Martin Jones' second shutout gives Sharks 2-1 series lead over Blues

St. Louis Blues

49-24-9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

Final

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Jose Sharks

46-30-6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0
SJ	1	1	1	3

Hertl (Sharks - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Thornton (Sharks - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2
Jones (Sharks - G): Saves: 22, Save Pct.: 1

May 20,2016

• Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- For a San Jose team whose playoff struggles have often come down to running into a streaky goaltender at the wrong time, it must be nice to have the goalie making all the stops.
Martin Jones made 22 saves in his second straight shutout and Tomas Hertl scored twice to give the Sharks a series lead for the first time in four trips to the Western Conference final with a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3 on Thursday night.
"He's the backbone of our team," forward Joe Thornton said of Jones. "When he's on, we feel like we can't be beat. ... He's just such a big guy, such a calm goalie. We love playing in front of this guy. We honestly believe that he's the best goaltender in the league."

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Joonas Donskoi also scored to give the Sharks a 2-1 series advantage and move them as close as they have ever been to reaching their first Stanley Cup final. San Jose had won just three games in its first three trips to the conference final, part of a long history of playoff disappointment that is showing signs of coming to an end this season.
San Jose has controlled the play for much of this series, limiting St. Louis' chances and taking advantage of miscues by the Blues to generate enough offense. St. Louis has gone 150:45 without scoring since Jori Lehtera's second-period goal in Game 1 led to a 2-1 victory.
Game 4 is Saturday in San Jose, where the Sharks have won six straight playoff games.
"It's a long ways to go. It really is," captain Joe Pavelski said. "We'll worry about this next game and we'll take it from there. Got to have that same kind of energy."
Brian Elliott allowed three goals on 14 shots before being pulled midway through the third. Coach Ken Hitchcock said he could give backup Jake Allen the start in Game 4, but St. Louis' problems are much bigger than their goalie.
The Blues now find themselves trailing a series for just the second time this postseason. Overcoming this deficit may be tougher than coming back last round after losing the opener to Dallas.
"It's tough to win when you don't score," defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. "Can't leave our goalies out to dry like that. It's on us now to find a way to create more offense and to find a way to score more goals."
While the Stars were leaky on defense and rotated between two mostly ineffective goalies, the Sharks have done a stellar job defending in front of Jones, who has been sharp in his first postseason as a starter.
After allowing the soft goal to Lehtera that led to the Game 1 loss, Jones has been perfect the past two games. He has stopped 58 straight shots and has posted the first back-to-back playoff shutouts in Sharks history.
"We've done it as a group," Jones said. "I'm not being asked to steal these games, just make the saves that you expect your goaltender to make in a conference final."
That kind of goaltending and another dominant performance from Thornton's line was more than enough for San Jose. That line scored twice, with the first coming off a St. Louis turnover late in the first.

Colton Parayko's breakout pass to Lehtera was broken up in the neutral zone by Brent Burns. Thornton quickly sent the loose puck ahead to Pavelski, who found Hertl for a big slap shot that beat Elliott high to the glove side to make it 1-0 late in the period.
Hertl scored again early in the third off a perfect pass from Thornton, ending Elliott's night.
The Blues looked faster early after making several changes to their lines and lineup, holding the Sharks without a shot on goal for more than eight minutes. But St. Louis seemed to lose some steam after Hertl's first goal.
Matters only got worse in the second period as St. Louis' lack of scoring led to a risky pass that turned into a San Jose goal. Donskoi broke up a pass from Robby Fabbri to start an odd-man rush. Logan Couture skated into the offensive zone and fed the trailing Donskoi for the wrist shot from the slot that made it 2-0.
"It's 1-0 hockey game. We got to feel comfortable playing it," Hitchcock said. "We're in great shape. Then we make a mistake. We cross-ice pass it to a covered guy, it's a 2-on-1 that ends up being a 3-on-1. It's in our net. Now we're coming from behind."
Game notes
Jones has three shutouts in the past four games, also doing it in Game 7 in the second round against Nashville. That ties Evgeni Nabokov (2004) for the most shutouts in a single postseason for the Sharks. ... Blues F Magnus Paajarvi made his playoff debut after 276 regular-season games.

Final

Series tied 2-2 (Game 3 of 7)

Blues 0

Sharks 3

9:00PM,EDT,May 19,2016
SAP Center, San Jose, California

	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0
SJ	1	1	1	3

T. Hertl (Sharks - C): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
J. Thornton (Sharks - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2
M. Jones (Sharks - G): Saves: 22, Save Pct.: 1.000

Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.

