The Sharks are a big team and they pack a good punch at the blue line. Louis Blues. The initially unsuspected team has earned their place in the finals by being a bit of an underdog. The roster screams scoring; there are eight Sharks on the team who have recorded at least five goals in the playoffs thus far.
Leading the team is captain Joe Paveleski who has 13 goals so far this postseason. Not to mention the skills of Logan Couture, Joel Ward and Brent Burns, who are each strong and forceful players with good scoring skills. Overall, the Sharks have a more balanced team when it comes to scoring and skill. Once they find their confidence and momentum, they can really kick it into gear. The scoring skills, combined with the strength and force that Burns has, makes him an uncontrollable player.
He delivers hard hits, defends the goal, and is a scoring force on the ice. He, as well as Paveleski and Couture, have been difference makers this postseason and can do the same now in the Finals.
They excel on their power play and every time a Penguin lands himself in the box the Sharks get ready to strike. If the Penguins land themselves in the penalty box they will be forced to take on one of the strongest power plays, therefore they have been trying to avoid the box.
The Sharks have excelled and gotten stronger as each game passed in each series, therefore now they are only going to keep playing hard and rising to their full potential.
Scoring comes naturally to this team and they have figured out the toughest of goalies this season. Sharks captain Joe Pavelski: "We definitely showed we can play. Their last title came in and the team has not reached the final since, despite their division championship title in Although the Maple Leafs have lacked success in recent years, they remain one of the most valuable franchises in the NHL with an estimated worth of 1.
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I'll never forget this day for the rest of my life. Defenseman Kris Letang scored the game-winning goal at of the second period after he took a pass from Crosby behind the net to change the point of attack and beat San Jose goalie Martin Jones to the short-side post from a bad angle.
Jones made 24 saves in Game 6 after making 44 in a , Game 5 win at Pittsburgh that prevented the Penguins from winning the Cup at home for the first time. Letang had an assist on each of the Penguins' other game-winning goals in this series, making him the fourth player in NHL history to factor in all four of his team's game-winning goals in a Cup Final Milt Schmidt, Boston Bruins, ; Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens, ; Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, , according to Elias.
Letang's third goal of the playoffs came 79 seconds after San Jose center Logan Couture tied the game Couture finished with 30 points, including four in the final two games, to lead the playoffs in scoring. He is the first player to have at least that many in the postseason since Daniel Briere did so for Philadelphia in Crosby also assisted on the empty-net goal by Patric Hornqvist with left in the third period.
Crosby, who had six goals and 19 points, passed up a shot on goal to get it to his teammate. We encourage you to review it carefully. The NHL uses cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies. Enter Search Term.
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