(My Sportsbook) - The eighth-seeded Anaheim Ducks will try to complete a major upset tonight when they visit No. 1 seed San Jose for Game 5 of this best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series.

The Ducks, who hold a three games to one edge in this set, are attempting to become just the eighth No. 8 team to defeat the top seed since 1994, something the Sharks have done twice in their history. The last club in the NHL to pull off the feat was Edmonton, which beat top-seeded Detroit in 1996. San Jose achieved the upset against Detroit in 1994 and also did it against St. Louis in 2000.

Anaheim is now back at HP Pavilion, the site of victories in Games 1 and 2 for the Ducks. Anaheim's road victories came as a surprise to say the least, as the Sharks were the best home team during the regular season with a 32-5-4 record. The Ducks were 22-15-4 as the visiting team during the year.

If San Jose is able to extend the series tonight then it will head back down to Anaheim for Monday's Game 6.

On Thursday, the Ducks rebounded from a 4-3 loss in Game 3 as they recorded a dominating 4-0 victory at the Honda Center. Jonas Hiller posted his second shutout of the postseason with 31 saves and rookie Bobby Ryan scored two goals to lead the Ducks to the easy win.

Hiller has been terrific in the series so far, posting a 1.51 goals against average and .959 save percentage. The Swiss backstop, who is playing in his first-ever playoff series, has stopped 139-of-145 shots in the opening four games of this set.

Ryan, meanwhile, is leading Anaheim with four goals in the series and in Game 4 became the second rookie in club history to record two goals in a playoff game. The other was Francois Beauchemin in 2006.

Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks, who can advance to the second round where they would face the second-seeded Detroit Red Wings.

Evgeni Nabokov finished with 22 saves for the Sharks, who have scored a total of six goals over the four games.

San Jose is coming off the best regular season in club history, as they set franchise records this year in wins (53), points (117) and home victories (32) while also capturing the first Presidents' Trophy in team history.

The Sharks have suffered their share of playoff disappointments in recent years. After a conference finals loss to Calgary in 2004 the Sharks have been touted as perennial Cup favorites only to get knocked out in the conference semifinals in each of the last three seasons.

The Sharks and Ducks split six meetings during the regular season and the all- time series between the clubs is tied at 41-41-8.

This series marks only the second time in league history that two California teams are meeting in the playoffs. The other was when the Los Angeles Kings beat the Oakland Seals in seven games in 1969.