San Jose Sharks: Week ahead includes dates with Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks
Saturday, November 30: Anaheim Ducks
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Yeah. The schedule makers didn’t do the Sharks any favors by scheduling them a back-to-back against two of the most bruising and physical teams in the league. At the time of writing (Monday night) the Anaheim Ducks are fighting off the flu bug and are suffering through an injury bug to boot.
For what it’s worth, Anaheim won’t be coming in any fresher than San Jose. They have a contest at 4 pm ET against the Calgary Flames on Friday before catching a flight to San Jose to take on the Sharks the next night.
Where the game against the Blues could be a fire fight, Saturday night’s contest has all the makings of a 2-1 grind fest.
All in all, this should be a challenging and fun week for the Sharks. One thing is for certain: we’ll know a lot more about the mental and physical aptitude of this team by this time next week.