The last team to do what the San Jose Sharks are asking themselves to do -- win the Stanley Cup after spotting the foe three wins -- was the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs. In fact, they did it after falling behind Detroit not just 3-1, but 3-0, which as we all know from our reading is the Sharks’ enduring 2014 memory.
Ahh, yes. History repeating itself.
On the other hand, the Sharks could also march into Pittsburgh Thursday, play as they have in the first four games of this series, and become the first Stanley Cup finalists to have never played with the lead at any point in any game since 1960, when Montreal swept Toronto for its fifth consecutive Cup.