Whew. Sharks dominated 5-0 and advance to the Western Conference Finals!
This is not your sister’s Sharks team. This team is confident, effective, decisive, a deadly predator on the ice.
Sharks were again lethal on the power play: 2 for 3 in game 7, including the GWG early in the first period.
It seems like the double seven-game series the Predators had tired them out to the point that without the support of their fans they could not succeed in winning a game. (And the Predators, in eight tries, have yet to win ONE game in the Tank.)
So, next up: the St Louis Blues. Game 1 on Sunday. (Sharks are opening Tank — free tickets required — if you want to watch with other fans.)
- AP recap
- AP: Preds feeling pain of coming up short
- NBC: Sharks take lead courtesy their lethal power play
- NBC: This hasn’t been Weber’s night
- NBC recap
- NBC: Preds disappointed
- Postmedia recap
- ESPN: Rapid Reaction
- CBS recap
- CBS: Weber has tough game
- USA Today: Why Predators lost
- USA Today: Five saddest moments in Preds collapse
- ESPN Hot or Not: Couture sizzled, Rinne fizzled
- SJMN Purdy: Top 5 active players without Stanley Cup ring
- SJMN recap
- SJMN: Sharks blow Preds out in game 7
- Gackle: Tierney, Karlsson excited for game 7 debuts
- Gackle: Top players did what they needed to do
- Chron recap
- Tennessean: Weber, Josi struggle(d)
On ice for all five Sharks goals - Tennessean: Rinne breaks stick in frustration
Missed this as I was celebrating goal :] - Tennessean: Why Predators lost to Sharks
With Vingan and Rexrode video analysis - Tennessean: Loss overshadows good season
- Tennessean Rexrode: Preds fascinate, then flop
- Tennessean: Rexrode: Consistency next step