Sharks through 50 games
2018-19 2019-20
Record 28-15-7 (63 points) 21-25-4 (46 points)
Home record 17-4-4 13-11-1
Road record 11-11-3 8-14-3
Division standing Second Sixth
Conference standing Third 13th
Goals for, per game 3.