{"id":529618,"date":"2026-03-29T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:18:27","slug":"could-sharks-late-win-vs-blue-jackets-spark-nhl-playoff-run-despite-long-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529618\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Sharks&#8217; late win vs. Blue Jackets spark NHL playoff run despite long odds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nhl\/san-jose-sharks\/win-playoffs-blue-jackets-odds\/1927043\/?partner=yahoo&amp;cid=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Could Sharks&#039; late win vs. Blue Jackets spark NHL playoff run despite long odds?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Could Sharks&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Could Sharks&#8217; late win vs. Blue Jackets spark NHL playoff run despite long odds?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com?cid=yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC Sports Bay Area;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NBC Sports Bay Area&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0Sheng Peng is a regular contributor to NBC Sports California\u2019s Sharks coverage. You can read more of his coverage on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Jose Hockey Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Jose Hockey Now&quot;}\" class=\"link \">San Jose Hockey Now<\/a>, listen to him on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/category\/san-jose-hockey-now-podcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Jose Hockey Now Podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Jose Hockey Now Podcast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">San Jose Hockey Now Podcast<\/a>, and follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@Sheng_Peng;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@Sheng_Peng&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@Sheng_Peng<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2014 The San Jose Sharks probably aren\u2019t making the playoffs. But if they did it \u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks have a model in the Columbus Blue Jackets, whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/game\/_\/gameId\/401803509\/sharks-blue-jackets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:they edged 3-2 on Saturday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;they edged 3-2 on Saturday&quot;}\" class=\"link \">they edged 3-2 on Saturday<\/a>, snapping a six-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose is now four points behind the Nashville Predators for the last wild-card spot in the West, with two games in hand, but four teams to leapfrog.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 12, Rick Bowness took over the 19-19-7 Blue Jackets. Since then, Columbus has gone 19-5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, head coach Ryan Warsofsky shared his thoughts about the Jackets\u2019 renaissance and how the Sharks could replicate it. It was an interesting conversation about the psychology of a winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see it from afar, and then on film, they get a lot of buy-in. I\u2019d say that\u2019s what sticks out for me the most. It\u2019s the way you have to play this time of the year, they\u2019re getting a lot of buy-in from their whole group, from up and down their line-up,\u201d Warsofsky said.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t buy-in a big part of a coach\u2019s job? No doubt, but also \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4l4mpADVRh5IPCdD2uRw1i\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download and follow the San Jose Hockey Now podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Download and follow the San Jose Hockey Now podcast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Download and follow the San Jose Hockey Now podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could Sharks&#8217; late win vs. Blue Jackets spark NHL playoff run despite long odds? originally appeared on NBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[230,5,231,4,12090,519,12984,168,5306,5305,1780,1692],"class_list":["post-529618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose-sharks","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-hockey","tag-nashville-predators","tag-nhl","tag-rick-bowness","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-hockey","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sanjose","tag-sanjosesharks","tag-sharks","tag-the-sharks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116313607974623492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}