Sharks wins over Golden Knights, Blues
The San Jose Sharks were at the center of a pair of controversies in the Stanley Cup playoffs before being eliminated by the St. Louis Blues. First, the Sharks benefited from a five-minute major called on the Vegas Golden Knights’ Cody Eakin. in Game 7. The league apologized and admitted that officials wrongly gave Eakin a cross-checking major in Game 7 that paved the way for the Sharks to score four goals on the ensuing power play, allowing them to climb back in the game and eventually win in overtime. Against the Blues, The Sharks won Game 3 of their Western Conference Final series as Erik Karlsson scored his second goal of the game to give San Jose the 5-4 victory. Karlsson’s goal was made possible by an apparent hand pass from teammate Timo Meier, who swatted the puck out of mid-air to help his team gain possession and set up Karlsson’s winner.