San Jose Sharks defenseman John Klingberg said before the start of this season that the way he measures his game isn’t by how productive he is on the power play, but by how well he’s doing at even strength.

By that standard, Klingberg had a rough start to his Sharks tenure, with some on social media – sometimes rightly – questioning whether he can consistently be an asset to the team rather than a liability.

As a result of his inconsistencies, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky sat Klingberg in the press box a few times as a healthy scratch.

Lately, though, Klingberg’s played much more like the defenseman the Sharks hoped to get when they signed him to a one-year, $4 million contract in July.

Continuing a recent positive trend, Klingberg, 33, assisted on Dmitry Orlov’s second-period goal agai

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