The San Jose Sharks smelled blood in the water and struck first on home ice in this year’s Western Conference Final.

San Jose Sharks 6, St Louis Blues 3

San Jose leads series 1-0

• Joe Pavelski scored his 48th career goal in the playoffs to pass Chris Drury (47) for sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s all-time list among American players.
• Logan Couture is the sixth active NHL player to reach the 10-goal mark in multiple postseasons. Alex Ovechkin (2009, 2018) is one of those six.
• Erik Karlsson recorded his 50th career point in the playoffs in 63 games played. He is the first defenseman to record 50 points in 63 or fewer playoff games since Sergei Zubov in 1998 (59 games).
• Brent Burns is the seventh different defenseman in NHL history age 34 or older to record 15-plus points in a postseason.

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