Saturday night just put an exclamation mark in the end of San Jose Sharks' terrible run of late. Now they sit outside of the playoff bound crowd and keep on shaking their heads in disbelief. Solid performance by Phoenix Coyotes had them at 3-0. With this lineup, it's hard to believe they cannot score. And now they really need to figure out how to improve their game, or they're actually out of the playoffs for the first time 02-03 season.
While the Sharks keep on struggling, Colorado Avalanche has been able to pick up their game enough to overtake San Jose for eighth position is the West. Overtime victory over Edmonton Oilers was valuable indeed. However, the Avs need to keep in mind that their one point lead over Sharks is partly due the fact that they've played three more games. And if the Sharks find their game for even one victory in those three, they're back in the playoff mix.
The West race is tight, and there's LA and Calgary following right behind these two. Neither of them hasn't however been able to string together enough wins to run over .500 in the recent past. While everyone struggles, Sharks' free fall may not be as costly as it could.
On playoff bound teams' player notes it's worth mentioning Dallas having captain Brenden Morrow back to score the game winner after 18 games out with injuries. Also on the radar in Nashville, the Kostitsyn brothers seem to be on a brilliant roll after getting reunited at the trade deadline. Andrei 3+3 and Sergei 2+4 in the last five games. Now the Predators seem to have found some scoring threats to compliment their stellar defense, led by Pekka Rinne in goal. Look out everyone!
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