Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 Preview

Murray said he reviewed the video of his performance in Game 5 and, while careful to not over-analyze things, found some adjustments to make for the next game.

San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones (31) turns a shot away as Pittsburgh Penguins’ Patric Hornqvist (72) and Sharks’ Brent Burns (88) scramble in front of the net during the third period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals on Thursday, June 9, in Pittsburgh. They have a second chance to win the Stanley Cup here Sunday night and feel plenty of trends are on their side. Fresh off his fourth three-point performance of the playoffs, Couture looks to help the Sharks stretch the Stanley Cup final to its limit when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 on Sunday night.

“We played the way we needed to win the game”, Murray said. “There’s just no substance to that at all”.

“Sometimes, you think about what you’ve talked about, but mostly you’re just reacting”. But Jones shined and was summoned to the team’s main training camp. They quickly put that to rest. Never once have I heard about travel or weariness or, ‘we don’t want to practice today.’ It’s been the opposite.

“We know we haven’t scored many goals or any in this series and it’s one of the reasons we’re down 3-1”, Couture said, “(but) we didn’t want our season to end”. I think these guys have proven it this year. Our leadership group has been great.

Players such as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Chris Kunitz were part of that loss as well as the 2011 debacle against the Tampa Bay Lightning, so they know that it has happened in the past and could happen again.

“You”™ve got to execute, you”™ve got to compete,” Sharks center Joe Pavelski said.

It could go either way. “When we’re getting power plays, we usually work our way into it. When we’re getting one or two a game, it’s tough”. “When we’re on our 105th game, I’m just trying to get our game on the right track, get them out there with as much energy as possible and get our execution in the right place”. That goal was a direct result of Murray’s overcompensation due to being beaten by a wraparound off of the stick of Capitals’ forward TJ Oshie in Game 1 of the second round.

“Joner bailed us out tonight”, said San Jose defenseman Justin Braun.

Nevertheless, DeBoer is relying on his top lines to neutralize the Pittsburgh Penguins depth advantage more and more as the series progresses.

“We have to continue to stay in the right frame of mind”. We’ve tried throwing everything we can at him. “Once we get on the board early we tend to get to our game and play the way we expect to play”.

“Does it bother you at all you don’t get more Team Canada love?” asked Friedman, per his 30 Thoughts released on Saturday morning.

The Penguins wanted to wrap this up tidily and neatly on home ice two days ago, claim the Cup for their own without further ado and start planning their victory parade. “I think when our team plays our game, I think that gives our team the best chance to win”. You don’t have 15 people from your family there to celebrate. “I think it’s more of a mental thing realizing your opportunity to finish it off is getting smaller and each loss gives that other team that much more belief and momentum that they can get it done and pull it off”.

Prior to their Western Conference Final series with St. Louis, coach Pete DeBoer seemingly went out of his way to remind the media — and everyone else — that the Blues were among the more penalized teams in the regular season.