Though getting whooped in the playoffs is never ideal, it's not always the dagger.
The Edmonton Oilers are licking their wounds after being humiliated 7-0 by the San Jose Sharks in Game 4 of their first-round series Tuesday night, but plenty of humbled clubs have gotten the last laugh.
Here are five teams that bounced back to win a series after suffering a playoff blowout:
Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers jumped out to a 3-0 series lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins in their 2012 first-round matchup. Then there was Game 4, which didn't exactly go Philadelphia's way.
Jordan Staal notched a hat trick, and the Penguins also got three-point nights from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Steve Sullivan as they cruised to a 10-3 victory.
Pittsburgh won again in Game 5 - this time by a much tighter 3-2 score - to cut Philadelphia's series lead to that same 3-2 margin, but the Flyers knocked out the Penguins two days later with a 5-1 victory in Game 6.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks and the Calgary Flames engaged in a wild first-round series in 1995, combining for eight goals or more in six of the seven games.
Calgary dismantled San Jose 9-2 in Game 3, thanks to a hat trick and a four-point night from current Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, two goals and an assist from Joe Nieuwendyk, and four helpers from Theo Fleury.
The drubbing notched the Flames their first win of the series. They'd win again in Games 4 and 5 - the latter a 5-0 blowout - but the Sharks responded with a victory in Game 6, and Ray Whitney scored the double-overtime winner in Game 7.
The Sharks, again
Maybe it's something in the water in San Jose.
The Sharks were again unfazed in 2010 when they managed to recover from a 7-1 thrashing by the Detroit Red Wings in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal.
It certainly helped that the Sharks had earned a 3-0 advantage with three consecutive 4-3 wins before the blowout. Neither Johan Franzen's four-goal effort nor Todd Bertuzzi's five-point night were ultimately enough to prevent San Jose from moving on to the conference final with a 2-1 victory two nights later.
The Sharks had rallied to win their 1994 first-round series against the Red Wings after suffering a 7-1 loss in Game 6, edging Detroit 3-2 in Game 7.
Detroit Red Wings
The Red Wings pulled off a series win of their own after being blown out in 1997.
This time, it was Detroit on the losing end of a 6-0 rout courtesy of the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final. Joe Sakic chipped in three points including a pair of goals and Claude Lemieux scored twice to help the Avalanche cut the Red Wings' series lead to 3-2.
Detroit shook it off and eliminated Colorado, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final with a 3-1 win in Game 6. The Red Wings went on to sweep the Flyers, winning their eighth championship and first title since 1955.
Vancouver Canucks
Opening a playoff run with a blowout loss rarely bodes well, but the Canucks overcame a humiliating defeat to the St. Louis Blues back in 2003.
The Blues walloped the Canucks 6-0 in the first game of their first-round series that year. Alexander Khavanov scored twice for St. Louis, and the Blues got a goal apiece from Doug Weight, Keith Tkachuk, Cory Stillman, and Tyson Nash. Canucks goalie Dan Cloutier allowed all six.
Vancouver won Game 2, then dropped the next two contests and fell behind 3-1 in the series before reeling off three straight wins.
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