Sharks avoid dubious distinction with 1st OT win of playoffs
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The San Jose Sharks avoided setting a rather unenviable record Saturday night.
The Sharks entered Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins having lost all four of their games that required overtime in the 2016 playoffs.
No team has ever lost five overtime contests in a single postseason, as pointed out by The Associated Press' Josh Dubow, and Joonas Donskoi's game winner prevented San Jose from doing so Saturday.
There's obviously still a chance the Sharks will lose another overtime contest before the end of the final, but for now, they've cut the Penguins' series lead to 2-1 and improved to 1-4 in overtime games this spring.