For the second game in a row, the San Jose Sharks pitched a shutout. The Sharks defeated the St. Louis Blues, 3-0, on Thursday at the SAP Center to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference Final thanks to two goals by Tomas Hertl and a second straight shutout by goalie Martin Jones.
The Sharks tweeted this after taking the lead in a Western Conference Final for the first time in franchise history:
The Blues have not scored in the last 150 minutes, 45 seconds of the series, and Jones has recorded 58 consecutive saves, per Josh Dubow of the Associated Press:
Coming off a stellar shutout victory in Game 2, it would've been understandable for the Sharks to suffer some sort of letdown in Game 3.
That wasn't the case. All the momentum San Jose had after its 4-0 win in St. Louis carried to the other side of the country Thursday. Although the Blues had more shots on goal in the first period, the Sharks grabbed more loose pucks and turned them into scoring opportunities.
After 15 minutes of action, that plan of attack worked for the Sharks as Hertl recorded his fourth goa ...
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