SAN JOSE, Calif. — They are best buds off the ice — and intense rivals on it.
And so Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers and San Jose Sharks winger Timo Meier spent the better part of Tuesday night trying to outduel each other — only 24 hours after the former junior teammates broke bread together over a dinner table.
“We’re really good friends. But there will be about two, 2½ hours (Tuesday night) where we’re not the best of friends. It will be good,” a smiling Ehlers said after the morning skate. “We went for dinner (Monday) night.