SAN JOSE – Through the first nine periods of the Sharks-Kings first round battle, San Jose’s edge in five-on-five play was the biggest reason it enjoyed a two-games-to-none lead with a chance to increase it to a commanding three-game advantage in overtime on Monday night.
But a pair of concurrent misplays helped the Kings claim their first win, 2-1, as Tanner Pearson’s goal at 3:47 of the extra session suddenly made this a series.
On the winner, Brenden Dillon went for the extra emphatic shove on Dustin Brown, who had just flattened Joonas Donskoi in the neutral zone.