Sharks ride Game 6 win to first Stanley Cup finals appearance

St. Louis Blues

49-24-9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Final

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Jose Sharks

46-30-6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	2	2
SJ	1	1	3	5

Ward (Sharks - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
Marleau (Sharks - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2
Couture (Sharks - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 2

May 26,2016

• Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After 25 years, the San Jose Sharks will finally play for the Stanley Cup.
Captain Joe Pavelski scored an early goal, Joel Ward had two of his own and the Sharks advanced to their first Stanley Cup final in franchise history by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
Joonas Donskoi also scored, Logan Couture had an empty-netter and Martin Jones made 24 saves as a Sharks team notorious for postseason letdowns will now play for the championship that has eluded stars such as Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau for so many years.

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"Unbelievable, especially to do it at home," Thornton said. "These guys have been waiting 25 years for this. ... It's pretty sweet."
Thornton assisted on Pavelski's goal less than four minutes into the game to set the tone, and Marleau had two assists in the third period that set off chants of "We Want The Cup! We Want The Cup!"
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final will be Monday night. The Sharks will either host Tampa Bay or visit Pittsburgh, depending on which team wins Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night.
"It's a great moment for those guys who have put in a lot of work but we still have another series to go," Couture said. "We still have four more wins to try to get. It's another step. This is the third one now. We're ready for that next challenge."
With the loss, the Blues' postseason woes continue as the franchise still seeks its first championship and first trip to the Cup final since 1970. Coach Ken Hitchcock's second goalie change of the series did not work as Brian Elliott gave up four goals on 26 shots in his return to the net.
Vladimir Tarasenko, a 40-goal scorer in the regular season, got his first points of the series when he scored twice in the third period, but it was too late for the Blues, who still trailed 4-2.
"It stings right now," captain David Backes said. "Six more wins and we're having parades on Market Street. Right now, not enough."
Despite making the playoffs 16 times in 18 seasons, and winning the second-most games in the NHL since the start of the 2003-04 season, the Sharks have been known for their soul-crushing playoff disappointments.
They won only three games in three previous trips to the conference finals, were knocked out twice in four seasons by an eighth seed and most notably blew a 3-0 series lead to lose in the first round to Los Angeles in 2014.
The impact of that loss lasted for an entire year as San Jose missed the playoffs last season. But led by first-year coach Peter DeBoer and bolstered by some key acquisitions by general manager Doug Wilson, the Sharks recovered this season and are now only four wins away from a championship.
This was the first time in San Jose's history that the team played with a trip to the Stanley Cup final on the line. The atmosphere in the Shark Tank reflected the high stakes with the fans at a frenzy during pregame introductions and the "Let's Go Sharks!" chants starting soon after the puck dropped.

The Sharks fed off that energy and were buzzing early as Hitchcock predicted before the game. St. Louis nearly silenced the crowd when Alexander Steen got a chance in the slot early in the period but Jones robbed him with a glove save.
That led to a breakaway for Thornton, who missed the net on his chance. But Pavelski recovered the puck behind the net and before Elliott knew what was happening, Pavelski tucked the puck in on a wraparound for his NHL-leading 13th goal of the playoffs.
San Jose added to the lead early in the second when Ward tipped a point shot from Brent Burns past Elliott to make it 2-0.
The Sharks had a chance to add to it when Scottie Upshall was called for a four-minute high-sticking penalty. But the Blues managed to kill San Jose's potent power play and started to take over the play after that. They couldn't get a goal the rest of the period, however, as San Jose kept them mostly to the outside and Jones made a great pad save against Jori Lehtera.
Ward's second goal and another by Donskoi in the third period removed any drama and allowed the fans to celebrate.
Game notes
Marleau played his 165th career playoff game, the most ever for someone who never played in the finals. Thornton is next on the list with 150 games, followed by Curtis Joseph with 133. ... The only franchise that has played longer than San Jose without going to a Cup final is Arizona, which began NHL play as the Winnipeg Jets in 1979-80.

