Same - Same: Sharks 2, Hawks 1

Yup, there were a lot of similarities between last night's loss in San Jose to the beatdown in Alberta a few nights earlier.  Practically all of The Hawks were north of 50 in possession and, in fact, at evens they all were.  Otherwise, the match felt fairly even and, if not for a goal that arose from a slightly ridiculous pair of...not even errors, more like decisions that just didn't pan out, The Hawks could have exited with one or two points.  Of course I'll mention a few things that went wrong!
The Winning Goal started with a clearing attempt that Seabrook, in retrospect, should not have gone all-in to try to corral, which led to Old No. 7 huffing and puffing after the much faster Joel Ward. Not to take anything away from Ward's goal, but Crow shoulda coulda had that one but, by his own admission, he hesitated and found himself in no-man's land by the time he finally committed. Ward's shot-fake wasn't even that devious.
Toews' Injury sure didn't help, with him being their one true all-situations forward.  His absence threw his line and both special teams into disarray for half of the game.  Coach Q reported this AM that The Captain is day-to-day and questionable for Friday.
Shot Selection was an issue, just as it was in Edmontonstone, although it was less of a block party than against The Oilers.  Martin Jones is a big fella who robs the bottom part of the net and is nearly impenetrable from the dots-in. The Hawks failed by not doing enough to make Jones move side-to-side, or were prevented from doing so a lot of the time.

Enough.  We'll try again on Friday.