Period: All | 1 | 2 | 3

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 1st period
0:00	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
0:10	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on David Backes in neutral zone
0:14	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
0:17	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 54 ft)
0:18	San Jose	Giveaway by Logan Couture in defensive zone
0:23		Stoppage - Icing
0:23	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
0:52	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
1:04	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
1:07	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko credited with hit on Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
1:11	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
1:22	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
1:32	St. Louis	Giveaway by Jori Lehtera in offensive zone
1:37	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
1:42	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
1:52	St. Louis	Giveaway by Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
2:05	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Dmitrij Jaskin saved by Martin Jones(Wrap-around 5 ft)
2:10		Stoppage - Offside
2:10	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
2:31	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Magnus Paajarvi in defensive zone
2:38	San Jose	Giveaway by Brenden Dillon in defensive zone
3:12	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Kevin Shattenkirk in offensive zone
3:22	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in neutral zone
4:25	St. Louis	Takeaway by Jaden Schwartz in offensive zone
4:27	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Jaden Schwartz saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 26 ft)
4:47	San Jose	Chris Tierney credited with hit on Colton Parayko in neutral zone
4:58	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on David Backes in defensive zone
5:01	St. Louis	Shot missed by Kyle Brodziak, Wide of Net(Wristshot 30 ft)
5:13	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Kevin Shattenkirk in offensive zone
5:22	San Jose	Shot missed by Dainius Zubrus, Wide of Net(Tip-In 24 ft)
5:33	St. Louis	Magnus Paajarvi credited with hit on Roman Polak in offensive zone
5:37	St. Louis	Shot missed by Jay Bouwmeester, Wide of Net(Wristshot 68 ft)
5:54	San Jose	Logan Couture credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
6:10	San Jose	Joonas Donskoi credited with hit on Robert Fabbri in defensive zone
6:34	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Thornton in neutral zone
6:46		Stoppage - Icing
6:46	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against David Backes in defensive zone
6:59	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
7:01	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
7:16	San Jose	Giveaway by Brent Burns in defensive zone
7:22	St. Louis	Shot missed by Jori Lehtera, Wide of Net(Tip-In 8 ft)
7:24	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 15 ft)
7:44	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
7:51	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund shot blocked by Joel Ward
7:52	San Jose	Shot missed by Joel Ward, Over Net(Wristshot 32 ft)
7:56	St. Louis	Kevin Shattenkirk credited with hit on Melker Karlsson in defensive zone
8:06	San Jose	Brent Burns shot blocked by Patrik Berglund
8:22	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Jaden Schwartz in offensive zone
8:25	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
8:32	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz credited with hit on Tommy Wingels in neutral zone
8:32	San Jose	Shot missed by Nick Spaling, Wide of Net(Wristshot 35 ft)
8:38	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 35 ft)
8:40		Stoppage - Referee or Linesman; TV timeout
8:40	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
8:45	San Jose	Shot missed by Roman Polak, Wide of Net(Slapshot 48 ft)
8:47	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Paul Stastny in offensive zone
8:53	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brenden Dillon saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 57 ft)
8:55	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in offensive zone
9:02	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Roman Polak in offensive zone
9:11	St. Louis	Robert Fabbri credited with hit on Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
9:47	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Vladimir Tarasenko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 50 ft)
9:48		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
9:48	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
9:57		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
9:57	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against David Backes in defensive zone
10:25	St. Louis	Takeaway by David Backes in offensive zone
10:41		Stoppage - Icing
10:42	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against David Backes in offensive zone
10:53	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Kevin Shattenkirk in offensive zone
11:14	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Thornton in offensive zone
11:15	San Jose	Brent Burns shot blocked by Jaden Schwartz
11:17	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tomas Hertl saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 9 ft)
11:18		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
11:18	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
11:26	San Jose	Shot missed by Roman Polak, Wide of Net(Wrap-around 8 ft)
11:39		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
11:39	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Nick Spaling in defensive zone
11:46	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Carl Gunnarsson in offensive zone
