Never. Give. Up.

The Sharks trailed the Flames 2-1 with less than five minutes left and were staring at a 3-1 series deficit in the wake of Sunday's crushing loss.

Then Jonathan Cheechoo scored to tie it at 15:06 of the third period. Then Thornton scored the game winner with 9.4 seconds left on a deflection of a Douglas Murray point shot.

Now the series is tied 2-2 and it's the guys in red who will be nursing the wounds of a blown lead heading into the next game.

This team still has tons to prove, but at long last they finally showed some guts and played with desperation when nothing else would do.