Joe Pavelski scored two goals and the Sharks moved one win from advancing with a 5-1 home-ice victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.
San Jose will take a 3-2 lead into their best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff series on Monday in Nashville, where the Sharks will have an opportunity to move on to the Western Conference finals with a win.
Game 7, if necessary, is schedule for Thursday back at SAP Center, which was at it loudest of the season on Saturday.
Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau and Melker Karlsson also scored, and goalie Martin Jones stopped 24 of 25 shots in defeating the Predators.