Following a 4-3 shootout win against the New York Islanders on Thursday night, San Jose Sharks head coach Bob Boughner along with players Jacob Middleton, Jeffrey Viel and Tomas Hertl met with members of the media to discuss what positives lie in special teams, snapping a seven-game skid, Viel’s fight with Zdeno Chara and preparing for back-to-back match-ups against the Bruins and Kraken this weekend.
Here are the highlights from the postgame media availabilities:
Bob Boughner
On Viel’s fight with Chara: Yeah, that was something to see. I don’t know if he was wanting to do it because he broke the record tonight or not, but that was a little bit of a mismatch, [chuckle].