12:03	St. Louis	Giveaway by Carl Gunnarsson in defensive zone
12:09	San Jose	Nick Spaling shot blocked by Carl Gunnarsson
12:10		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
12:10	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
12:21	San Jose	Giveaway by Paul Martin in neutral zone
12:25	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Patrik Berglund saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 41 ft)
12:27	St. Louis	Shot missed by David Backes, Wide of Net(Tip-In 7 ft)
12:28		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
12:28	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
12:45	St. Louis	Jay Bouwmeester shot blocked by Joonas Donskoi
12:59	San Jose	Giveaway by Joonas Donskoi in neutral zone
13:27	San Jose	Giveaway by Chris Tierney in neutral zone
13:57	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin shot blocked by Roman Polak
14:03	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Dmitrij Jaskin in defensive zone
14:06	St. Louis	Shot missed by Colton Parayko, Wide of Net(Slapshot 55 ft)
14:26	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone
15:13	San Jose	Giveaway by Tomas Hertl in neutral zone
15:17	San Jose	Takeaway by Paul Martin in defensive zone
15:22	San Jose	Joe Thornton shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
15:27	San Jose	Giveaway by Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
15:31	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Jori Lehtera saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 78 ft)
15:33		Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
15:33	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
15:53	San Jose	Goal scored by Tomas Hertl(Slapshot 38 ft) assisted by Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton
15:53	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Paul Stastny in neutral zone
16:11	San Jose	Giveaway by Joonas Donskoi in offensive zone
16:17	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 44 ft)
16:18	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in offensive zone
16:29		Stoppage - Offside
16:29	St. Louis	Alex Steen won faceoff against Joel Ward in neutral zone
16:54	San Jose	Shot missed by Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Wide of Net(Backhand 40 ft)
17:09	St. Louis	Robert Bortuzzo credited with hit on Dainius Zubrus in defensive zone
17:17	San Jose	Shot on goal by Dainius Zubrus saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 35 ft)
17:18		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
17:18	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
17:34	San Jose	Shot on goal by Paul Martin saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 47 ft)
17:41	San Jose	Shot on goal by Paul Martin saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 41 ft)
17:42		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
17:42	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against David Backes in offensive zone
17:54	St. Louis	Colton Parayko credited with hit on Dainius Zubrus in defensive zone
18:00	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
18:10	San Jose	Nick Spaling credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
18:22	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Colton Parayko in offensive zone
18:30	San Jose	Patrick Marleau shot blocked by Colton Parayko
18:54	San Jose	Melker Karlsson shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
18:55		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
18:55	St. Louis	Alex Steen won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone
19:00	San Jose	Brent Burns shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
19:20	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
19:35	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Alex Steen in neutral zone
19:37	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Steen saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 75 ft)
19:52	St. Louis	penalty to Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Charging Tomas Hertl
19:52	San Jose	Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
20:00		End of 1st period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 2nd period
0:00	San Jose	Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Alex Steen in neutral zone
0:26		Stoppage - Offside
0:26	San Jose	Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
1:17	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Brent Burns, Over Net(Slapshot 40 ft)
1:44	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 36 ft)
1:51	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Joe Thornton, Wide of Net(Wristshot 35 ft)
2:21		Stoppage - Offside
2:21	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Alex Steen in neutral zone
2:26	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in neutral zone
2:40	St. Louis	Takeaway by Jaden Schwartz in defensive zone
2:43		Stoppage - Offside
2:43	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
2:53	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Robert Bortuzzo in neutral zone
3:07	St. Louis	Giveaway by Brian Elliott in defensive zone
3:14	San Jose	Roman Polak shot blocked by Robert Bortuzzo
3:45		Stoppage - Icing
3:45	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
4:04	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
4:04	San Jose	Patrick Marleau shot blocked by Colton Parayko
4:06		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
4:06	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
4:15	San Jose	Takeaway by Tomas Hertl in offensive zone
4:18	San Jose	Shot missed by Joe Thornton, Wide of Net(Slapshot 51 ft)
4:36	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 41 ft)
4:38	St. Louis	Shot missed by Vladimir Tarasenko, Wide of Net(Wristshot 50 ft)
4:43	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Paul Martin
