Two surprised of Western and Eastern Conference, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightnings were eliminated by stronger teams who will cross their ice hockey sticks in Pittsburgh tomorrow. The Penguins reached the finals after seven years, they clutched their last Stanley Cup in 2009. Sidney Crosby is a part of that history and also Penguins have better stats facing the Sharks on home ice - (48-26-8) compared to home advantage by the Sharks (46-30-6). However each team is able to steal a victory on each other rival's ice - the Penguins knocked the teeth of the Sharks with a 5-1 victory on Dec. 1., the Sharks sent the Penguins packing back to their South Pole locker room with 3-1 in Pittsburgh on Nov. 21 last year.
I just add a note that it is the first San Jose Sharks appearance in NHL finals, under the conduct of a captain Joe Pavelski and the coach Peter de Boer. I cover San Jose Sharks part of the leg of this final journey, happy to see how former HC Slavia Prague's player Hertl is doing.
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