Logan Couture hated the way the Sharks played with the man advantage on Thursday.
"The power play was brutal," Couture said. "Passes weren't on, guys weren't shooting pucks, breakout was off, timing was off. There's 25 things that were wrong." The Sharks went 0-for-3 on the power play and suffered a 3-0 loss. They have to win Game 6 on Sunday to force a Game 7.

Sharks coach Todd McLellan tried to see an upside from the Sharks' 3-0 loss in Game 5 on Thursday.
"Game 5, coming into their building, they were going to have a hard push. We talked about that before - the 10-minute game and the 50-minute game," McLellan said. "They came hard right off the bat, but we got through that without getting scored on. The rest of the night, the other 50 minutes, we weren't very good. Moving forward, maybe that's a good thing, because we've got a lot of things to improve on. Need a better effort from a lot of people." So far the home team has won every game in this series, which is good news for the Sharks heading into Game 6. Unfortunately for them, Game 7 will be in Los Angeles, so even if they manage to try alive, they'll eventually need to beat the Kings in their arena.

Game 6 between the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks will be played at either 8:00 or 10:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.
The deciding factor will be Game 5 of the Pittsburgh-Ottawa series on Friday. If Pittsburgh wins, then that series is over and the Kings will start at 8. If Ottawa wins, then a Game 6 will be necessary in that series, which will be played at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. The Kings-Sharks game will be consequently pushed back to prevent or at least minimize the potential overlap.

Kyle Clifford recorded his first point of the postseason on Thursday.
Clifford was moved to the top line to help spark Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams. The move worked as the three combined for the first goal in the Kings' 3-0 victory. It wouldn't be surprising to see Clifford back on the top line for Game 6 on Sunday.

With Thursday's victory, Jonathan Quick is the Kings' all-time leader in postseason wins.
Quick has won 27 career playoff contests and surpassed Kelly Hrudey. "Obviously what Kelly meant to this organization 20 years ago was pretty impressive, everything he accomplished here," Quick said. He added, "He's very competitive and hated to lose, obviously. Being able to pass him on that list, obviously it's an accomplishment, but obviously wins are a team accomplishment, so you've got to give credit to the guys you played with." He also earned his seventh playoff shutout on Thursday, which puts him in a five-way tie for 18th place in the NHL's all-time leaderboard. Quick has become an amazing postseason goaltender with a 1.96 GAA and .932 save percentage.