"It is a brand new series." "Best of seven turned into a best of three."
San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski tied up San Jose's first-round series with the Colorado Avalanche at two games apiece on Tuesday night with a wicked wrist shot at 10:24 of overtime.
Pavelski's clutch game-winning goal gave the Sharks much-deserved new life after dominating most of the series' first four games. Had he failed to score, San Jose might have been facing a second straight 3-1 series deficit.
Last season, the Sharks went down 3 games to 1 to the Anaheim Ducks when they were blown out by a 4-0 final in game 4 of the series. That loss made winning three games in a row a daunting task.
Not only was it a difficult to win three in a row, but the fact that San Jose was playing so poorly made it almost impossible for it to overcome the 3-1 deficit. And as we all know, the Sharks weren't able to get it done.
Fortunately, this year is a different story.
Unlike last year, the Sharks have been controlling the play almost every game, and thanks to Pavelski's heroics, San Jose takes a 2-2 series tie back home for Game Five.
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