For the first 12 minutes of Monday night's game, the Sharks showed exactly how to close out and win an elimination contest in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
For the rest of the night, the Sharks showed exactly how not to do that.Which is why they didn't close out the Nashville Predators.Which is why the Sharks lost Game 6 in overtime, 4-3.Which is why there will now be a Game 7 in San Jose on Thursday night.Which didn't need to happen.Oh, maybe it deserved to happen, in light of the bounceback genes that both teams have shown at different junctures in this series.