The ticket is punched, the opponent is set.
The Golden Knights learned Friday they are in the playoffs for the second straight season and discovered Sunday they are playing the San Jose Sharks in the first round.
Now all that’s left to do is prevent their late-season 0-3-2 slide, entering Monday, from turning into a complete spiral during their last games of the regular season.
“We’ve got to worry about these next games before we can worry about the Sharks,” forward Alex Tuch said. “We have to have good habits, we have to get our confidence as high as possible and play really strong, hard games.