GAME #2: San Jose Sharks @ Columbus Blue Jackets (10/15/2016)
Following their impressive 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in the 2016-2017 Season Opener, the San Jose Sharks flew eastward to Ohio, in preparation for a five-game road-stint, beginning at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. In their opening contest, the Columbus Blue Jackets were forced to watch multiple two-goal leads dissipate, eventually falling to the always-scrappy Boston Bruins by the disappointing final of 6-3. Though certainly looking for more positive results on Saturday evening, the Blue Jackets night would not exactly open "according to plan". In the opening stages of the game, Sharks' defenseman Brent Burns took a high-stick directly underneath his visor, which would lead to a double-minor power-play for the typically-ferocious Sharks' "man-advantage" squad. After managing to squander four minutes of power-play time, however, it seemed almost certain that the pendulum of momentum would swing from the Sharks bench, in favor of the newly-e...