Final

San Jose won 4-2 (Game 6 of 6)

Blues 2

Sharks 5

9:00PM,EDT,May 25,2016
SAP Center, San Jose, California

	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	2	2
SJ	1	1	3	5

J. Ward (Sharks - RW): Goals: 2, Assists: 0
P. Marleau (Sharks - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2
L. Couture (Sharks - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 2

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
0:15		Stoppage - Icing
0:15	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Thornton in defensive zone
0:22	San Jose	Joe Pavelski credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in offensive zone
0:33	San Jose	Takeaway by Tomas Hertl in neutral zone
0:54	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
1:29	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz credited with hit on Joel Ward in defensive zone
1:33	San Jose	Brenden Dillon shot blocked by David Backes
1:37	San Jose	Takeaway by Chris Tierney in defensive zone
1:49	San Jose	Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 19 ft)
1:52	San Jose	Takeaway by Logan Couture in offensive zone
1:53	San Jose	Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 44 ft)
1:54		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
1:54	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
2:15	St. Louis	Takeaway by Robert Fabbri in offensive zone
2:18	St. Louis	Shot missed by Vladimir Tarasenko, Wide of Net(Wristshot 36 ft)
2:21	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko credited with hit on Justin Braun in offensive zone
2:22	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera shot blocked by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
2:27	San Jose	Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 37 ft)
2:28		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
2:28	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Nick Spaling in defensive zone
2:52	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Paul Martin
2:54	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Nick Spaling in offensive zone
3:02	San Jose	Takeaway by Paul Martin in defensive zone
3:08	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 56 ft)
3:09		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
3:09	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Kyle Brodziak in defensive zone
3:12	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin credited with hit on Roman Polak in offensive zone
3:14		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
3:14	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
3:20	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Jay Bouwmeester saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 55 ft)
3:44	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Steen saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 41 ft)
3:52	San Jose	Shot missed by Joe Thornton, Wide of Net(Wristshot 16 ft)
3:55	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Brian Elliott(Backhand 6 ft)
3:57	San Jose	Goal scored by Joe Pavelski(Backhand 6 ft) assisted by Joe Thornton and Tomas Hertl
3:57	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
4:17	San Jose	Melker Karlsson credited with hit on Carl Gunnarsson in offensive zone
4:36		Stoppage - Offside
4:36	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
4:45	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in neutral zone
4:58	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joonas Donskoi saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 21 ft)
4:58		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
4:58	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
5:13		Stoppage - Offside
5:13	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Tomas Hertl in neutral zone
5:21	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Marc-Edouard Vlasic in offensive zone
5:33	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Joe Thornton in offensive zone
5:54	St. Louis	Giveaway by Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
5:57	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz credited with hit on Nick Spaling in neutral zone
6:02	San Jose	Giveaway by Nick Spaling in defensive zone
6:05	St. Louis	Jaden Schwartz credited with hit on Nick Spaling in neutral zone
6:12	St. Louis	Giveaway by David Backes in neutral zone
6:19	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera credited with hit on Roman Polak in neutral zone
6:38		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
6:38	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against David Backes in offensive zone
6:41	San Jose	Giveaway by Joonas Donskoi in offensive zone
6:48	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on David Backes in defensive zone
7:00	San Jose	Logan Couture credited with hit on Vladimir Tarasenko in offensive zone
7:10	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in defensive zone
7:15	San Jose	Shot missed by Joonas Donskoi, Wide of Net(Tip-In 17 ft)
7:40	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
8:10	St. Louis	Scottie Upshall credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
8:22	St. Louis	Giveaway by Colton Parayko in defensive zone
8:27	San Jose	Takeaway by Tommy Wingels in offensive zone
8:57	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 50 ft)
9:07	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
9:12	St. Louis	Takeaway by Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
9:20	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Melker Karlsson
9:43	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in offensive zone
10:12	San Jose	Logan Couture credited with hit on Robert Fabbri in defensive zone
10:18	San Jose	Takeaway by Tomas Hertl in offensive zone
10:22	San Jose	Shot missed by Brent Burns, Wide of Net(Wristshot 42 ft)
11:33	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Dmitrij Jaskin in defensive zone
11:36	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Kyle Brodziak in defensive zone
11:47	St. Louis	Scottie Upshall credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
12:15	San Jose	Justin Braun credited with hit on Patrik Berglund in defensive zone
12:21	St. Louis	Kevin Shattenkirk shot blocked by Joel Ward
12:30	San Jose	Melker Karlsson credited with hit on Kevin Shattenkirk in offensive zone
12:34	St. Louis	Joel Edmundson credited with hit on Chris Tierney in defensive zone
12:38	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Jaden Schwartz
12:46	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Jaden Schwartz
12:51	St. Louis	Giveaway by Joel Edmundson in defensive zone
13:13	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Carl Gunnarsson in offensive zone
13:45	San Jose	Shot on goal by Nick Spaling saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 35 ft)
