Two nights after a brutal, triple-overtime loss to the Predators in Nashville, the Sharks bounced back to retake command of the best-of-seven game series. Right in the middle of San Jose's victory? Joe Pavelski, again. He scored twice in the Sharks' win, his seventh and eighth of the playoffs, and helped San Jose to a game five win.
After the Sharks won game two, I wrote about the Joes importance to this San Jose team. They showed up again in game five, as both finished with a pair of points (Thornton assisted on both of Pavelski's goals) and Pavelski put six shots on goal.