2011-12 San Jose Sharks Season Opens with 6-3 Victory over Phoenix Coyotes

New year, same results.

The San Jose Sharks ended the 2010-11 regular season with a victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. They began the 2011-12 season the same way and the similarities do not end there.

The Sharks led the league in shots on goal with 34.5 last season, while only two teams gave up more than the Coyotes' 32.6. Phoenix was 17th in shots on goal with 30.3 and the Sharks gave up the eighth-fewest at 28.9. In this contest San Jose dominated, shooting the puck 52 times to Phoenix's 29, including a 19-4 edge that staked them to a 2-0 lead in the first period.

San Jose also had the best p...

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