SAN JOSE, Calif. – Doubt. Panic. Dread.

Those words have become second nature now for the San Jose Sharks since they lost the first three games to the Stars in the second round.

Now they hope that the Stars become familiar with the concepts. San Jose forced a Game 6 on Sunday with a 3-2 overtime win Friday, on a goal by Joe Pavelski.

Even at the morning skate, the Sharks hardly sounded like a team whose season was hanging by a thread.

"I think all the pressure is on them anyway," Sharks forward Jeremy Roenick said. "History proves that a 3-0 deficit is virtually impossible to come back from. They have to continue those odds and finish us off although that last game is always the toughest to win, especially when a team is desperate.

"We feel desperate as a hockey team and we feel confident as a hockey team. That's two very dangerous qualities to have in a hockey team. Anybody that is counting us out, doesn't know the Sharks very well, that's for sure."

Longtime Sharks remember leading Colorado 3-0 in 2004, only to see the Avalanche force a sixth game.

In their Game 5 rally, the Sharks did things they had failed to do for the first four games.

They dominated the third period, rallying from a two-goal deficit.

And they got the first goal of the playoffs from defenseman Brian Campbell, their key trade deadline acquisition.

The rally from two goals down began with their best player all season long.

Joe Thornton fended off Mattias Norstrom long enough to spot Milan Michalek near the crease 6:20 into the third.

Then Campbell tied the score at 11:07, taking a pass from Roenick and scoring high over Turco on the rush.

Pavelski took advantage of a Stars defensive zone turnover and scored high over Marty Turco.

Pavelski, a second-year center from Plover, Wis., had been an offensive force in the first-round win over Calgary. But he had struggled in the second round.

His biggest contribution had been for the Stars, a pratfall and turnover for a goal in Game 2. Then he showed why he had earned a spot on the second line.

"That's the guy you want to have the puck on his stick right there because Pavs shows a lot of poise and he made a great shot," San Jose coach Ron Wilson said.