Sherwood Brings Physical Edge in Overtime Road Win

Kiefer Sherwood played a physical, if quiet, offensive night as San Jose took a 3-2 overtime win in St. Louis. He finished without a point — 0 goals, 0 assists — but supplied grit on the scoresheet with 10 hits and 1 blocked shot while skating 17:57 over 19 shifts.

All of Sherwood’s shot volume came at even strength: 1 shot on goal and 3 shot attempts in 5-on-5 play. He avoided penalties but had 1 giveaway and no takeaways. Season-wide numbers show this was a slightly fuller night than his average: he normally plays 14.7 minutes per game, and through four games has 1 goal, 0 assists and 30 hits.

In short: no points, but a noticeable physical presence and more ice time than his season average helped the Sharks scrape out the extra-time victory.