Before I potentially ruin your day by recapping the San Jose Sharks’ 8-0 loss to the Nashville Predators, just now that there was some good news to be had before the game started, and that was that Zach Sawchenko will get his first NHL start versus the Anaheim Ducks (finally) and that Erik Karlsson is back and practicing again. Oh, and Rudolfs Balcers was back in the line-up, although he may have wished he was still out, given the outcome of the game.
Goaltender Alex Stalock played all but the final ten minutes of the game, and the first period started off relatively smoothly.