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THURSDAY’S RESULT
Home Team in Caps
San Jose 4, PITTSBURGH 2 – PIT leads 3-2
JONES, COUTURE HELP SHARKS FORCE GAME 6 IN STANLEY CUP FINAL
Martin Jones made 44 saves and Logan Couture provided 1-2—3, all in the first period, to help the Sharks stave off elimination and force a Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Final.
* Via Elias, the Sharks became the 15th team to force a Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Final when trailing the series 3-1 (since it went to the best-of-seven format in 1939). Six prior teams – in 32 total scenarios – have forced a Game 7, with only one ultimately winning the series (the 1942 Maple Leafs vs. DET).
* The Sharks also became the ninth team to force a Game 6 in that scenario when facing elimination on the road. The last to do so: the 2008 Penguins, who ultimately lost to the Red Wings in the next contest.
* Jones made 44 saves, including 17 in the second period – a career high in the playoffs and three shy of his best for any game including the regular season (124 GP). He turned aside 47 shots in a 2-1 overtime victory March 7 at CGY.
* Jones also posted 40 saves in the team’s Game 3 win vs. PIT. Elias notes that he became the first goaltender in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68) to register multiple 40-plus save victories within one Stanley Cup Final.
* Elias adds that Couture, who leads all players with 9-20—29 this postseason, became the fourth player in NHL expansion’s era (since 1967-68) to record three points in a single period with his team facing elimination in the Stanley Cup Final.
* Couture’s 29 overall points are tied for the fourth-most by any player within a single playoff year dating to 1997. Six of those points have come in two games with the team facing elimination (also Game 7 of SR vs. NSH: 1-2—3).
TEAMS COMBINE FOR RECORD-SETTING OPENING TO GAME 5
The Sharks (2) and Penguins (2) combined for four goals in the opening 5:06 of Game 5. Per Elias, that set a record for the fastest four goals to begin a game in the Stanley Cup Final, breaking the old mark of 6:51 established by the Penguins (2) and Blackhawks (2) in Game 4 in 1992.
DID YOU KNOW?
Brent Burns scored San Jose’s opening goal, giving him 7-16—23 this postseason – tied for the fourth-most points by any defenseman within a single playoff year dating to 1986.
LOOSE PUCKS
Teams fell to 9-9 in their last 18 chances to clinch the Stanley Cup on home ice (dating to 2000) . . . Sharks captain Joe Pavelski (Plover, Wis.) scored his League-leading 14th goal of the playoffs, the third-most by a U.S.-born player within a single postseason in NHL history . . . Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin registered his 48th career playoff goal to move into sole possession of seventh place among active skaters . . . Each member of the “HBK Line” – Carl Hagelin (1-0—1), Nick Bonino (0-1—1) and Phil Kessel (0-1—1) – recorded one point. The trio has combined for 56 points in 23 games this postseason . . . The Sharks set a single-year playoff record with their sixth road win . . . MEDIA ADVISORY: Oilers and Team North America forward Connor McDavid will throw out the first pitch prior to tonight’s Baltimore Orioles-Toronto Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre . . . ICYMI: Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, handed out superlatives for the 2016 Stanley Cup finalists . . . Members of MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirateswore Penguins jerseys in support of their city neighbors . . . The NHL announced that alternative rock band X Ambassadors will perform at the 2016 NHL Awards in Las Vegas . . . Thousands of fans in Pittsburgh attended Game 5 viewing parties at CONSOL Energy Center and Market Square.
REMINDER: “ALL ACCESS” CONTINUES SATURDAY
The next episode of ALL ACCESS: Quest for the Stanley Cup – featuring behind-the-scenes footage from Games 3-5 of the Stanley Cup Final – premieres Saturday, June 11, immediately following SHOWTIME Championship Boxing, beginning live on SHOWTIME in the U.S. at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.
The episode also will premiere on Sportsnet in Canada at 12:30 a.m. ET Sunday, June 12.
SNEAK PEEK AT SUNDAY’S ACTION
All Times Eastern
Pittsburgh @ San Jose, 8:00 p.m., PIT leads 3-2, NBC, CBC, TVAS
