It's easy to see the Sharks are searching for consistency in their forward lines and reconfigured power-play units in the hopes to produce more goals.
What's easy to overlook is the fact the Sharks defense, staunch goaltending and attention to detail on the penalty kill is buying the team time to solve it's challenges at the other end of the ice.
The netminding duo of Martin Jones and Aaron Dell have combined to amass a league-low 2.24 goals-against average through 19 games. After his first two starts of the season, Jones has allowed more than two goals in a game only once. That's two or fewer permitted in 11 of his last 12. His back-up Dell had produced similar numbers.
Here's Jones: 2.11 GAA and .926 save percentage. Here's Dell: 2.14 GAA and .923 save percentage. Each has posted a shutout, too. And Jones, well established as a No. 1 goalie in his third full season in that role, has posted a save percentage of .920 or better in 10 of his last 12 games.