The race for the Pacific Division crown hasn't been won quite yet.

With a shootout loss Monday in Dallas - coupled with the Edmonton Oilers' win over the Los Angeles Kings - three teams are now within five points of the San Jose Sharks in the race for the No. 1 seed in the division.

The Sharks managed two goals on their current three-game skid, seeing their record fall to 5-5 in March. This is while the Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, and Oilers combined for 18 wins, five regulation losses, and two overtime and shootout defeats since the end of February.

Each team has 10 games left in the suddenly log-jammed division - and there's a case for the Sharks' road being the most difficult. San Jose will complete the first of three back-to-back sets over the space of 12 nights against a desperate Minnesota Wild team on Tuesday night.

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