from Mark Purdy of the Mercury News,
"They weren't going to go away lightly," said Sharks defenseman Justin Braun about the Kings. "They got one more bounce than us at the end of the night. It's going to be like this the rest of the series."
In hindsight, the Sharks did not really lose Monday's game because of the overtime goal. After the first period ended 1-1, the Kings handed five power plays to a Sharks unit that has been among the league's best all season. But the Sharks went 0 for 5 on this night. They had good looks at the net but could not convert.
Most frustrating were two extra-man situations for the Sharks in the final six minutes.
"That last one, especially, we felt like we were going to get it," said Sharks centerman Joe Thornton, who scored his team's only goal of the night just 30 seconds after the opening faceoff.
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