For the first time in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Sharks trail in a series. San Jose sat tied with Los Angeles only in game one and then twice with the Predators in games five and seven, but we never woke up the morning after a game to a series deficit. I did not miss this feeling.
This loss felt nothing like the game three loss in Nashville, which served as a bit of an alarm clock to a team that seemed to be coasting after winning four games in a row.