The Golden Knights and SJSharks meet up again in the playoffs but will Vegas be able to pull off a repeat performance over San Jose? Dixononsports looks at how both teams stack up in the rematch.
These teams have history, which is saying something given this is only Vegas’s second season in the league.
The last time you could reasonably cling to any doubts about the Cinderella 2018 Golden Knights may have been before Game 1 of their second-round series with the Sharks. On the heels of sweeping the Los Angeles Kings, Vegas came out on home ice and blitzed San Jose 7-0 in the opener. If you didn’t believe there was something special going on with the team at that point, it was probably just impossible to convince you.
The Sharks are probably kicking themselves over the fact they have to see Vegas so soon this spring. San Jose was one point up on the Calgary Flames for first place in the Pacific Division with one month remaining in the season. Then, the Sharks went 3-8-1 down the stretch. Now, instead of drawing the Colorado Avalanche — the lowest-seed in the West draw — they’re staring down a team that seemed to find itself during the stretch run.
Vegas is 11-6-2 since Feb. 26, the day after the trade deadline that saw them acquire Stone from Ottawa. Though they finished the year 1-5-2,
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