When the going gets tough, it helps when a team can turn to the captain to lead the comeback. And boy, did Sharks captain Joe Pavelski lead the charge on Sunday against the Detroit Red Wings.
The captain was the driving force behind San Jose's 5-3 come-from-behind victory over Detroit. From standing up for his team on the ice to scoring a natural hat trick, there was no denying Pavelski was the first star of Sunday's matinee.
Pavelski didn’t just score three goals on Sunday, he scored them all in unique fashion. Pavelski scored his first, a power-play goal, from his knees and deposited the puck past sprawling Detroit netminder Jonathan Bernier.