Good last 20 minutes of play, but the first 40 minutes doom Sharks. Series tied 2-2.
Jones gave up 4 before being pulled; Reimer got some ice time in relief (and gave up a goal). The Sharks vaunted power play let in a SHG and failed to get any pucks past Allen.
The Sharks were down 0-4 after forty minutes and did all their scoring in the last period. 3-6 with the ENG.
The Blues captain Backes played 5:34 in the first and did not play for the rest of the game. In postgame interviews, Hitchcock was coy about why he didn’t play and what his availability for game 5 will be.
But one bad game does not a series make. Time to put it behind you and focus on the game to be played “today”.