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They're scorers, not fighters.

No, Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau would not normally be front and center on the marauder's row of NHL mayhem-making and score-settling.

But during the Sharks' Game 2 loss in St. Louis on Saturday, these three headliners were right in the middle of almost everything.

Elbows, fists and nyah-nyah-nyahs.

Let's be blunt: For a team occasionally lacking in displays of postseason passion, getting some thump out of those three was probably a solid sign for the Sharks' immediate and long-term playoff future.

They lost the game and probably most of the fights, but the Sharks' top dogs showed some high-level Stanley Cup antagonism.

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