Erik Karlsson had just become the sixth defenseman in NHL history to reach 100 points in a season, and Logan Couture joined Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Joe Pavelski as the only San Jose Sharks players to score 700 points with the team.
But the atmosphere inside the Sharks’ locker room after Monday’s game with the Winnipeg Jets was silent. Again.
San Jose is now 22-42-16 following its 6-2 loss to the Jets, dropping its points percentage to .375, the fourth-worst in team history and its lowest since the 1995-96 season (.287) — two years before Marleau first came to the organization.