The San Jose Sharks are moving on to the Western Conference Final for the fourth time in team history after defeating the Nashville Predators 5-0 in Game 7 of their second-round series on Thursday night at SAP Center in San Jose, California.
The Sharks will take on the St. Louis Blues with a trip to the Stanley Cup Final on the line, and they celebrated accordingly after reaching this far for the first time since the 2010-11 season:
Nashville also reacted this way after the team, once again, came close but was still too far from reaching its first conference final in franchise history:
The tone of this series has been the same since Game 1. Whichever team controlled the shot department usually took control of the game.
From the moment the puck dropped, that would be the Sharks, as they showed after the first 20 minutes, per the team's Twitter account:
That large discrepancy in shots led to an ample number of scoring opportunities. It also helped when San Jose had a man advantage just over nine minutes into the game, when Joe Pavelski finished a br ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NHL
Article written by Danny Webster
Predators vs. Sharks: Game 7 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NHL Playoffs
May 12th, 2016 by Danny Webster Leave a reply »
Advertisement