The man who made arguably the most important decision of the Sharks’ second-round series win over the Colorado Avalanche hasn’t seen a single second of live NHL hockey this season.



Instead, Sharks video coach Dan Darrow watches each and every game in front of several video monitors in a windowless room, marking game events like scoring chances, zone entries and exits, goalie touches and so on.



“He’s as valuable as anyone on our staff,” said coach Pete DeBoer, whose team is tied 1-1 in the Western Conference final with the St. Louis Blues entering Wednesday’s Game 3.



Also on the list of Darrow’s responsibilities includes making the final call on whether to challenge opposition goals for either goalie interference or offside. So when Colin Wilson seemingly tied the decisive Game 7 at 7:46 of the second period on May 8, Darrow got word from Sharks assistant coach Johan Hedberg, who was watching the game from the SAP...