41.   The Sharks were next-to-last in converting power-play chances, and the penalty killing was in the middle of the pack.

42.   The Sharks desperately must improve on penalty killing and special teams, perhaps their two most glaring weaknesses.

43.   They did so with excellent penalty killing, another superb performance by center Mike Modano, and Belfour bailing himself out of his own jam.

44.   We talked about improving our penalty killing, and we improved that.

45.   When asked what Pellerin brought, Stars coach Ken Hitchcock specifically mentioned his penalty killing.

46.   You could pull back on the penalty killing.

47.   Boston leads the league in penalty killing.

48.   Coach Bob Hartley said Sakic will not take faceoffs and could be held out during penalty killing.

49.   Colorado ranks fourth in the league on the power play, while the Sharks ranked sixth in penalty killing.

50.   Craig Johnson and Lilja took advantage of poor penalty killing to score in the second.