The Philadelphia Flyers celebrate a game-tying goal by Philadelphia Flyers’ Travis Konecny (11) against the San Jose Sharks in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Timid, tentative, or even as San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl and others have mentioned, scared.
Use whatever adjective fits best, but the Sharks have just not appeared comfortable in most of their close games this season.
Thursday night, the Sharks blew a two-goal lead in the third period, allowing three unanswered goals in what became a 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia