For the first time in its short history, since entering the NHL as an expansion team last year and creating the implausible from what most believed the impossible, the Golden Knights on Tuesday night in San Jose will experience playoff hockey.
The ultimate kind.
The do-or-die kind for both teams on ice.
It’s only about what exists above the shoulders now, which side between the Knights and Sharks own a higher degree of mental toughness.
That’s it. That’s all.
Bodies are weary. It has been a long and physical series.
It’s all about the head now.