SAN JOSE — Tomas Hertl on Friday wanted to clarify what sure seemed on the surface like a guarantee the Sharks would be back at SAP Center for Game 7 of their opening round series against the Vegas Golden Knights.
In the immediate post-game euphoria of the Sharks’ 5-2 win over the Golden Knights on Thursday that cut the Golden Knights’ series lead to three-games-to-two, Hertl told Jamie Baker in an interview on NBC Sports California — that could be heard in the arena’s public address system — that, “We have one more game, then come back for Game 7, and I believe it, because we’re a better team than them.