13:49	St. Louis	Takeaway by Troy Brouwer in defensive zone
13:55	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in offensive zone
14:01	San Jose	Takeaway by Tommy Wingels in offensive zone
14:05	San Jose	Giveaway by Dainius Zubrus in offensive zone
14:12	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin credited with hit on Justin Braun in neutral zone
14:17	St. Louis	Scottie Upshall credited with hit on Joel Ward in offensive zone
14:24	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Kyle Brodziak saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 38 ft)
14:28	St. Louis	Scottie Upshall credited with hit on Chris Tierney in offensive zone
14:56		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:56	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
15:14	San Jose	Shot missed by Logan Couture, Wide of Net(Wristshot 36 ft)
15:28	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Vladimir Tarasenko in offensive zone
15:57	San Jose	Shot on goal by Tomas Hertl saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 13 ft)
16:06	St. Louis	Shot missed by Troy Brouwer, Wide of Net(Wristshot 55 ft)
16:11		Stoppage - High Stick; TV timeout
16:11	San Jose	Melker Karlsson won faceoff against Patrik Berglund in neutral zone
16:37	St. Louis	Giveaway by Patrik Berglund in defensive zone
16:40	San Jose	Shot on goal by Melker Karlsson saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 38 ft)
16:41		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
16:41	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
16:49		Stoppage - Offside
16:49	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
17:02	St. Louis	Takeaway by Colton Parayko in defensive zone
17:13		Stoppage - Icing
17:13	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Paul Stastny in defensive zone
17:50	San Jose	Shot missed by Joe Pavelski, Wide of Net(Tip-In 29 ft)
17:52		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
17:52	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against David Backes in offensive zone
18:00	San Jose	Giveaway by Dainius Zubrus in offensive zone
18:21	San Jose	Nick Spaling credited with hit on Carl Gunnarsson in offensive zone
18:49		Stoppage - Offside
18:49	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
19:28	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
19:34	St. Louis	Paul Stastny credited with hit on Brent Burns in offensive zone
19:49	St. Louis	Jay Bouwmeester shot blocked by Joe Pavelski
19:57	St. Louis	Shot missed by Alex Steen, Wide of Net(Backhand 14 ft)
20:00		End of 1st period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 2nd period
0:00	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Paul Stastny in neutral zone
0:09	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Brian Elliott(Snap 48 ft)
0:14	San Jose	Shot on goal by Paul Martin saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 12 ft)
0:36	St. Louis	penalty to Troy Brouwer 2 minutes for Interference Joonas Donskoi
0:36	San Jose	Power play - Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Alex Steen in offensive zone
0:55	San Jose	Power play - Brent Burns shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
1:23	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Patrick Marleau, Wide of Net(Wristshot 18 ft)
1:51	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Jay Bouwmeester credited with hit on Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
1:56	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 23 ft)
2:33	St. Louis	Shorthanded - David Backes credited with hit on Joel Ward in neutral zone
3:03	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Justin Braun in neutral zone
3:06	St. Louis	Robert Fabbri shot blocked by Justin Braun
3:07		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
3:07	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
3:11	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Joe Thornton
3:21	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 8 ft)
3:22		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
3:22	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Tommy Wingels in defensive zone
3:38	St. Louis	Takeaway by Jay Bouwmeester in defensive zone
3:46	St. Louis	Shot missed by Alex Steen, Wide of Net(Wristshot 41 ft)
3:52		Stoppage - Icing
3:52	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against David Backes in defensive zone
3:58		Stoppage - Icing
3:58	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against David Backes in defensive zone
4:09	St. Louis	Takeaway by Colton Parayko in defensive zone
4:15	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
4:25	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Colton Parayko in defensive zone
4:45	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 123 ft)
5:02	San Jose	Goal scored by Joel Ward(Tip-In 7 ft) assisted by Brent Burns and Chris Tierney
5:02	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
5:32	San Jose	Shot on goal by Dainius Zubrus saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 22 ft)
5:35	San Jose	Tommy Wingels shot blocked by Kyle Brodziak
5:55	St. Louis	Kevin Shattenkirk shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
5:56	San Jose	Giveaway by Tomas Hertl in defensive zone
6:00	St. Louis	Kevin Shattenkirk shot blocked by Brent Burns
6:03	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Joel Edmundson saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 62 ft)
6:05	St. Louis	Shot missed by Kyle Brodziak, Wide of Net(Backhand 10 ft)
6:08	San Jose	Tomas Hertl credited with hit on Dmitrij Jaskin in defensive zone
6:08	St. Louis	penalty to Scottie Upshall 4 minutes for Hi Stick - double minor Tommy Wingels
6:08		Stoppage - ; TV timeout
6:08	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Paul Stastny won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
6:39	San Jose	Power play - Logan Couture shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
6:41	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Takeaway by Alex Pietrangelo in defensive zone
7:05	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Patrick Marleau, Wide of Net(Tip-In 12 ft)
7:08	San Jose	Power play - Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
7:16	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Shot missed by David Backes, Wide of Net(Wristshot 9 ft)
7:34	San Jose	Power play - Paul Martin credited with hit on David Backes in offensive zone
7:41	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 75 ft)
7:43	St. Louis	Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Jaden Schwartz saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 45 ft)
7:59	San Jose	Power play - Joonas Donskoi credited with hit on Jaden Schwartz in defensive zone
