It wasn’t that long ago when the San Jose Sharks and the Detroit Red Wings were heated rivals. Ever since Jamie Baker scored that overtime goal to bounce Scotty Bowman’s Red Wings in the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs, every game between those two teams were must-watch ... at least until the 2013-14 season came along.
When the NHL realigned the conferences and divisions to better suit the Winnipeg Jets, who had been playing in the Southeast division for their first two years since relocating from Atlanta, that moved the Red Wings to the Eastern conference, all but ending the rivalry between them and the Sharks.