from Rick Sadowski at NHL.com,

The San Jose Sharks regret letting the opportunity to clinch the Western Conference Second Round against the Colorado Avalanche slip away but took solace with the knowledge they will get another chance on home ice.

The Avalanche tied the best-of-7 series with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 at Pepsi Center on Monday. Game 7 is at San Jose on Wednesday (9 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).

"Game 7, one game at home to move on to the Western Conference Final," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "We would've taken that at any point this season. I'm not surprised it's seven based on how we played each other. It's been punch, counterpunch, punch."

The Sharks were confident heading to overtime after defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored his second goal of the game for a 3-3 tie with 2:28 remaining in the third period, the third time they came back from a goal down to tie it.

"We were positive, we felt like we could win this game," center Logan Couture said. "We just needed a little bit more, we needed a little bit more people involved in the game."

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