8:09	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Marc-Edouard Vlasic saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 45 ft)
8:10		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
8:10	San Jose	Power play - Patrick Marleau won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
8:17	San Jose	Power play - Joe Thornton shot blocked by Carl Gunnarsson
8:39	San Jose	Power play - Shot missed by Patrick Marleau, Wide of Net(Tip-In 6 ft)
9:25	San Jose	Power play - Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
9:45	San Jose	Power play - Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
10:00	San Jose	Power play - Shot on goal by Logan Couture saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 22 ft)
10:48	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Jori Lehtera saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 29 ft)
10:49	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
11:21	St. Louis	Carl Gunnarsson shot blocked by Tommy Wingels
12:05	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Roman Polak in offensive zone
12:10	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Patrick Marleau in offensive zone
12:35	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko credited with hit on Roman Polak in offensive zone
12:40	St. Louis	Paul Stastny credited with hit on Joe Thornton in offensive zone
12:44	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 31 ft)
12:45		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
12:45	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund won faceoff against Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
13:06	San Jose	Giveaway by Paul Martin in defensive zone
13:09	San Jose	Takeaway by Tomas Hertl in neutral zone
13:23	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund shot blocked by Brent Burns
13:24	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund credited with hit on Chris Tierney in offensive zone
13:25	San Jose	Giveaway by Chris Tierney in defensive zone
14:10	St. Louis	Colton Parayko shot blocked by Joel Ward
14:25	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Colton Parayko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 20 ft)
14:33		Stoppage - Icing; Home Timeout
14:33	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
14:39	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Carl Gunnarsson saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 50 ft)
14:40		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
14:40	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
15:21	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 38 ft)
15:27	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Jaden Schwartz in defensive zone
15:40	St. Louis	Colton Parayko credited with hit on Nick Spaling in defensive zone
15:45	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Tommy Wingels in defensive zone
16:05	San Jose	Shot on goal by Roman Polak saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 44 ft)
16:16	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in neutral zone
16:24	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Paul Stastny saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 35 ft)
16:25		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
16:25	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Chris Tierney in offensive zone
16:31	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Jay Bouwmeester saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 50 ft)
16:32		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
16:32	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Joel Ward in offensive zone
16:42	St. Louis	Giveaway by Jay Bouwmeester in defensive zone
16:51		Stoppage - Icing
16:51	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in defensive zone
17:38	St. Louis	Colton Parayko credited with hit on Joonas Donskoi in defensive zone
17:39	St. Louis	Colton Parayko shot blocked by Dainius Zubrus
17:40		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
17:40	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Paul Stastny in neutral zone
17:50	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 48 ft)
17:51		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
17:51	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against Paul Stastny in defensive zone
18:00		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
18:00	St. Louis	Patrik Berglund won faceoff against Nick Spaling in defensive zone
18:04		Stoppage - Puck in Crowd
18:04	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against Patrik Berglund in offensive zone
18:40	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Alex Pietrangelo in neutral zone
18:41		Stoppage - Offside
18:41	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in neutral zone
18:45		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
18:45	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
19:00	St. Louis	Robert Fabbri credited with hit on Chris Tierney in offensive zone
19:13	San Jose	Melker Karlsson credited with hit on Colton Parayko in offensive zone
19:32	San Jose	Logan Couture shot blocked by Vladimir Tarasenko
19:57	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
20:00		End of 2nd period
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Detail
0:00		Start of 3rd period
0:00	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Paul Stastny in neutral zone
0:18		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
0:18	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Chris Tierney in defensive zone
0:51	San Jose	Giveaway by Martin Jones in defensive zone
1:22	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
2:18	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in offensive zone
2:29	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
2:37	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin credited with hit on Logan Couture in offensive zone
2:49	St. Louis	Scottie Upshall credited with hit on Paul Martin in defensive zone
3:01	San Jose	Goal scored by Joel Ward(Wristshot 5 ft) assisted by Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau
3:01	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against David Backes in neutral zone
3:36	San Jose	Giveaway by Melker Karlsson in defensive zone
3:56		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
3:56	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Joe Thornton in neutral zone
4:25	San Jose	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
4:42	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in offensive zone
4:45	San Jose	Takeaway by Joe Pavelski in offensive zone
4:50	San Jose	Justin Braun shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
4:55	San Jose	Shot on goal by Joe Pavelski saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 8 ft)
