Sharks need to learn from mistakes to salvage season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
The San Jose Sharks keep finding new ways to lose.
From giving up game-winning goals with less than two minutes left (Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning) to surrendering two shorthanded goals in 2:08 to the same penalty killer (Chicago Blackhawks) to blowing a one-goal lead with 1:38 left (Florida Panthers) to blowing a two-goal lead with 4:02 left (last night), it feels like the 3-8-3 Sharks are descending different levels of losing every night.
It’s different kinds of losing, but what’s consistent for the Sharks is a lack of what head coach David Quinn calls situational awareness, knowing the situation on the ice, time on the clock, and who’s on the ice.
Smart or not smart hockey.
