The final score of the Sharks' Game 3 win on Monday, 8-1, resoundingly favored San Jose. It flattered them, even.
Game 3 was closer than the Anaheim Ducks' seven-goal defeat would indicate. In a second period that was initially tied at one, Anaheim attempted 27 five-on-five shots, and failed to score. San Jose attempted 17, and scored on two of its first three. The Sharks added two more goals in the back half of the period, and turned a close contest into a lopsided laugher.
That's not to say the win, or the margin of victory, was undeserved.