sentences:  As he did with the Sharks, Lombardi's Kings saw gradual improvement yearly, culminating with a 101-point season in 2009–10.However, the Kings were eliminated in the first round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs by the Vancouver Canucks.The following season, the Kings won the same number of games (46) and had 98 points, but were again defeated in the first-round, this time by his former team, the San Jose Sharks.