SAN JOSE – Ever so slightly, the Kings have gotten better in each game throughout their first round series with the Sharks.
Ever so slightly, the Sharks game has dipped.
Coach Pete DeBoer has chosen to dress the same 20 players for each of the first three games; an easy decision after the Sharks won the first two. Judging by his comments on Tuesday, though, it may be time to shuffle up the deck with the bottom three lines, or in the case of the fourth line, make some changes in personnel.
The Sharks’ top line of Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl has been outstanding, and has scored three of the team’s five even strength goals.