Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: San Jose 48-25-9=105pts, Los Angeles 46-30-6=98pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 14 April: Los Angeles loses at San Jose, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 2 on Saturday, 16 April: Los Angeles wins at San Jose, 4-goals-nil
Game 3 on Tuesday, 19 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 6-goals-5 (OT)
Game 4 on Thursday, 21 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 6-goals-3
Game 5 on Saturday, 23 April: Los Angeles wins at San Jose, 3-goals-1
Game 6 on Monday, 25 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 4-goals-3 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The San Jose Sharks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1127. With their series 1127 win, the San Jose Sharks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 12-13 overall and 10-4 in the Preliminary round. With their series 1127 loss, the Los Angeles Kings see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 8-19 overall and 5-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order posted by the victorious San Jose Sharks in series 1127 was WLWLWW: Series 1127 thus becomes the sixth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 15th NHL series (all rounds), and the 38th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. In Los Angeles in series 1127 Game 3, San Jose trailed by four goals as late as 23:07 before winning in overtime: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games, only twice before had a team surmounted a four-goal deficit to gain victory (in series 232 Game 2, Montreal trailed 5-goals-1 in Boston as late as 35:32 into the game, but won 7-goals-5 in their 1971 NHL Quarterfinals series; in series 444 Game 5, Minnesota trailed 4-goals-nil in Chicago as late as 30:27 into the game, but won 5-goals-4 in their 1985 NHL Quarterfinals series).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, San Jose finished seven points ahead of Los Angeles. From 1939 through the 2010 NHL Finals, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by seven regular-season points, they have posted a 14-6 (.700) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1127 is the 27th best-of-7 playoff series for Los Angeles, and the 25th for San Jose. In best-of-7 playoff series, Los Angeles has an 8-18 series record, a 5-7 Prelim-round series record, and an 8-18 Game 1 record, while San Jose has an 11-13 series record, a 9-4 Prelim-round record, and an 11-13 Game 1 record. Series 1127 is the first best-of-7 meeting between Los Angeles and San Jose.