LAS VEGAS — The Sharks found out right from the start Thursday that the playoff version of the Vegas Golden Knights are a carbon copy of the regular season team.
Fast, opportunistic, relentless.
And that was just in the opening 12 minutes of the first period.
The Sharks were overwhelmed by the Golden Knights in Game 1 of their second round playoff series, falling victim to Vegas’ speed and their own careless mistakes in a 7-0 drubbing for their worst postseason loss in over two decades.