commentary...

at least,for today,The San Jose Sharks have fallen to eighth place,in playoff seeding,and they have the slimmest margin,of a cushion(one point),from being out of the NHL playoffs... the Los Angeles Kings are one point behind the Sharks,in ninth place... the Sharks now have two teams ahead,of them(Phoenix Coyotes,and the Dallas Stars),and they lose the first tiebreaker,in a tied division,to both teams,because both teams have more regulation/overtime wins,than the Sharks(Dallas has 30 wins,Phoenix has 28 wins,and the Sharks have 27 wins)... Phoenix,and Dallas both have a two point division lead(with Phoenix being in first place),over the Sharks...