Schedule and 2012-13 Results
Regular Season Records: Vancouver 26-15-7=59pts, San Jose 25-16-7=57pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 01 May: San Jose wins at Vancouver, 3-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 03 May: San Jose wins at Vancouver, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 05 May: Vancouver loses at San Jose, 5-goals-2
Game 4 on Tuesday, 07 May: Vancouver loses at San Jose, 4-goals-3 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The San Jose Sharks hosted and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-goals-3 in the first overtime period to sweep MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1194, four-games-nil. With the series 1194 win, the San Jose Sharks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 14-15 overall and 11-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1194 loss, the Vancouver Canucks see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 15-19 overall (with an active three-series losing streak) and 9-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious San Jose Sharks in series 1194 was WWWW: Series 1194 has thus become the 26th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 109th NHL series (all rounds), and the 200th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 3: The San Jose Sharks hosted and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-goals-2 to take a 3-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1194. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 4 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 1-3. Vancouver thus becomes the 313th MLB/NBA/NHL to fall behind 3-games-nil in a best-of-7 playoff series, and will try to become the fifth team to achieve a 4-games-3 series victory under such circumstances.

After Game 2: The San Jose Sharks visited and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-goals-2 with a goal 5:31 into the first overtime period to take a 2-games-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1194. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 5-1 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 3 record of 0-4. San Jose trailed Vancouver by a goal as late as 19:03 into the third period: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2012 inclusive, road teams down a goal with only 57 seconds left in regulation had a game record of only 18-537 (.032).

After Game 1: The San Jose Sharks visited and defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-goals-1 to take a 1-game-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1194. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 9-5 and a Game 2 record of 6-8. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Vancouver Canucks have a series record of 4-8 and a Game 2 record of 8-4.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2012-13 NHL regular season, Vancouver finished two points ahead of San Jose. From 1939 through the 2012 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season points, they have posted a 14-13 (.519) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1194 is the 29th best-of-7 playoff series for San Jose, and the 34th for Vancouver. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, San Jose has a 13-15 series record, a 10-5 Preliminary-round series record, and a 14-14 Game 1 record, while Vancouver has a 15-18 series record, a 9-7 Preliminary-round series record, and a 21-12 Game 1 record. Series 1194 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between San Jose and Vancouver; Vancouver won series 1135 between the two in the 2011 NHL Semifinals round.