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Three takeaways: Sharks stand up for Karlsson; avoiding the mumps

VANCOUVER It was a successful first game coming out of the bye week for the Sharks, as they won going away against the Canucks at Rogers Arena on Saturday, 4-1. The league-wide trend of starting slow coming out of the NHLs newly instituted bye week was on display in the first period, as the Sharks and Canucks played one of the uglier frames of NHL hockey youll ever see. The Sharks were lucky that Vancouver wasnt much better, and that Martin Jones whose performance we focused on in primary the game recap was looking sharp and well rested.