SAN JOSE -– Early in the third period with his team facing an insurmountable deficit, Predators goalie Pekka Rinne took a full windup with his stick and shattered it against the goal post before tossing the remnants to the corner.
It was the second-worst demolishing of the night.
Joe Pavelski, Joel Ward, Logan Couture, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau all scored, while Martin Jones made 20 saves in the Sharks’ 5-0 pounding of the Predators on Thursday night at SAP Center in Game 7 of their second round series. San Jose won, four-games-to-three, advancing to the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2011.