SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks’ rivalry with the Vegas Golden Knights reached a fever pitch late last decade when the two teams met in the playoffs in back-to-back years.

The battles – both physical and verbal – between forwards Ryan Reaves and Evander Kane often took center stage.

More than six years after the two teams last met in the postseason, Reaves, now in his first season with the Sharks, still doesn’t have much time for Kane, who was traded by the Edmonton Oilers to the Vancouver Canucks in June.

Kane and the Canucks face Reaves and the Sharks for the first time this season on Friday afternoon.

Kane played three seasons with the Buffalo Sabres from 2015 to 2018 before he was traded to the Sharks in a deadline-day deal, and was later signed by San Jose to a seven-year, $49 mill

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