Joe Pavelski

FPPG: 13.3  |  FanDuel Salary: $6,600
FPPG: 13.3  |  FanDuel Salary: $6,600
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Joe Pavelski's three-point night propels Sharks past Blues

San Jose Sharks winger Joe Pavelski scored two goals and added an assist as the Sharks defeated the St. Louis Blues, 6-3, in St. Louis Monday night.

What It Means:

The victory gave the Sharks a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference Finals. San Jose can win the best-of-seven series and earn a berth to the Stanley Cup Finals if they beat the Blues in Game 6 in San Jose Wednesday night. Pavelski, who now has 13 goals and nine assists in the playoffs, wasn't the only three-point producer for the Sharks Monday. Joe Thornton also had three points, all assists. He now has 14 assists in the postseason. Thornton and Pavelski both assisted on the game-opening goal by defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic at 3:51 of the opening period. Vlasic's goal was his first of the postseason. The Sharks tied the game at 2-2 on a goal by Joel Ward (third of the playoffs) at 4:37 of the second period. Vlasic assisted on the Ward goal, which came on a power play. Pavelski tied the game again at 3-3 on another San Jose power play goal at 18:33 of the second. It was all Sharks in the third period. They got goals from Pavelski, Chris Tierney and Ward again to make it a 6-3 final.

Pavelski had 38 goals and 40 assists with a plus/minus of plus-25 in the regular season. His 56.9 Corsi For Percentage was slightly above his career average while his 3.0 Corsi For Percentage at Even Strength was just below his career average.