Hard work doesn't always equal a win. The Blues outplayed and out-shot San Jose the entire game, but again could not finish. This lose makes the Blues home record 3-7-1, without winning back-to-back games since Sweden.
The Blues out-shot the Sharks 39-17 with McClement scoring the only goal. Where's the offense? Well, "I" think it comes down to the ugly ones. By ugly ones, I mean the opportunities that the Blues have around the net. There were so many around the net last night that were inches from going in, but the Blues couldn't catch a break. I say "break" because you can never count on those scrappy chances around the net. The Blues did a great job of crowding the goal but we never seem to be in the right spot for the rebound and if we are, the puck races right past one of our players before he gets a chance to shoot. I'm exaggerating a little because I'm frustrated...
One thing I can say about tonight's effort, was that we didn't do that great of a job on the blue line and setting up plays. We definitely need to work on the one-timers. We had some good opportunities on the power plays, but we need the element of surprise. Boyes and McDonald were clutch on those last year, so why not this year? Rebounds and the "ugly" ones will come and go, but we need to set up and make more quality shots.