5:11	San Jose	Joel Ward credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
5:27	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
5:36		Stoppage - Icing
5:36	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Alex Steen in offensive zone
6:00	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Thornton saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 38 ft)
6:12	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 25 ft)
6:13		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
6:13	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Nick Spaling in defensive zone
6:23	St. Louis	Robert Bortuzzo credited with hit on Tommy Wingels in neutral zone
6:27	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Carl Gunnarsson in offensive zone
6:33	San Jose	Nick Spaling credited with hit on Robert Bortuzzo in offensive zone
6:38		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
6:38	San Jose	Joel Ward won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
7:39	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 63 ft)
7:41	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Kyle Brodziak saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 8 ft)
7:42		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
7:42	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
7:46	San Jose	Giveaway by Justin Braun in defensive zone
8:35	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tomas Hertl saved by Brian Elliott(Tip-In 9 ft)
9:36	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on David Backes in defensive zone
9:48	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
10:06	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kyle Brodziak in offensive zone
10:22	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Magnus Paajarvi in defensive zone
11:14	San Jose	Giveaway by Tomas Hertl in offensive zone
11:20	San Jose	Justin Braun shot blocked by Alex Steen
11:29	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
11:44	San Jose	Goal scored by Joonas Donskoi(Wristshot 29 ft) assisted by Logan Couture
11:44	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
11:56		Stoppage - Icing
11:56	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
12:05	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Patrik Berglund in neutral zone
12:50	San Jose	Chris Tierney credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
13:03	San Jose	Chris Tierney credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
13:10	St. Louis	Giveaway by Magnus Paajarvi in neutral zone
13:36	San Jose	Justin Braun shot blocked by Jaden Schwartz
13:49	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Dainius Zubrus in neutral zone
14:21	St. Louis	Colton Parayko shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
14:47		Stoppage - Icing
14:47	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
14:51	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Joonas Donskoi
15:00	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 42 ft)
15:01		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
15:01	San Jose	penalty to Logan Couture 2 minutes for High-sticking Patrik Berglund
15:01	St. Louis	Power play - David Backes won faceoff against Chris Tierney in offensive zone
15:10	St. Louis	Power play - Alex Steen shot blocked by Chris Tierney
15:18	San Jose	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Melker Karlsson saved by Brian Elliott(Tip-In 9 ft)
15:56	St. Louis	Power play - Kevin Shattenkirk shot blocked by Justin Braun
16:38	St. Louis	Power play - Shot on goal by Colton Parayko saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 48 ft)
16:39		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
16:39	St. Louis	Power play - Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joel Ward in offensive zone
17:12	St. Louis	Shot missed by Colton Parayko, Wide of Net(Slapshot 64 ft)
17:19	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Joonas Donskoi in offensive zone
17:44	St. Louis	Shot missed by Patrik Berglund, Wide of Net(Slapshot 32 ft)
18:06	St. Louis	Alex Steen shot blocked by Joe Pavelski
18:56	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Roman Polak
19:04	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Jaden Schwartz in defensive zone
19:14	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Kevin Shattenkirk saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 9 ft)
19:19	St. Louis	Shot missed by Alex Steen, Wide of Net(Wristshot 10 ft)
19:40	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone
20:00		End of 2nd period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 3rd period
0:00	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
0:42	San Jose	Shot missed by Logan Couture, Wide of Net(Wristshot 53 ft)
1:10	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Colton Parayko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 90 ft)
1:11		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
1:11	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
1:43	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Robert Bortuzzo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 38 ft)
1:49	St. Louis	Robert Bortuzzo shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
2:26	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Paul Stastny in defensive zone
2:28	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Paul Stastny saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 7 ft)
2:37	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Robert Fabbri in defensive zone
2:48	St. Louis	Paul Stastny shot blocked by Roman Polak
3:11	St. Louis	Kevin Shattenkirk shot blocked by Joe Pavelski
3:50	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
3:55	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera shot blocked by Logan Couture
5:00		Stoppage - Offside
5:00	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
