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SAN JOSE, Calif. Pavel Bure Jersey . -- Even when they found themselves in a 3-0 series deficit to San Jose, the Los Angeles Kings never doubted they had what it takes to mount a memorable comeback. Thats what winning a Stanley Cup together two years earlier can do for a teams confidence and thats how a lack of post-season success can eat away at anothers psyche. Anze Kopitar scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick made 39 saves to cap the Kings historic comeback from three games down with a 5-1 victory over the Sharks in Game 7 of their first-round series Wednesday night. "When youve gone to the top of the mountain with the same group of guys its a little bit easier when youre at the bottom to come up," said captain Dustin Brown, who scored an empty-net goal to seal the game. "Thats what a lot of this team is about, our guys who have stuck together and played together for years." Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson also scored for the Kings, who became the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. The Kings joined Toronto (1942), the New York Islanders (1975) and Philadelphia (2010) as the only teams to complete that comeback and now will get another California showdown in the second-round with the first Freeway Playoff against the Anaheim Ducks. "Thats fantastic," Doughty said. "This is something were all going to remember for the rest of our lives. Were not done yet. We have to move on." Matt Irwin scored the lone goal and Antti Niemi made 25 saves for the Sharks, who added perhaps their most bitter playoff disappointment to a history of them. San Jose has the second most regular-season wins in the NHL the past 10 seasons but has never made it past the conference finals. "This is as low as its been for me, and for the players that have been together for the six years that Ive been here," coach Todd McLellan said. The way the Sharks started this series by outscoring the Kings 17-8 to win the first three games, it looked as if this could finally be their year. But Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and the rest of their stars went mostly missing the final four games, the power play could not convert on its final 15 chances and the defence made too many lapses, leading to their second straight Game 7 loss to their California rivals. "Theres been a lot of low points, but yeah, this is definitely one of them being up 3-0," Marleau said. The Sharks took their first lead since Game 3 in the opening minute of the second when Irwins point shot beat Quick through a screen to provide a jolt to the crowd that only got bigger when San Jose drew a penalty less than a minute later. But a hooking call on Tommy Wingels negated that power play and Logan Couture then got called for an elbowing penalty, giving Los Angeles a two-man advantage for 6 seconds. Before Wingels could get back into the play, Doughty tied it when he beat Niemi from the faceoff circle. The Sharks had three more power plays in the second period to give them a chance to go back ahead, but Los Angeles killed every one of them with Quick robbing Marleau with a glove save on the goal line to thwart San Joses best chance. "Those were obviously critical," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Jonathan was able to make that one highlight save. I think that gave us a little momentum." That save was emblematic of a remarkable turnaround this series for Quick, who allowed 16 goals the first three games but held the Sharks to just five over the final four wins. The Kings responded after the fourth penalty kill when last years Game 7 hero Justin Williams found Kopitar, who made a nifty move to beat Niemi with a backhand to give him points in all seven games this series. "Drew, Quickie and Kopi were our three best players tonight," Brown said. "You win and lose with your best players." The Sharks lost because their core players came up empty late in the series with Irwin and third-liner James Sheppard getting the only goals in the final three games. "I think their defence just swallowed us up right now, to be honest with you," Thornton said. "They just played real tight defensively and their goaltender got hot like he usually does this time of the year." NOTES: The Kings became the fifth team to beat the same opponent in Game 7 in consecutive seasons. ... 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Gemel Smith also had two goals and two assists for the Knights (46-13-5), who used a six-goal second period to blow the game open, Josh Anderson had a pair of goals and Max Domi and Brett Welychka each scored once. Brent Pederson had a pair of goals for the Rangers (22-39-3), who are on a seven-game skid, while Mason Kohn, Ryan MacInnis and Matia Marcantuoni had the others. Londons Anthony Stolarz made 19 saves for the win. Kitcheners Jordan DeKort allowed five shots in 15 shots before giving way to Matthew Greenfield, who stopped 20-of-25 shots in 32 minutes of relief. --- OTTERS 6 SPITFIRES 1 ERIE, Pa. -- Connor McDavid had two goals and two assists and the OHLs leading scorer Connor Brown added three assists as the Otters pummelled Windsor. Dylan Strome also scored twice for Erie (48-14-2), which extended its win streak to four games, while Dane Fox and Andre Burkovsky added the others. Oscar Dansk only had to make 16 saves for the Otters. Ben Johnson scored for the Spitfires (36-25-3), who dropped their third straight game, and Dalen Kuchmey stopped 35-of-41 shots in defeat. --- FRONTENACS 6 GENERALS 2 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Roland McKeown and Corey Pawley each scored twice as the Frontenacs downed Oshawa. Evan McEneny scored once and set up two more for Kingston (35-22-6) and Ryan Kujawinski had a goal and an assist. Scott Laughton and Cole Cassels scored for the Generals (41-18-6). Lucas Peressini made 33 saves for the Frontenacs, including a penalty shot on Laughton at 4:53 of the second period. Daniel Althsuller allowed five goals on 23 shots for Oshawa before giving way to Ken Appleby, who stopped 4-oof-5 shots in a period of relief. Henrik Sedin Jersey. --- GREYHOUNDS 7 STING 0 SARNIA, Ont. -- Brandon Halverson stopped 35 shots and Sergey Tolchinky had two goals and an assist as Sault Ste. Marie blanked the Sting. Bryan Moore had a goal and an assist for the Greyhounds (41-17-6), and Tyler Hore, Jorgen Karterud, Dylan Corson and Blake Speers each scored once. Defenceman Zachary Core was a team-worst minus-4 for Sarnia (16-41-7), which dropped its fifth straight game. Taylor Dupuis stopped 28-of-35 shots for the Sting. --- ATTACK 6 STORM 2 GUELPH, Ont. -- Zach Nastasiuk had two goals and an assist and Daniel Milne had three assists as Owen Sound downed the Storm. Jack Flinn made 36 saves for the Attack (29-27-8) while Kurtis Gabriel, Kyle Hope, Holden Cook and Kyle Platzer added the others. Robby Fabbri and Scott Kosmachuk scored for Guelph (49-12-3). Justin Nichols allowed six goals on 24 shots in 49 minutes of action. Matthew Mancina took over in the third period and stopped all three shots he faced. --- BATTALION 4 STEELHEADS 0 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Jake Smith only had to make 19 saves as North Bay blanked the Steelheads. Miles Liberati, Alex Henriksson, Nick Paul and Ben Thomson scored for the Battalion (34-24-6) while Brenden Miller added two assists. Spencer Martin turned away 37-of-41 shots for Mississauga (23-36-5), which is on a four-game slide. The Steelheads are eighth in the Western Conference, one point ahead of Niagara. --- BULLS 2 WOLVES 1 (SO) SUDBURY, Ont. -- Charlie Graham made 49 saves through 65 minutes and three more in the shootout as Belleville edged the Wolves. Stephen Harper scored the shootout winner for the Bulls (21-38-6) and Aaron Berisha scored in regulation. Trevor Carrick scored the lone goal for Sudbury (32-21-11). Franky Palazzese kicked out 33-of-34 shots for the Wolves. ' ' '