NBC’s Patrick Sharp knows what it’s like to face Bruins in Stanley Cup Final

Patrick Sharp won the Stanley Cup three times during a 15-year NHL career.One of the most fulfilling moments of Patrick Sharp’s 15-year NHL career also qualifies as one of the most painful of this generation for Bruins fans.

The brief synopsis, as if you want the reminder: In Game 6 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, the Bruins led, 2-1, with less than two minutes remaining and were on the verge of forcing a seventh game.

There would not be one. Bryan Bickell tied it for the Blackhawks with 1:16 left, and Dave Bolland scored 17 seconds later to give the Blackhawks the stunning lead. Fifty-nine seconds later, the Cup was theirs.

Graciously, Sharp, a member of that Blackhawks team who retired after…