5:10		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
5:10	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
5:33	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Dmitrij Jaskin in defensive zone
5:52	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 54 ft)
5:53		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
5:53	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
6:09	San Jose	Goal scored by Tomas Hertl(Wristshot 10 ft) assisted by Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski
6:09	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
6:24	San Jose	Joonas Donskoi shot blocked by Kevin Shattenkirk
6:25		Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout
6:25	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
6:44		Stoppage - Icing
6:44	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Alex Steen in defensive zone
7:06		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
7:06	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Chris Tierney in offensive zone
7:45		Stoppage - Offside
7:45	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
7:50		Stoppage - Offside
7:50	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
7:59	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Kyle Brodziak saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 44 ft)
8:13	St. Louis	Robert Bortuzzo shot blocked by Dainius Zubrus
8:17	St. Louis	Shot missed by Magnus Paajarvi, Wide of Net(Backhand 19 ft)
8:18	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin shot blocked by Roman Polak
8:42	San Jose	Giveaway by Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
8:42	St. Louis	Shot missed by Troy Brouwer, Goalpost(Wristshot 18 ft)
8:43	St. Louis	Takeaway by Troy Brouwer in offensive zone
9:17	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
9:25	San Jose	Brent Burns shot blocked by Jaden Schwartz
9:56	San Jose	Chris Tierney credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in offensive zone
10:10		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd; TV timeout
10:10	St. Louis	Robert Fabbri won faceoff against Joe Thornton in offensive zone
10:18	St. Louis	Colton Parayko shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
11:15	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in offensive zone
11:33		Stoppage - Icing
11:33	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
11:38	San Jose	Roman Polak shot blocked by Kevin Shattenkirk
11:50	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
12:29		Stoppage - Offside
12:29	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
12:39	San Jose	Giveaway by Roman Polak in defensive zone
12:51	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Dmitrij Jaskin in defensive zone
12:56		Stoppage - Offside
12:56	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
13:15	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Tomas Hertl in offensive zone
13:54	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joonas Donskoi saved by Jake Allen(Backhand 13 ft)
14:00	St. Louis	Takeaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
14:08	St. Louis	Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko in offensive zone
14:14	San Jose	Joel Ward credited with hit on Colton Parayko in offensive zone
14:16	San Jose	Shot on goal by Chris Tierney saved by Jake Allen(Backhand 21 ft)
14:17		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:17	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Chris Tierney in defensive zone
14:28	St. Louis	Jay Bouwmeester shot blocked by Brent Burns
14:29		Stoppage - Puck in Netting; Visitor Timeout
14:29	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
14:35	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
14:38	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
14:47	St. Louis	Takeaway by Alex Steen in offensive zone
15:54	St. Louis	Alex Steen shot blocked by Logan Couture
16:02	St. Louis	Shot missed by Dmitrij Jaskin, Wide of Net(Tip-In 18 ft)
16:11	San Jose	Shot missed by Logan Couture, Wide of Net(Wristshot 39 ft)
16:45	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
17:19	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Roman Polak
17:23	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Brent Burns in offensive zone
17:28	St. Louis	Takeaway by David Backes in offensive zone
17:38	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Roman Polak
18:06	St. Louis	Giveaway by Robert Fabbri in offensive zone
18:13	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
18:13	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Alex Steen
18:34	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
18:38	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz shot blocked by Joe Pavelski
18:56		Stoppage - Icing; Home Timeout
18:56	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Joe Thornton in offensive zone
18:59	St. Louis	Alex Steen shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
19:00		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
19:00	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Chris Tierney in offensive zone
19:15	St. Louis	penalty to Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Elbowing Joonas Donskoi
19:15	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Chris Tierney in defensive zone
19:31	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Colton Parayko saved by Martin Jones(Backhand 8 ft)
19:36	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Takeaway by Jori Lehtera in offensive zone
19:45	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Jay Bouwmeester credited with hit on Joonas Donskoi in defensive zone
19:50	San Jose	Power play - Nick Spaling shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
19:56	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Vladimir Tarasenko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 66 ft)
20:00		End of 3rd period
20:00		End of Game

