Darryl Sutter

While they avoided facing the most difficult deficit against which to come back with an overtime victory on Saturday, the sixth-seeded San Jose Sharks still are in a virtually must-win situation when they host the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Kings in Game...

SAN JOSE, Calif. Todd McLellan was blunt about the task that lies ahead. "We haven't accomplished anything," the Sharks coach said after Monday's morning skate. "We didn't get our work done in L.A., and that put us behind the eight ball. The fact that we...

Flawless at home and flawed on the road? Not quite. But the Kings already have lost three times on the road during these playoffs; they dropped just one road game through four rounds on their way to the Stanley Cup last year. “We can’t...

Gallery: Game 3, Sharks Versus Kings EL SEGUNDO -- The script has flipped on the Kings. It's the Kings turn to complain about a late-game penalty that led to an overtime goal for the San Jose Sharks in their 2-1 victory Saturday at HP Pavilion....

There is more than just a little bit of Ron Hextall living in the body of Kings goalie Jonathan Quick. That is, the once-hot-tempered goalie Ron Hextall, not the current calm corporate Ron Hextall, the Kings' assistant general manager, destined to run...

When the San Jose Sharks finished off a 2-1 overtime victory against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Saturday night, it was complete with everything you'd expect in a Stanley Cup playoff game. Jarring...

addCustomPlayer('1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', 'eplayer15'); SAN JOSE — Jonathan Quick waved his stick and yelled at both referees as he left the ice after the Kings' 2-1 overtime loss to the...

The Sports Xchange Sharks break through against Kings SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Logan Couture spent most of the second period in the locker room with an injury. But he made it back in time to save the San Jose Sharks' season. Couture's first career...

Overtime Sharks center Logan Couture blasts a shot from about 10 feet past Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick on a power play 1:29 into overtime to give San Jose a 2-1 win in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Saturday night at HP...

SAN JOSE -- Greetings from San Jose, where it appears that both the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks will make changes to their lineups Saturday night at HP Pavilion for Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series. The Kings won...

Not all playoff victories are created equal. Nor are losses. But the way the Kings won Game 2 could loom large over this Western Conference semifinal series, with Game 3 on Saturday night at San Jose. The Sharks had rallied from a two-goal deficit and...

No one had to tell the Kings they were struggling on the power play. With only two goals through the early part of the playoffs, production had slipped from the regular season and the team was searching for answers. Mike Richards figured that he and...