Kings Lose Lead and Momentum In Series With Sharks

2 minutes and 26 seconds into the first period Willie Mitchell scored for the Los Angeles Kings to give them a 1-0 lead. 13 seconds later Kyle Clifford scored to give the Kings a 2-0 lead. They added another goal in the first period and another goal 44 seconds into the second period. A 4-0 lead for the Kings and the fans are going wild.

No way the Sharks could come back from four goals down, right? As Lee Corso says, "Not so fast my friend." Not only did the Kings blow their lead, but they did it in one period. The Sharks scored 5 goals in the second fame. Patrick Marleau, Ryane Clowe, and Logan Couture all scored to bring the game to 4-3. Ryane Clowe said, "Once we got one, momentum is a strong thing. You might not believe [this] bbut even 3-0 and 4-0, we felt good. It was totally different from last game. It was all positive, to be honest. Guys were upbeat. We felt good about our game." Even a fifth goal from the Kings didn't stop the Sharks surge. Ryane Clowe's second goal and Joe Pavelski's first of the game tied the game at 5 at the end of the second period. The crowd, died quite in disbelief. The Sharks capped off their stunning comeback with a Devin Setoguchi wrist shot for a goal in overtime. Devin Setoguchi said, "We got that goal in the second period and all of a sudden the light turned on that we can do it, we can get pucks past this guy. We got it deep, worked hard, we beat guys off the wall. We got the second and third opportunities that led to the goals. This will definitely go down as one of the biggest wins we've ever had. Still kind of a surreal feeling that we came back from 4-0."

Sharks coach Todd McLellan said, "This is a game that you don't expect to happen. I don't think it will repeat itself. We were very fortunate to come back from that deficit. We're excited about it, but we also know the mulligan we used won't be available to us again." Not only did the Sharks take a 2-1 lead in the series, they took all of the momentum with their astonishing comeback. The Sharks joined only three other teams to have come back from a four-goal deficit to win a playoff game. Only one of the three teams who lost the game after leading by four goals overcame the collapse to win the series.