Game Information

Arena: SAP Center Location: San Jose, California	Referees: Francis Charron, Wes McCauley Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 17,562 (100.4% full)

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  St. Louis   San Jose
Total Shots  22    16	PIM  4    2	Hits    21  41	Giveaways    11  16	Takeaways  8    7	Faceoffs Won  32    22

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
15:53		Tomas Hertl (4) Assists: Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton	0	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
19:52		Alex Pietrangelo: 2 Minutes for Charging
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
11:44		Joonas Donskoi (4) Assist: Logan Couture	0	2
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
15:01		Logan Couture: 2 Minutes for High-sticking
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
6:09		Tomas Hertl (5) Assists: Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski	0	3
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
19:15		Alex Pietrangelo: 2 Minutes for Elbowing

Player Summary

St. Louis Blues Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % D. Backes C 0 0 -1 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 27 18:41 1:00 0:26 17:15 8 4 66.7 P. Berglund C 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 16:31 0:00 0:00 16:31 0 1 00.0 R. Bortuzzo D 0 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 16 9:33 0:00 0:00 9:33 0 0 00.0 J. Bouwmeester D 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 28 22:47 0:00 1:19 21:28 0 0 00.0 K. Brodziak C 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 8:49 0:00 1:38 7:11 7 0 100.0 T. Brouwer RW 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 27 17:41 1:00 1:34 15:07 1 0 100.0 R. Fabbri C 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 23 14:20 1:00 0:00 13:20 1 0 100.0 C. Gunnarsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 12:13 0:00 1:26 10:47 0 0 00.0 D. Jaskin RW 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10:47 0:00 0:00 10:47 0 0 00.0 J. Lehtera C 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 13:33 0:00 0:45 12:48 5 2 71.4 M. Paajarvi LW 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 6:57 0:00 0:00 6:57 0 0 00.0 C. Parayko D 0 0 -2 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 21:11 0:37 1:19 19:15 0 0 00.0 A. Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 32 25:57 1:00 0:00 24:57 0 0 00.0 J. Schwartz LW 0 0 -1 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 26 19:01 1:00 0:00 18:01 0 0 00.0 K. Shattenkirk D 0 0 -2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 25 23:52 1:23 1:26 21:03 0 0 00.0 P. Stastny C 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 19:29 1:00 0:41 17:48 8 5 61.5 A. Steen LW 0 0 -1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 28 21:11 1:00 0:26 19:45 2 10 16.7 V. Tarasenko RW 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 27 20:00 1:00 0:32 18:28 0 0 00.0 St. Louis Blues Scratches Player Detail I. Barbashev Scratched P. Harrold Scratched S. Upshall Scratched A. Nilsson Scratched J. Schmaltz Scratched J. Binnington Scratched R. Reaves Scratched T. Rattie Scratched S. Ott Scratched J. Edmundson Scratched C. Butler Scratched P. Lindbohm Scratched San Jose Sharks Time On Ice Faceoffs Player G A +/- SOG MS BS PN PIM HT TK GV SHF TOT PP SH EV FW FL % J. Braun D 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 23 19:14 0:00 1:38 17:36 0 0 00.0 B. Burns D 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 23:06 2:27 0:22 20:17 0 0 00.0 L. Couture C 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 22 15:54 1:53 0:00 14:01 8 7 53.3 B. Dillon D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 19 17:36 0:00 0:00 17:36 0 0 00.0 J. Donskoi RW 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 21 13:43 0:52 0:08 12:43 0 0 00.0 T. Hertl C 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 3 25 17:46 0:00 0:00 17:46 0 0 00.0 M. Karlsson RW 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 12:28 0:00 0:20 12:08 0 0 00.0 P. Marleau C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 14:55 1:45 0:08 13:02 0 0 00.0 P. Martin D 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 25 21:13 1:03 0:22 19:48 0 0 00.0 J. Pavelski C 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 26 19:31 1:23 0:31 17:37 5 3 62.5 R. Polak D 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 0 1 20 16:04 0:00 0:00 16:04 0 0 00.0 N. Spaling C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 13:18 0:45 0:45 11:48 1 8 11.1 J. Thornton C 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 25 18:37 2:00 0:00 16:37 4 6 40.0 C. Tierney C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 23 14:57 0:45 0:32 13:40 3 5 37.5 M. Vlasic D 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 24 21:24 0:37 1:38 19:09 0 0 00.0 J. Ward RW 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 15:03 0:15 1:01 13:47 1 3 25.0 T. Wingels C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 18 11:22 0:00 0:00 11:22 0 0 00.0 D. Zubrus RW 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 20 11:49 0:00 0:35 11:14 0 0 00.0 San Jose Sharks Scratches Player Detail D. Demelo Scratched R. Carpenter Scratched N. Goldobin Scratched M. Haley Scratched A. Dell Scratched M. Mueller Scratched M. Nieto Upper Body M. Tennyson Upper Body B. Goodrow Scratched

Goaltending Summary

St. Louis Blues Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM B. Elliott 14 3 11 .786 46:09 0 J. Allen 2 0 2 1.000 8:33 0	San Jose Sharks Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM M. Jones 22 0 22 1.000 60:00 0

Shots On Goal

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T
St. Louis	9	6	7	22
San Jose	7	6	3	16

Power Play Summary

Team	PPG / PPO
St. Louis	0 of 1
San Jose	0 of 2

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.