Flyers team that came back from 0–3 down to the Boston Bruins, of which Richards was captain. In February 2015, the two teams faced off against each other in an outdoor game at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. The Kings won the game 2–1. Following a season where the Kings and Sharks missed the playoffs, both teams met in the In 2016 Western Conference First Round. San Jose won in 5 games. As of the end of the 2021–22 season, San Jose leads the regular season record 91–62–7–12 with a 14–11 playoff record. San Jose Sharks vs. Vegas Golden Knights The Golden Knights–Sharks rivalry started during the 2017–18 season in which Vegas began playing. Both teams met in the playoffs in the 2018 Western Conference Second Round, which Vegas won in six games. During the 2018–19 NHL season, the rivalry became intense. With both teams set to play each other in the first round of the playoffs, the two teams met in a regular season game prior to the playoffs. The game decided home-ice advantage during that first round match up for which the Sharks won in overtime. In the 2019 Western Conference First Round, the Golden Knights took a 3–1 series lead. Game Three saw Golden Knights enforcer Ryan Reaves call out Sharks forward Evander Kane after the two fought each other. After a victorious Game Five at home, the Sharks forced a seventh game with Tomas Hertl's double overtime goal. Prior to Game Seven, both head coaches took shots at each other with Sharks coach Peter DeBoer calling out Gerard Gallant for chirping at players while Gallant responded by saying, "For that clown to say that in the paper yesterday is not right." In Game Seven, the Knights took a 3–0 lead in the third period, however, Vegas forward Cody Eakin was given a questionable and controversial major penalty for cross-checking which injured Sharks captain Joe Pavelski, (later forcing the NHL to introduce a new rule, effective the following season, to review all major penalties except for fighting from a monitor in a scorer's table; officials will reserve authority to reduce the penalty to a minor penalty depending on the result of the review). San Jose scored 4 goals in 4:01 on the ensuing power play to take the lead late, but with 47.0 seconds left, the Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault tied it up to send the