4:58	San Jose	Justin Braun shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
5:23	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone
5:27	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in offensive zone
5:27		Stoppage - Icing
5:27	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against Patrik Berglund in defensive zone
5:57		Stoppage - Icing
5:57	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
6:04	St. Louis	Shot missed by Alex Steen, Wide of Net(Tip-In 11 ft)
6:08	St. Louis	Shot missed by Troy Brouwer, Wide of Net(Wristshot 26 ft)
6:12	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
6:26	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Carl Gunnarsson saved by Martin Jones(Slapshot 53 ft)
6:31	San Jose	Giveaway by Joonas Donskoi in neutral zone
6:54	San Jose	Shot on goal by Marc-Edouard Vlasic saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 58 ft)
6:55		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout
6:55	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against David Backes in offensive zone
7:03	San Jose	Shot on goal by Roman Polak saved by Brian Elliott(Slapshot 53 ft)
7:06	San Jose	Shot missed by Joel Ward, Wide of Net(Backhand 17 ft)
7:12	St. Louis	Shot on goal by David Backes saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 70 ft)
7:23	St. Louis	Giveaway by Patrik Berglund in defensive zone
7:58	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
7:59		Stoppage - Puck in Netting
7:59	San Jose	Logan Couture won faceoff against Paul Stastny in defensive zone
8:11	San Jose	Goal scored by Joonas Donskoi(Wristshot 35 ft) assisted by Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau
8:11	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Nick Spaling in neutral zone
8:21		Stoppage - Icing
8:21	St. Louis	David Backes won faceoff against Nick Spaling in defensive zone
8:31		Stoppage - Puck in Benches
8:31	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against David Backes in neutral zone
8:51	St. Louis	Dmitrij Jaskin credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in offensive zone
8:58		Stoppage - Icing
8:58	San Jose	Nick Spaling won faceoff against Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
9:11	San Jose	Brenden Dillon credited with hit on Jori Lehtera in defensive zone
10:07	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Pavelski in defensive zone
10:26	St. Louis	Alex Steen credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
10:39	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer shot blocked by Brent Burns
10:47	St. Louis	Giveaway by Jay Bouwmeester in defensive zone
11:11	San Jose	Roman Polak credited with hit on Jaden Schwartz in defensive zone
11:21	San Jose	Patrick Marleau credited with hit on Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
11:31		Stoppage - Icing
11:31	St. Louis	Jori Lehtera won faceoff against Logan Couture in offensive zone
11:35	St. Louis	Vladimir Tarasenko shot blocked by Joonas Donskoi
11:37	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Colton Parayko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 31 ft)
11:39	St. Louis	Goal scored by Vladimir Tarasenko(Wristshot 19 ft) assisted by Jori Lehtera and Colton Parayko
11:39	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
12:06	San Jose	Shot missed by Melker Karlsson, Wide of Net(Backhand 11 ft)
12:23	San Jose	Takeaway by Joel Ward in defensive zone
12:39	San Jose	Dainius Zubrus credited with hit on Jay Bouwmeester in neutral zone
12:45	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
12:50	San Jose	Takeaway by Brent Burns in defensive zone
13:05	St. Louis	Colton Parayko credited with hit on Nick Spaling in defensive zone
13:06	San Jose	Shot missed by Nick Spaling, Wide of Net(Wristshot 7 ft)
13:27	San Jose	Shot missed by Tomas Hertl, Wide of Net(Deflected 23 ft)
13:42	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
13:50	St. Louis	Giveaway by Vladimir Tarasenko in offensive zone
13:57	San Jose	Shot on goal by Patrick Marleau saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 8 ft)
14:09	San Jose	Shot on goal by Brent Burns saved by Brian Elliott(Wristshot 76 ft)
14:12	San Jose	Shot missed by Melker Karlsson, Wide of Net(Wristshot 20 ft)
14:20	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 53 ft)
14:26	St. Louis	Shot missed by Alex Pietrangelo, Over Net(Wristshot 53 ft)
14:34	San Jose	Takeaway by Joel Ward in defensive zone
14:40	San Jose	Joel Ward shot blocked by Jay Bouwmeester
15:22	San Jose	Tommy Wingels credited with hit on Colton Parayko in defensive zone
15:29	St. Louis	David Backes credited with hit on Brenden Dillon in neutral zone
15:35	St. Louis	penalty to Kevin Shattenkirk 2 minutes for Cross checking Tommy Wingels
15:35	San Jose	penalty to Tommy Wingels 2 minutes for Slashing Kevin Shattenkirk
15:35		Stoppage - ; TV timeout
15:35	San Jose	Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Paul Stastny in offensive zone
16:25	St. Louis	Goal scored by Vladimir Tarasenko(Snap 9 ft) assisted by Paul Stastny and Alex Pietrangelo
16:25	St. Louis	Paul Stastny won faceoff against Logan Couture in neutral zone
16:38	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 30 ft)
16:41	San Jose	Takeaway by Logan Couture in defensive zone
17:00	St. Louis	Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Paul Martin in offensive zone
17:04	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Paul Martin
17:16	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Alex Pietrangelo saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 18 ft)
17:26		Stoppage - Icing; Visitor Timeout
17:26	St. Louis	Power play - Paul Stastny won faceoff against Nick Spaling in offensive zone
17:44	St. Louis	Shot missed by Troy Brouwer, Wide of Net(Slapshot 27 ft)
17:55		Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout
17:55	San Jose	Joe Thornton won faceoff against David Backes in neutral zone
18:31	San Jose	Giveaway by Joe Thornton in defensive zone
18:34	St. Louis	Alex Steen shot blocked by Justin Braun
18:39	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Vladimir Tarasenko saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 33 ft)
18:39		Stoppage - Goalie Stopped
18:39	San Jose	Chris Tierney won faceoff against Paul Stastny in defensive zone
19:33	St. Louis	Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk in defensive zone
19:37	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot blocked by Patrik Berglund
19:40	San Jose	Goal scored by Logan Couture(Wristshot 43 ft) assisted by Marc-Edouard Vlasic
19:40	St. Louis	Kyle Brodziak won faceoff against Chris Tierney in neutral zone
19:54	St. Louis	Shot on goal by Scottie Upshall saved by Martin Jones(Wristshot 25 ft)
20:00		End of 3rd period
20:00		End of Game

