To take with the sharks: What we learned from the disappointing defeat against the Red Wings

SAN JOSE – On paper, the Sharks' problems after their six-game losing streak may seem easy to solve, especially since they had already won six straight games and were at the top of the conference's standings. West just before the slide.

But according to attacker Logan Couture, things are more complex than that.

"If it was easy to fix, we would not be on a six-game losing streak," he told the media after Team Teal's 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. "We have to fix it. There are some things we need to do better. "

Not having jumped enough from the puck to give up too many breakaway opportunities, the Sharks look like a team very different from what they did two weeks ago. The loss to Detroit is the third consecutive game in which the Sharks were beaten by a team in the playoffs. Although the team is obviously upset and is trying to regain its health before the playoffs, the current drop in performance can not continue.

"We're too good of a team to make a slide like this," Couture said. "These losses at home are not good, especially tonight's. I thought we were going to make a better effort. "

San Jose fought late in the game, finding the back of the net twice to reduce Detroit's 3-0 lead to 3-2. It was an effort that Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer wanted to see much earlier in the competition.

"I did not think we had a lot of energy until the third period," he said. "I thought we had the desperation in the third that we needed for 60 minutes. We only came with 20 people.

Detroit, on the other hand, was able to capitalize on their breakaway opportunities in the first quarter of the game. Dylan Larkin scored the Red Wings on the board just 38 seconds into the match.

"We gave them a lot of respect. We sat down too much, "summed Evander Kane. "We have to get there first, we need to get there faster."

As this is the Sharks' longest losing streak this season, the press asked DeBoer if there was a mental component slipping into the team's game. For DeBoer, no matter what it is, the team can only learn from it.

"I do not know if it's mental," he admitted. "It's hard work, it's desperation, I do not know if there's any complacency about where we stand in the rankings or what, but we have to get out of it. to leave is to work. "

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They have exactly six games left in the regular season to get that job.

"If you're going to experience something like this, you'd better do it now than in two weeks," said DeBoer. "But we have to be healthy and the guys have to reach another level here. This is the time of year. "