Justin Williams of the Los Angeles Kings puts the first goal of the night past Sharks goalie Alex Stalock (@YahooSports/Twitter)

Only three teams have ever come back to win a best of 7 series after trailing 3-0. Only eight have even forced a game 7.

If any NHL team in 2014 can pull off the unlikely comeback, Kings fans and players alike had to think, why not us?

Why not the team that only two years ago became the first eight seed to win the Stanley Cup, making quick work of the top-three teams in the West on the way there?

Why not the team that still features most of that Cup-winning core, including Mike Richards, the captain of the last team to pull off the 3-0 comeback? Why not the team who, under the quiet, sometimes quirky leadership of Darryl Sutter, has won more playoff games in the past two seasons than in most of the franchise’s previous existence?

Could you really put it past these guys?

Kings’ forward Justin Williams has played in four career Game 7’s, including a Stanley Cup final with Carolina in 2004, and last year for these Kings, also against the Sharks. In those games, his teams are 4-0, and he has scored 9 points.

"He's been in this position in times before," Kings goalie Jonathan Quick said to Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times about Williams. "He's been on teams that figure out ways to win those types of games. I think you learn from those experiences. He's a guy that's certainly been through those experiences, so he's a wealth of knowledge on how to succeed in those situations."

“We’ve gone through a lot together. We want to be the team that came back and went all the way,” Williams said after the game.

In 2012, the Kings were a team of destiny. They knew it then, and the sentiment is returning now. After that run, there weren’t many ways left that they could surprise people, or records they could set. By getting themselves in a deep 3-0 hole, they may have found another way to amaze us.

After Game 6 on Monday night, fans all around Staples Center agreed that when the Kings killed the 5-on-3 Sharks power play in the second period, the arena was louder than it has been since the night they won the Stanley Cup two years ago. That intensity carried on through the end of the game as they scored three unanswered goals and played lockdown defense while the Sharks, once again, let their emotions get the best of them.

Now, the only thing standing in the way of the first ever Kings-Ducks playoff series is one more daunting, physical, emotional, and potentially historic Game 7 tonight in San Jose.

Deep in a 3-0 hole, these Kings were up to the challenge, and now they have the chance to be something special once again.

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