The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks will meet once again at HP Pavilion in San Jose tonight, where the Sharks will look to even the series at 2-2 following a much needed victory in Game 3. The puck drops at 10:00 p.m. and the game will be shown on NBC Sports Network. The game can be live streamed for free here, while Kings fans can listen in at 1220 KHTS and Sharks fans can hear the action at KFOX 102.1.
The Sharks won a 2-1 overtime thriller on Saturday and defended their home ice, but head coach Todd McLellan remains unimpressed with just one victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions.
We haven't accomplished anything," McLellan said. "We didn't get our work done in LA, and that put us behind the eight ball. The fact that we win Game 3, that's great, but we still are behind in the series and the series is getting shorter. The lifeline wasn't as long as it was in the past. We've just got to find a way to get even. If our intensity or urgency drops because we've won a single game, I would be disappointed in our group."
The Kings, who were 8-12-4 on the road during the regular season could find winning this one tough sledding as well; the Sharks were a dominant 17-2-5 at home this year. Forward Justin Williams acknowledged the Kings have a problem playing on the road.
"We can't rest and just be comfortable with being a good home team," Williams said. "We need to be killers on the road. Coming back with a 3-1 lead is certainly something we're going to do our darnedest to do."
Kink coach Darryl Sutter shrugged off any speculation that the overtime loss stunted Los Angeles' momentum and shifted the series in favor of San Jose. "There's zero momentum," Sutter said. "Once you get in the playoffs, there's zero momentum unless somebody is way better than somebody, and as you see, nobody is. If there's a carry-over, then you're probably not a playoff team."
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