Kawakami Points Out...Sharks can't drop Game 2

Can 'Nemo' help prevent the Sharks from going down 2-0 in Vancouver?

...the Sharks have never come back from a 2-0 series deficit (or a two-game deficit of any kind) in a playoff series, I do think that’s significant.


Mostly because they’re down 1-0 to Vancouver and play Game 2 tomorrow. If they lose, well, that’s going down 2-0… and…

The Sharks have gone down 2-0 in a playoff series eight previous times, and they are 0-8 in those series.
In fact, they’ve never taken any of those series even to 7 games. Going down 2-0 has been the death knell for the Sharks, as it is for most NHL and NBA teams.

Just a fact: Down 2-0 is tough.

(The Sharks have been down 3-1 three times and are 0-3… but each of those series started 2-0, so I will not add those to the number.)

The eight series…
-2010 Western Conference Finals: The Sharks dropped the first two to Chicago in San Jose… and lost the series in four games.
-2009 first round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Anaheim in San Jose… and lost the series in six games.
-2008 second round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Dallas in San Jose… and lost the series in six games.
-2004 Western Conference finals: The Sharks dropped the first two to Calgary in San Jose… and lost the series in six gmes.
-2000 second round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Dallas in Dallas… and lost the series in five games.
-1999 first round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Colorado in San Jose… and lost the series in six games.
-1998 first round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Dallas in Dallas… and lost the series in six games.
-1995 second round: The Sharks dropped the first two to Detroit in Detroit… and lost the series in four games.

* Here’s the positive side of this: If the Sharks win Wednesday, they’ll tie the series 1-1, and the Sharks have won 8 of the 12 playoff series they’ve started 1-1.
That’s including the first round this year, when the Sharks split with the Kings, then won the series in six games.