Sharks (8th) vs Kings (1st)

[MJK]

Tale of the Tape

Goals For
Sharks 11th / Kings 5th

Goals Against
Sharks 11th / Kings 1st

PP
Sharks 7th / Kings 15th

PK
Sharks 2nd / Kings 10th

Shots For
Sharks 16th / Kings 7th

Shots Against
Sharks 5th / Kings 3rd

PIM
Sharks 14th / Kings 13th

Hits
Sharks 27th / Kings 20th

Face off %
Sharks 5th / Kings 9th

Leading Scorers

Sharks
Taylor Hall
34G 48A 82P +31

Kings
Ryan O'Reilly
34G 67A 101P +30

Goalies

Sharks
Carey Price
39W 25L 5OTL 0.917Sv% 2.32GAA 9SO

Kings
Braden Holtby
61W 18L 2OTL 0.926Sv% 1.98GAA 9SO

Keys to Success

Sharks: Keep the series close until Tyler Seguin is back. It is going to be difficult to win without him in the lineup and some of our key contributors have been quiet since his injury. Will rely heavily on Carey Price and Alex Ovechkin.

Kings: Play like they did in the regular season and they will win.

[dsavillian]

The regular season stats are closer than expected.

the PP/PK will be the deciding factor I think.

[JonDuke]

Normally, I would place my bets on the Presidents Trophy winning team to get swept in the first round, but I'm not sure SJ can do it without Seguin. If Holtby continues with his Vezina/Hart winning play, I think LA makes it to the 2nd round.
SJ has 3 of the top 10 PP goal scorers though, so LA really needs to stay out of the box for them to advance.

[I wanna be like Miikka]

LA will sweep the series 4-0