SAN JOSE — It’s a date: the Sharks will play the Vegas Golden Knights in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
A day after the Sharks secured home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs, they allowed the Calgary Flames to clinch the top seed in the Western Conference by losing 5-3 in a head-to-head matchup with their Pacific Division rivals at SAP Center on Sunday.
After losing eight of their last nine games, the Sharks are now locked into second place in the Pacific Division with three games left on the schedule, setting up a rematch of last year’s second-round series with the Golden Knights.