ST. LOUIS – While the Sharks find themselves in the unfamiliar position of trailing a playoff series, after winning the first two games of each of the first two rounds, they’ve shown an ability to respond well after losses. That’s the biggest reason they’re in the Western Conference Final.
Against the Kings, a Game 3 overtime defeat was followed by a 3-2 win in Game 4 in which San Jose controlled play for the first two periods before hanging on in the third.
In the Nashville series the Sharks lost games three, four and six, but in every game afterwards, they were the superior team.