The San Jose Sharks are in the midst of their 18th Stanley Cup playoff appearance in the past 20 years, a run that included four straight Pacific Division titles.
The Golden Knights qualified for the playoffs in their first year and just won their first series by sweeping the Los Angeles Kings.
Yet the franchises enter their Western Conference semifinal series with the same number of Stanley Cup titles.
The playoffs have not always been the best time of year for the Sharks, whether they were losing Game 7 to the Kings in back-to-back seasons — including one series in which they led 3-0 — or falling to the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals.