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The San Jose Sharks traveled to St. Louis needing three wins to save their season.
They're flying home tonight because they couldn't win one.
A slow start and a pair of goaltending blunders led to a 3-1 loss in Game 5, but it was their inability to play anything close to a 60-minute game that made them easy prey for a Blues team that captured a playoff series for the first time since 2002.
Oh, that crushingly ineffective first. A familiar refrain in this series for San Jose, but this was the Sharks' worst yet, as they were limited to just three shots as the Blues dominated with their puck pursuit and superior defensive positioning.
But early in the second, it looked as if the Sharks had figured it out. They adjusted their forecheck and mucked up ...
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