The Sharks should not have won last night. They were outhit. The Blues blocked a million shots…okay maybe not that many – but they did block 28 shots compared to San Jose’s twelve blocks. The Blues would not go away and rookie netminder Bishop made some big saves. This is a game that last years Sharks would have been disinterested in after two periods, made a late push at the end to make it respectable but would have come up short in the result – but the 2008-09 Sharks refuse to lose. They just will not accept it. For the most part, this is the same bunch of guys who would turtle up in adversity. Who do you credit for the change? Coach McLellan? Boyle/Blake/Luko? All of the above? Whatever the formula is, the Sharks keep coming at you, even after they fell behind 2-0 in the early going, I never thought that San Jose was out of the game. How many times have we seen the Red Wings do this same @*%& to us over the years? The Sharks jump out early, and slowly the better team chips away at the lead and crushes the underdogs spirits in the end.

The Sharks were up against it last night. For the second game in a row, they got screwed by the refs. Clowe got boarded and there was no call. It actually pissed him off enough to score two goals and the shootout winner…so I guess we can thanks the refs for that oversight – but the phantom holding and hooking calls on Ehrhoff and Vlasic were terrible in my eyes. Those are the type of plays that happen hundreds of times during an NHL game.

So were the Sharks lucky to win last night? I guess there is the phrase “beginners luck” – I would like to coin the phrase “Winners Luck” for the Sharkies. They would not quit last night and, in my eyes, they have officially morphed into an elite team – yes, even 12 games into the season I am comfortable making that statement. Their attitude now is: Bring Your Best….And We Will Still Beat You.

Saturday will be tough, especially if Nabby is on the shelf…and possibly Danny B. if Baby-Boyle is born. We will need both him and Jody Shelley Saturday to fend off Team Pest (Dallas).

12-2 baby. 12-2.