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