from Curtis Pashelka of the Mercury News,

Should Jones struggle, the Sharks' coaching staff will have to make some decisions on whether to go to Reimer, who has started NHL playoff games before.

"We're going to do what we've done all year," DeBoer said when asked about the goalie situation. "We're going to take it game to game, and we're going to give ourselves the best chance to win games."

"I think everybody's going to be waiting to see how Jones reacts and how he plays early in this series," NBC hockey analyst Jeremy Roenick said on a conference call this week. "Because he's playing against a team that's going to temper him offensively in the Kings."

The only way to find out if Jones is ready, of course, is to watch the games. Whatever happens, don't expect Jones to get flustered when he faces some adversity such as he did that night at Staples Center, when he went on to make 19 straight saves in a 5-1 Sharks win.

"I think that's probably who I am a little bit. I think I'm a pretty calm guy," Jones said. "It's important. Especially over the course of a long season, kind of maintaining your emotion and not getting too high or too low."

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