SAN JOSE --
He said Tuesday the message to his players entering Game 5 of the Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, TVA Sports) will be similar to the one he gave to his players with the New Jersey Devils during the 2012 Cup Final.
The Sharks trail the Penguins 3-1 in the best-of-7 series. DeBoer and the Devils lost the first three games of the 2012 Final but won Games 4 and 5. They lost the series in six games.
"Everyone was writing us off," DeBoer said before traveling to Pittsburgh.