Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles 48-28-6=102pts, San Jose 46-30-6=98pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 14 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 4-goals-3
Game 2 on Saturday, 16 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 2-goals-1
Game 3 on Monday, 18 April: Los Angeles wins at San Jose, 2-goals-1 (OT)
Game 4 on Wednesday, 20 April: Los Angeles loses at San Jose, 3-goals-2
Game 5 on Friday, 22 April: San Jose wins at Los Angeles, 6-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The San Jose Sharks visited and bested the Los Angeles Kings 6-goals-3 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1294 victory. With the series 1294 win, the San Jose Sharks improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 15-17 overall and 12-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1294 loss, the Los Angeles Kings see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 18-21 overall and 8-9 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious San Jose Sharks in series 1294 was WWLWW: Series 1294 thus becomes the 15th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 45th NHL series (all rounds), and the 114th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1294 Game 5 ties series 1291 Game 5 for most goals (nine) scored to date in a Spring 2016 NHL playoff game.

After Game 4: The San Jose Sharks hosted and bested the Los Angeles Kings 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1294 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 9-1 and a Game 5 record of 5-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 2-11 and a Game 5 record of 7-6. The sole series loss sustained by the San Jose Sharks upon having led 3-games-1 was series 1228, which San Jose lost to the Los Angeles Kings after having led not only 3-games-1 but also 3-games-nil prior to series 1228 Game 4.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Kings visited and defeated the San Jose Sharks 2-goals-1 in overtime to reduce the San Jose Sharks best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1294 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 7-4 and a Game 4 record of 6-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 6-10 and a Game 4 record of 6-10.

After Game 2: The San Jose Sharks visited and defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1294 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 6-2 and a Game 3 record of 5-3 (with an active four-Game 3 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 3-10 and a Game 3 record of 5-8. The win/site order of WW@VV in series 1294 by San Jose is the first in an NHL Preliminary-round series since series 1222, in which the Montreal Canadiens accomplished the two road victories and proceeded to sweep the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-games-nil in 2014.

After Game 1: The San Jose Sharks visited and topped the Los Angeles Kings 4-goals-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1294 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Jose Sharks have a series record of 10-6 and a Game 2 record of 8-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Kings have a series record of 8-15 and a Game 2 record of 10-13.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NHL regular season, the Los Angeles Kings finished four points ahead of the San Jose Sharks. From 1939 through the 2015 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-14 (.440) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1294 is the 39th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Los Angeles Kings, and the 32nd for the San Jose Sharks. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Kings have an all-rounds series record of 18-20 (with an active four-series winning streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 8-8, and a Game 1 record of 15-23, while the San Jose Sharks have an all-rounds series record of 14-17, a Preliminary-round series record of 11-6, and a Game 1 record of 16-15. Series 1294 is the fourth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Kings and the San Jose Sharks. Los Angeles defeated San Jose in two of their three previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings, including their last meeting in series 1228 (in which the Kings surmounted a three-games-nil deficit to prevail in seven games in the 2014 NHL Preliminary round).