St. Louis Blues v. San Jose Sharks
Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2
Game Recap:
Heading into Game 5 both the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues would look to win the first game of a now best of three series, and to start off both teams would trade a total of 5 odd man chances only to attribute to two hit posts and no goals scored. However, after the five minute mark Erik Karlsson would try to clear the puck up the boards and out of the zone, but it would take a weird bounce and stqy in the zone and go right to Oskar Lundqvist who would bomb it past Martin Jones to make it 1-0 for the visiting Blues.
Going into the second period the Blues would put on a forechecking clinic on the Sharks and it would lead to two goals. First goal had Vladimir Tarasenko getting a shot on goal only for Martin Jones to play the rebound right to Jaden Schwartz who would shoot it right into the open net. Then Tarasenko would be at it again as he would get fouled by Brent Burns while on a breakaway to receive a penalty shot, which Tarasenko would score on to make it a commanding 3-0 lead.
In the third period the Sharks would not do themselves any favors as they would take two penalties on the same play which would lead to Jaden Schwartz scoring his second of the game when he would chip the puck over Martin Jones to make it 4-0. Then much later in the period the Blues would continue their attack on a injury depleted Sharks team as Vladimir Tarasenko and Schwartz would tag team in the Sharks zone as Schwartz would score his third of the game, and second hat trick of the playoffs, to make it a 5-0 victory and give the Blues the 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 Tuesday night in St. Louis.
Lineups:
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko
Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron
Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas
Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen
Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso
Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)
San Jose Sharks:
Timo Meier — Logan Couture — Gustav Nyquist
Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joe Pavelski
Melker Karlsson — Joe Thornton — Kevin Labanc
Joonas Donskoi — Barclay Goodrow — Micheal Haley
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon — Erik Karlsson
Joakim Ryan — Justin Braun
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Dylan Gambrell, Tim Heed, Lukas Radil, Radim Simek, Antti Suomela, Marcus Sorensen
First Period:
Blues Goal – 5:50 – Oskar Sundqvist (4) from unassisted
Blues Penalty – 15:18 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Delay of Game
End of 1st – STL – 1 SJ – 0
Shots 04 11
Faceoffs 10 08
Hits 18 13
PP 0/0 0/1
Second Period:
Blues Goal – 3:05 – Jaden Schwartz (10) from unassisted
Blues Penalty Shot – 6:53 – Vladimir Tarasenko – Goal (7)
Sharks Penalty – 10:43 – Joonas Donskoi double minor for High Sticking
Blues Penalty – 11:23 – Tyler Bozak 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 2nd – STL – 3 SJ – 0
Shots 24 16
Faceoffs 23 18
Hits 28 35
PP 0/2 0/1
Third Period:
Sharks Penalty – 1:55 – Barclay Goodrow 2 minutes for Roughing
Sharks Penalty – 1:55 – Micheal Haley 2 minutes for Interference
Blues PPG – 2:19 – Jaden Schwartz (11) from David Perron (6) and Vladimir Tarasenko (4)
Sharks Penalty – 7:13 – Micheal Haley 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Sharks Penalty – 7:13 – Micheal Haley 10 minute Misconduct
Sharks Penalty – 8:35 – Timo Meier 2 minutes for Tripping
Blues Penalty – 13:12 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Slashing
Blues Goal – 16:02 – Jaden Schwartz (12) from Vladimir Tarasenko (5)
Sharks Penalty – 17:13 – Evander Kane 2 minutes for Goalie Interference
Sharks Penalty – 17:13 – Evander Kane 2 minutes for Slashing
Sharks Penalty – 17:13 – Evander Kane 10 minute Misconduct
End of 3rd – STL – 5 SJ – 0
Shots 40 21
Faceoffs 36 27
Hits 34 52
PP 1/8 0/2
Next Up:
Game 6 – STL/SJ Leads Series 3-2
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