Sharks Blog: One Win At A Time

We'll hear this so many times over the course of the next week, but it really is just one game at a time. If we can assume that the Sharks have a 50-50 shot at winning tonight, all they need is the coin to come up heads at noon, grab a plane, and get back to flipping once again. Each game is an independent event with this approach, so pay no attention to the fact that four in a row is what will be required. It starts tonight, and that is the only thing that should worry our pretty little heads.

The effort has been there for the most part-- of course there are going to be nitpickings and complaints, hell even after wins there are more than enough to go around, but this team has legitimately put their careers on the line out there. Marleau rebounded from a so-so game two (despite notching a pair of goals) and did a lot of great things yesterday with the puck, moving his feet and driving hard to the net. Joe Thornton has played like a bull with his balls roped. Dan Boyle is a guy you never have to worry about, Nabokov looked pretty damn good in game three, and the role players all played their roles.

They haven't folded like a house of cheap cards.

It's just a matter of capitalizing. And even though a lot of things are going to have to break right for San Jose (and, concurrently, break against Chicago), there's always that glimmer of hope waiting down past the echoes of this dark tunnel. Tonight gets us one small step closer to swimming in the bliss that has evaded us during the last three games.

Godspeed San Jose. Burn down the United Center tonight. We're not quite ready to head to the golf course just yet.