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Life without Logan Couture proved to be as challenging as expected Monday night.

With Couture sidelined by a concussion, the Sharks (17-11-4) struggled to generate offense for large chunks of their game against the Edmonton Oilers (15-17-2), producing just 21 shots on goal. They also missed their top scorer’s presence on the defensive side of the puck as the Oilers closed the gap in the Pacific Division to six points with a 5-3 win.

it’s tough to replace.”,“He’s tough to replace,” captain Joe Pavelski said. “He takes a line and drives it when he’s out there. Special teams, no doubt about it, all that stuff that he does

they got beat by the Oilers second and third lines.,Despite the absence of their top-defensive forward, the Sharks managed to keep the NHL’s reigning scoring champion, Connor McDavid off the scoreboard. Instead

The Oilers went into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead thanks to a pair of nifty passes by Leon Draisaitl, who centered the team’s third line.

Draisaitl set up Mark Letestu with a one timer in the left circle just after a Sharks penalty expired at 14:42 of the first.

With 1:09 left in the period, Draisaitl gave Ryan Strome a look into a gaping net, sliding over a cross-ice pass in front of the crease after he received a feed from Jujhar Khaira at the side of the net.

“The difference in the game was the depth,” head coach Pete DeBoer said, noting that the Sharks lineup was “thin” without Couture.

“Others guys have got to get up. They didn’t get the job done…the fourth line got pinned in their zone for extended periods to the point that we couldn’t really play them. Then,Authentic Martin Jones jersey, you overuse other guys.”

Maroon also brought some playfulness to the game, tugging on Brent Burns’ scraggly beard as they feel to the ice in a scrum near the net.

“It wasn’t really a tug, he was just kind of petting it,” Burns said. “It’s a nice beard.”

The Sharks second-ranked defense is starting to show some cracks,Authentic Brent Burns jersey, surrendering four or more goals for the sixth time in eight games, producing a 3.63 goals-against average over that span.

The game also represented the sixth-consecutive game in which goalie Martin Jones has surrendered four or more goals.

“We’ve just got to stay a little tighter in the dzone,” defenseman Justin Braun said. “We’re getting a little loose, leaving maybe a little early.”

DeBoer said the Sharks defensive woes are a product of his team’s recent tendency to fall behind early. The Sharks have found themselves trailing in the first period of six of their last seven games.

too. That’s probably the biggest thing.”,Authentic Alex Pietrangelo jersey,“You’re getting behind in games and you open it up,” the Sharks coach said. “It obviously creates some more offense, but you obviously give up some more

Team Teal did manage to put three goals on the board, the sixth-consecutive game in which they’ve scored three or more.

his 14th point in 14 games.,Pavelski opened the scoring on the power play at 6:15 of the first,adidas Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, who earned the primary assist, marking the sixth-consecutive game in which the Sharks resurgent power play has found the net. Burns got the play started by finding Kevin Labanc, with a cross-ice pass

Tomas Hertl scored the Sharks second goal, his eighth, in the second,Authentic Jake Allen jersey, and Marcus Sorensen scored his second goal in as many games in the third.

Labanc recorded two assists in the loss.

— The Sharks reassigned defenseman Joakim Ryan to the AHL Barracuda Monday, opening up a roster spot to activate Mikkel Boedker from the injured reserve. Boedker had missed seven games with a lower-body injury.

Sharks Chief Operating Officer John Tortora let staff know Monday of Hampsten’s departure, which first reported the front office change., according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal

Tortora was unavailable for comment Tuesday but in a statement to this newspaper,adidas Carter Hutton jersey, Hampsten wrote, “The job was always intended to be short-term. When I started, ownership and senior leadership set out very specific business targets to achieve and I’m proud of the entire team because many of those targets have been met and surpassed.

That 2017 statistic, Baltimore,adidas Martin Jones jersey, however, is misleading. In games against Pittsburgh, Detroit (the first time around) and Cincinnati, the Bears ran the ball 160 times for 907 yards,adidas Brent Burns jersey, while throwing only 101 passes, a 61.3 percent to 38.7 percent run/pass ratio. They went 3-1, failing to get the Lions game to overtime for a chance to win on Connor Barth’s missed 46-yard field-goal attempt.

In the Bears' 10 other games, they ran the ball only 216 times while throwing it 312 times, almost identical to their numbers in 2013,adidas Alex Pietrangelo jersey, a 40.15 percent run to 59.9 percent pass run/pass ratio, when they went 3-13.

Fox is right, and when you look deeper into the league-wide run/pass ratios there is a correlation between running the ball more and winning., a run-oriented offense best fits these Bears

Of the top 13 teams in the NFL in run/pass ratio this year,Authentic Vladimir Tarasenko jersey, Colts (sixth) and Jets (10th) are below .500.,Authentic Carter Hutton jersey, only the Bears (third)

The Jaguars (first), Vikings (eighth) and Rams (11th) are near certain playoff participants, Panthers (fourth), Eagles (seventh),adidas Jake Allen jersey, and the Bills (second), Cowboys (fifth), Titans (ninth), Ravens (12th) and Falcons (13th) still are very much in the playoff hunt.

The Bears' problem is when they don’t or can’t run early in games, the offense grinds to a halt.

As Fox said Monday, I think we have to be more efficient passing the ball., “Well

“If you look at it statistically, we're ninth in the league in defense, 12th in points, that should win you more games than what we're at.

“When you look at our offense, we're 28th in points, 30th overall, in the top 10 in rushing but the bottom three in passing, you know, so I'll just leave it at that.”

So why has the Bears' ground game been so inconsistent? Certainly injuries on the offensive line are a factor, as well., but Fox has another explanation

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