San Jose Sharks at Columbus Blue Jackets
The Sharks have scored 21 goals in five games in the month of March and none of them are on the power play. That is exceptional. This means the Sharks have been absolutely dominant at even strength (which they really have been, the only game out of five where they have been below 55-percent possession was on the road against the Devils). The problem is it seems their top two lines are filling the net on a rotational basis so which lines gets the goals is a bit of a toss-up. Jason Demers started their last game as the lone defenseman on the power play but Dan Boyle finished it so I assume the latter is the one that will get that coveted spot.
The Blue Jackets have been on quite the roll themselves, winning five of their last six games and allowing just seven goals against in those five wins. A lot of their success has come without the power play, too, as it has accounted for just one out of the team’s last 12 goals. But to an even more severe degree than the Sharks, the Jackets’ scoring is spread out and picking which one player (or line) will break out in a given games isn’t very easy right now.
The Sharks hosted the Blue Jackets in Columbus’ last game before the Olympic break, a 3-2 win for San Jose. That game saw Columbus completely dominated, though, and the difference was goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. This game should be a fairly close one on the scoreboard so I’ll take some guys from either side for my 50/50s and leave the goalies alone.
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Top LW Value |
Top C Value |
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Bargain Bin |
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Nathan Horton |
(SJS) $9682 |
Ryan Johansen |
Dan Boyle (SJS) $7425 |
(CBJ) $5511 |
