from Kevin Kurz of CSNBayArea,

Any NHL player that finds himself in the fortunate situation of being up two-games-to-none in a playoff series will quickly declare that it’s far from over.

The Sharks that have been around for at least the past three seasons, like Joe Pavelski, certainly know that’s the case, and we don’t have to repeat the history here at this point.

“It means it’s a good start. That’s all it means,” Pavelski said.

Sharks coach Pete DeBoer quickly shot down any suggestion that he would have to guard against his club feeling overconfident after another hard-fought, one-goal win on Saturday night, 2-1 over the Kings. The goals came from Pavelski and Logan Couture, and Martin Jones was strong in net.

“The core group, they’ve seen almost everything,” DeBoer said. “I don’t think overconfidence is going to be an issue. We’ve got a lot of respect for L.A. and we know they’re a long way from done.

“I also know that our group, we’ve still got other levels to get to, and I think we can even play better than we have.”

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Below, watch the game highlights of the Sharks 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings...

added 7:56am, from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

Brent Burns has been better than Drew Doughty. Martin Jones has had the upper hand on Jonathan Quick.

And Joe Pavelski, well, he's outplaying everyone.

Which leaves Anze Kopitar very much looking into the mirror for the answer to how his Los Angeles Kings are going to start digging out of a 2-0 series deficit to the San Jose Sharks.

"I definitely have to be better," Kopitar said Saturday night in a very quiet Kings dressing room after his team dropped a second straight game at Staples Center. "I take pride in leading the team. For me I know this is just not good enough. You got to bring it a lot better on Monday."

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