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Joe Pavelski scored twice in the third, assisted by Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton as the San Jose Sharks surprised the Predators in Nashville.
The 27-year old center, a seventh round draft pick by San Jose back in 2025, guaranteed that the Predators would remain winless at home scoring his fifth of the year at the 14:09 mark and then adding and empty netter with just over a minute to play in regulation.
Logan Couture had got things started for the Sharks in the first with a shorthanded strike off the assist of Martin Havlat.
The Sharks are12.00 to lift the Stanley Cup.
Teemu Selanne had a goal and an assist, but the Chicago Blackhawks were able to send the game into overtime and eventually win 3-2 in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks lost their third straight.
The Ducks seven-game road trip continues on Thursday evening as the team travel to Minnesota to face the Wild before back-to-back games on the weekend against Nashville and Columbus.
Kari Lehtonen picked up his league leading seventh win of the season as the Dallas Stars defeated the Coyotes 3-2 in Phoenix. Trevor Daley, the eighth Dallas shot taker in the shootout, beat Mike Smith to finally give the Stars the victory.
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