Over the next few weeks, NBC Sports California will be re-airing several classic Sharks games on nights they were scheduled to play before the NHL paused its season indefinitely amid the coronavirus pandemic. This week, Sharks interim coach Bob Boughner spoke with Bay Area News Group about his memories from the team’s game with the Los Angeles Kings on April 22, 2016, Game 5 of their first round series.
The Sharks were a confident group to start the 2016 NHL playoffs. They had gone 28-12-4 during the second half of the regular season to finish third in the Pacific Division, earning a postseason spot after missing out the year before.