Timo Meier’s five-goal night was a historic achievement none of us will be forgetting anytime soon. While goal-scoring was the focus of the San Jose Sharks’ last game, versus the Los Angeles Kings, there were some quiet successes elsewhere in the line-up, namely the power play, and defense.
Prior to the tilt against the LA Kings, the Sharks’ power play had languished in the standings, three points below the league average, and the team was searching for any way to revitalize special teams, to the point that both Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns were placed together on the top power play unit for only the second time in recent games against the Kings.