SAN JOSE -- The Tank was full to the brim on Monday night. If anyone truly doubted whether that might be the case.
Once the Los Angeles Kings were locked in as the Sharks' first-round playoff opponents, there was never much question that SAP Center would be sold out for both Game 3 and Game 4 of their first round series.The Kings are not just the Sharks' natural geographic rivals. They have cultivated a culture of NorCal hockey fan loathing by eliminating the Sharks form the playoffs twice since 2013. Monday night marked the eighth straight Sharks home playoff game with the Kings as an opponent.