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Sharks One Day Will Have To Knock Out Rival Golden Knights After Latest Loss

Sharks one day will have to knock out rival Golden Knights after latest loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

LAS VEGAS — The Sharks are changing the narrative surrounding them, but it’s not completely changed yet.

The 4-3 loss to the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena was a reminder of both the Sharks’ progress this year, but also that they still are not likely a playoff-caliber team just yet.

San Jose fell behind 4-1 to Vegas because of errors forced and unforced, a familiar story in the recent Sharks-Golden Knights “rivalry”.

“We shoot ourselves in the foot a couple of those goals against, for sure,” head coach Ryan Warsofsky said, perhaps referring to Colton Sissons’ and Mitch Marner’s strikes.

In the last six years that San Jose has been out of the playoffs, Vegas has used them as a piñata, going 22-1-3.

“Maybe in years past, maybe their mentality was well, it’s not our night,” Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy said.

But not these Sharks: Will Smith and William Eklund got Team Teal within a goal heading into the final frame.

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