SAN JOSE, Calif. — Looks of panic? No. Looks of concern? Yeah, a few.
There weren't many smiles and no discernible laughter inside the San Jose Sharks dressing room at their practice facility Friday. While the Sharks are happy to be back home and excited about playing a Stanley Cup Final game on home ice for the first time in team history Saturday, they are not happy campers at being down two games to none to a deep, fast and highly skilled Pittsburgh Penguins club.
The Sharks are in must-win territory already. If they don't win Game 3 at SAP Arena, the engraver of the Stanley Cup can start to practice chiseling first names such as "Sidney" and "Evgeni" and "Phil."
"Sure, there's pressure. But we can't go out and play uptight. We've just got to go out and play a good hockey game," said Sharks forward Joe Thornton, surrounded by reporters. "We're still a very confident team. We've played great at home, and we just have to come out and play and see what happens. When all 20 guys on our team play good, we win. When all 20 guys don't, we lose. But we know we have to be better."
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