Three Thrilling Moments in Sharks Game 7 History

In Game 7s, there’s often a decisive moment that goes down as one of the most thrilling moments in the winning team’s history.

For the Sharks, this has often taken the form of unlikely goals sealing improbable upsets against superior foes in seasons San Jose was never given much of a chance of advancing.

Within these top Game 7 moments in franchise history, deciding which of them is the best of the best becomes difficult.

With all due respect to Jeremy Roenick’s two-goal performance against the Calgary Flames in 2008 and Antti Niemi shutting the door on the Detroit Red Wings in 2011, these are our top three Game 7 moments in Sharks history.

1994: Jamie Baker scores late to stun Red Wings

In addition to a healthy dose of drama, the Sharks Game 7 victory in Detroit in 1994 might invoke the ultimate feelings of nostalgia.

The highlight of that win, clinching the Sharks first-ever series win in franchise history, was an unlikely goal by Jamie Baker off a Chris Osgood misplay that broke a 2-2 tie in the dying moments of the third period.

With this moment, it’s not only the drama of the event itself. It’s also how this goal is forever symbolic with how the Sharks franchise put itself on the hockey map, improbably rising from the depths of the NHL to improve by 58 points in 1993-94, still the largest single-season turnaround in league history.

The unlikeliness of the moment is also augmented by …

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