Nashville Predators @ San Jose Sharks Game 2 Preview: Let’s try that again

The San Jose Sharks

If you had to ask me to pick between some low-life pest like Antoine Roussel or Steve Ott and cherry picking the stretch pass, I would pick having to stare at Ott’s face for three hours. That said, it’s a fairly good strategy against Nashville’s active defense.

With the Sharks’ “away-ice advantage”, getting the split at home is probably the most they could have hoped for, but they’ll be looking to extend their series lead tonight. Despite the 5-2 spread in game one, Joe Thornton didn’t register a point on the night, but that’s not going to continue.

My biggest question about tonight’s game is which animal from Brent Burns‘ menagerie is he going to let run in front of the Predators bench before the game. I’m pretty sure he stows them in his beard.

The Nashville Predators

Stop taking penalties, guys. As good as the Predators managed to look against the Ducks‘ league-leading powerplay, the Sharks’ might as well be black magic. (This means you, Nystrom.) Ellis and Fisher even agree with me:

Ryan Ellis and Mike Fisher called the #SJSharks power play skilled, said a key for the #Preds will be staying out of the box. #NSHvsSJS

— Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis) April 30, 2016