The Sharks are among hockey’s final four for the first time since 2011, and for only the fourth time in club history.
Tantalizingly close to the Stanley Cup Finals, San Jose hopes this will be the year that Round 3 isn’t the impenetrable roadblock it has represented in the past.
A quick review:
2011: Lost to eventual Cup runner-up Vancouver in five games. San Jose dropped the first two, won Game 3, but fell into a 3-1 hole with a Game 4 loss at home and were eliminated 3-2 in double OT in Game 5.