The Toronto Maple Leafs were playing on two nights of rest. The Sharks were playing on zero.
As Logan Couture explained, that's just the way the schedule goes sometimes. And if you're the team playing its second night in a row, it can be tough to get the offense going.
"You're going to have nights like tonight where you're not feeling it and you're not getting much offensively," the captain said after Friday night's 4-1 loss to the Leafs. "We were close to pulling out a point there. It's tough we couldn't get one."
But after a nice win over the Habs on Thursday night, Team Teal had the opportunity to not only get a streak going with a second straight win but to pull within .