Sharks, Coyotes combine for first 15-goal game of season

It's something of a dubious honor, considering high scores in hockey are usually the result of bad defense. And, as both head coaches pointed out in their postgame media availability, defense was indeed a struggle for both squads. 

Nevertheless, it was an entertaining game with some pretty impressive goal-scoring -- including a marker when Sharks forward Timo Meier swatted the puck out of the air and into the net.

It was also the first time San Jose -- a team better known for scoring two, maybe three, goals a game -- had scored a whopping eight goals in almost four years.

The Sharks wrap up their current homestand on Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers while the Coyotes don't play again until Sunday when they host the Dallas Stars. As fun as it was for onlookers to watch the deluge of goals, let's hope, for both defenses' sake, the goal-scoring frenzy is over.