Game Information

Arena: SAP Center Location: San Jose, California	Referees: Brad Watson, Dan O'Rourke Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 17,562 (100.4% full)

Team Statistical Comparison

Key:  St. Louis   San Jose
Total Shots    26  27	PIM  8    2	Hits  42    31	Giveaways    12  19	Takeaways    7  13	Faceoffs Won  32    27

1st Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
3:57		Joe Pavelski (13) Assists: Joe Thornton, Tomas Hertl	0	1
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
No penalties this period
2nd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
5:02		Joel Ward (5) Assists: Brent Burns, Chris Tierney	0	2
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
0:36		Troy Brouwer: 2 Minutes for Interference
6:08		Scottie Upshall: 4 Minute Double Minor for High sticking
3rd Period Summary
Time	Team	Scoring Detail	STL	SJ
3:01		Joel Ward (6) Assists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau	0	3
8:11		Joonas Donskoi (5) Assists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau	0	4
11:39		Vladimir Tarasenko (8) Assists: Jori Lehtera, Colton Parayko	1	4
16:25		Vladimir Tarasenko (9) Assists: Paul Stastny, Alex Pietrangelo	2	4
19:40		Logan Couture (8) Assist: Marc-Edouard Vlasic	2	5
Time	Team	Penalty Detail
15:35		Kevin Shattenkirk: 2 Minutes for Cross checking
15:35		Tommy Wingels: 2 Minutes for Slashing

