The San Jose Sharks are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history thanks to a dominant 5-2 Game 6 win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night in front of a raucous home crowd at SAP Center.
Following their 6-3 Game 5 win, the Sharks kept the goals flowing thanks to a pair of tallies from Joel Ward, who scored the game-winner with just under 17 minutes remaining in the third period, as the NHL documented on Twitter:
The two-goal effort represented Ward's second in as many games, which was stunning considering he scored just two goals in his first 16 career playoff games, per ESPN Stats & Info.
In other staggering statistical news, two Sharks centerpieces finally broke through with a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in play, per Fox Sports' Jon Morosi:
The Blues were buoyed by two late goals from Vladimir Tarasenko, but it was too little, too late for a team that couldn't muster enough consistency with the puck throughout the game's first 40 minutes.
Because while the Blues looked jittery thro ...
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