commentary...

both the Red Wings and Sharks are playing very bad right now... one appears that they will be in the Stanley Cup playoffs,and one appears that they are headed to an early golf tee time... both teams gave up four goals,in the third period... Red Wings almost always lose in Philadelphia,and the Sharks lost,again,at home,against the Chicago Blackhawks... Red Wings are 5-5-1,and the Sharks are 5-6,in the last eleven games... fortunately,the Red Wings have games in hand against most every other team ahead of them... unfortunately,the Sharks do not have games in hand on most of the teams ahead of them... depending on the Kings' game against the Nashville Predators,tonight,the Sharks are still,at least three points,behind the Kings,in the race for a playoff spot,with now thirteen games left in the season... both teams are on the road:Detroit on a four game road trip,playing the Pittsburgh Penguins,tomorrow,and a trip to Florida,to play the Florida Panthers,and the Tampa Bay Lightning,and the Sharks are on a two week,seven game road trip,starting Tuesday,in Winnipeg... in the Eastern Conference,the Red Wings have a cushion to make the Stanley Cup playoffs,even if they lose all three games... the Sharks have no such cushion,or room for error,to make their run to make the Stanley Cup playoffs... with today's losses to the Flyers(Red Wings),and to the Blackhawks(Sharks)both teams have a slimmer cushion to make the Stanley Cup playoffs,especially the Sharks(at least three points out of a playoff spot),and if the Red Wings do not get out of their funk,soon they will have a hole to dig out of,and both teams can not afford that,at this time of the season...