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 4 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 28 19:50 0:00 2:41 17:09 3 8 27.3 P. Berglund C 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 20 12:37 0:00 0:00 12:37 4 3 57.1 J. Bouwmeester D 0 0 -2 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 2 32 24:08 0:00 3:05 21:03 0 0 00.0 K. Brodziak C 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 7:35 0:00 1:02 6:33 3 1 75.0 T. Brouwer RW 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 2 5 1 0 30 19:20 0:09 1:31 17:40 0 0 00.0 J. Edmundson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 5:10 0:00 0:19 4:51 0 0 00.0 R. Fabbri C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 13:26 0:00 0:00 13:26 0 0 00.0 C. Gunnarsson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 18:29 0:00 2:36 15:53 0 0 00.0 D. Jaskin RW 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 7:31 0:00 0:00 7:31 0 0 00.0 J. Lehtera C 0 1 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 14:34 0:00 0:31 14:03 10 5 66.7 C. Parayko D 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 32 21:46 0:00 2:36 19:10 0 0 00.0 A. Pietrangelo D 0 1 -1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 35 27:40 0:09 3:05 24:26 0 0 00.0 J. Schwartz LW 0 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 27 16:35 0:00 1:11 15:24 0 0 00.0 K. Shattenkirk D 0 0 -3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 30 19:11 0:09 0:19 18:43 0 0 00.0 P. Stastny C 0 1 -1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 21:15 0:09 1:54 19:12 12 9 57.1 A. Steen LW 0 0 -1 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 30 20:22 0:09 2:35 17:38 0 1 00.0 V. Tarasenko RW 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 24 19:03 0:09 0:00 18:54 0 0 00.0 S. Upshall RW 0 0 -1 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 13 6:55 0:00 0:35 6:20 0 0 00.0 St. Louis Blues Scratches Player Detail I. Barbashev Scratched P. Harrold Scratched A. Nilsson Scratched J. Schmaltz Scratched J. Binnington Scratched R. Reaves Scratched T. Rattie Scratched S. Ott Scratched C. Butler Scratched M. Paajarvi Scratched P. Lindbohm Scratched R. Bortuzzo 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 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 25 22:23 0:11 0:00 22:12 0 0 00.0 B. Burns D 0 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 27 21:18 3:49 0:09 17:20 0 0 00.0 L. Couture C 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 17:37 3:58 0:00 13:39 7 10 41.2 B. Dillon D 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21 13:55 0:11 0:00 13:44 0 0 00.0 J. Donskoi RW 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 24 15:49 2:02 0:00 13:47 0 0 00.0 T. Hertl C 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 24 15:04 1:53 0:00 13:11 0 1 00.0 M. Karlsson RW 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 21 12:14 0:00 0:00 12:14 1 0 100.0 P. Marleau C 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 25 17:24 3:39 0:00 13:45 1 0 100.0 P. Martin D 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 29 20:21 2:00 0:09 18:12 0 0 00.0 J. Pavelski C 1 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 25 18:04 3:54 0:00 14:10 3 5 37.5 R. Polak D 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 13:36 0:00 0:00 13:36 0 0 00.0 N. Spaling C 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 13:23 0:00 0:09 13:14 7 6 53.8 J. Thornton C 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 24 17:07 4:07 0:00 13:00 3 2 60.0 C. Tierney C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22 14:36 0:00 0:00 14:36 5 6 45.5 M. Vlasic D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 25:01 2:23 0:00 22:38 0 0 00.0 J. Ward RW 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 16:09 1:53 0:09 14:07 0 1 00.0 T. Wingels C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 19 12:12 0:00 0:00 12:12 0 1 00.0 D. Zubrus RW 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 18 11:47 0:00 0:00 11:47 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 Undisclosed M. Tennyson Upper Body B. Goodrow Scratched

Goaltending Summary

St. Louis Blues Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM B. Elliott 26 4 22 .846 56:29 0 J. Allen 0 0 0 .000 0:13 0	San Jose Sharks Goaltending Player SA GA Saves SV% TOI PIM M. Jones 26 2 24 .923 60:00 0

Shots On Goal

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T
St. Louis	5	11	10	26
San Jose	9	10	8	27

Power Play Summary

Team	PPG / PPO
St. Louis	0 of 1
San Jose	0 of 3

* - 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.