The San Jose Sharks were hoping to take a 3-1 series lead back to Scottrade Center on Monday night, but the St. Louis Blues brought their best in Game 4 as this series is now a best-of-three.
With St. Louis reclaiming home ice advantage, here are five takeaways from the past two games at the Shark Tank:
1. Special Teams
It was a critical area heading into this series, and it’s played out that way thus far. San Jose was 0-for-7 on the man advantage in Games 3 and 4, highlighted by an 0-for-5 effort in Game 4 where they even surrendered a short-handed goal when the game was still in reach at 2-0.