Sharks season has started again but they're singing the same tune as they did last year by losing.

Tonight's opponent was the Edmonton Oilers, fresh off retiring the jersey of goaltender Grant Fuhr, who won 5 Stanley Cups with the team. For the first twenty minutes, it looked like a pretty good game, albeit scoreless. They traded goals twice in the 2nd period and into the 3rd period. Penalties though killed the Sharks, allowing the Oilers to score two power-play goals in two minutes with only 3 minutes to go, putting the game out of reach. It became a 5-2 loss and a lousy trip to Calgary for their next game.

One positive to take is the play of Milan Michalek, the 18-year-old rookie, fresh from the draft, who scored the Sharks' second goal. The power play clicked as well. The play of rookies and the power of the power play were strong points in a dismal season last year. It's too bad the weak points from last year are reappearing as well. The goaltending from Nabokov was a bit shaky as he allowed 5 goals. Not all his fault of course; penalties allowed the Oilers the man advantage and with 2 power play goals scored, penalty killing still needs to be worked on. The subtraction of Nolan and Selanne gives the Sharks no go-to guy to give the puck to, making offense hard to come by. Its own 2 goals is a good start but it's nothing to be proud of.

Marco Sturm was injured with a puck to the face but is expected to be okay.