The San Jose Sharks' 2010-11 season ended when the Vancouver
Canucks won 3-2 despite being out-shot 56-34. The game-winner
came when a fluky bounce of the puck in double overtime was seen
only by Kevin Bieksa, who put it in the net.  The Sharks' first
shot at the revenge they are so good at was on Saturday night at
HP Pavilion, but it mirrored the above result: Vancouver got a
fluky bounce (Manny Malhotra's shot bouncing off Douglas
Murray's skate) to grab the first goal in what ended up being a
3-2 game in which they were out-shot 45-27.  This game was also
the mirror image of the one played against the Chicago
Blackhawks Wednesday night, detailed in the intro slide of the
above link. "It's probably the best game we've played in the
last five and it's the one we happened to lose," coach Todd
McLellan said of the effort.  If you have six more possessions
(10 more faceoff wins and a minus-four giveaway/takeaway ratio)
and only two fewer hits with two fewer penalties, you are
usually going to win. Attempting 22