This is one way to celebrate a big goal.

San Jose Sharks winger Joel Ward was seen cutting his fingernails after blasting home the tying goal Saturday in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Related - Watch: Joel Ward slaps in another clutch goal

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Because it's never a bad time for personal hygiene.

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The NHL has apparently given its players fair warning.

Elliotte Friedman reported Saturday that the NHL informed the NHLPA this week that next season's salary cap could dip below $70 million should the players not exercise the escalator clause built into the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The escalator was designed to have the cap rise five percent every year - something that would ordinarily be in the players' best interest. But current economic factors, like the revenue downturn and weak Canadian dollar, may impact escrow in a manner that might ultimately cost the players, should they vote in favor.

That said, and regardless of whether or not the proviso was a scare tactic, the threat of the salary parameters sinking below $70 million might be motivation enough for the players to vote in the five-percent escalator - especially the ones entering free agency.

The salary cap for the 2015-16 season was $71.4 million.

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From "The Great One" to "The Greatest."

On Saturday, Wayne Gretzky shared a tribute to Muhammad Ali, the transcendent boxer and activist who died Friday at the age of 74.

Gretzky's former Edmonton Oilers teammate, Dave Semenko, fought Ali in a charity bout in 1983.

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A Ben Lovejoy point shot gave the Pittsburgh Penguins an early Game 3 lead during the first period, and another helped his team reclaim its one-goal advantage before the end of the second.

With less than a minute remaining in the middle frame, Lovejoy's long wrister was tipped in front by Patric Hornqvist, sneaking under the right arm of Martin Jones to put the Penguins up 2-1 over the Sharks heading into the third.

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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray barely moved on Justin Braun's first-period goal in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the San Jose Sharks, so what happened next was inevitable.

Thanks to the fine work of SB Nation video editor @Nick_Pants, Murray fell victim to the classic "controller disconnected" gag.

Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports implied shortly after that most older video games featured CPU-controlled goalies - thereby killing the joke - but online team play allows for user-controlled netminders, so, in our opinion, the gag still works.

Clearly, no player is immune, as both Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin have earned their own "controller disconnected" GIFs in the past.

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Justin Braun has gotten hot at the right time. Well, really, the first time.

The San Jose Sharks defenseman scored in consecutive games for the first time in his career Saturday in the first period of Game 3, sending a seeing-eye wrist shot through traffic that evaded multiple bodies before it landed in behind Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray.

Braun has now scored San Jose's last two goals, and provided 50 percent of the team's total offense through seven-plus periods in the Stanley Cup Final.

He has 16 goals in the regular season and playoffs combined for a career that spans six seasons, and includes more than 400 games.

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The San Jose Sharks paid tribute to Muhammad Ali with a moment of thoughtful reflection on behalf of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the NHL before Saturday's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

The boxing legend, civil rights activist, and cultural icon died Friday at the age of 74.

Ali was also remembered by the Chicago Cubs and many others in the baseball world Saturday.

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Marshawn Lynch continues to be an active participant in the Bay Area, opening the door for the San Jose Sharks ahead of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Donning a custom "Beast Mode" Sharks home jersey, Lynch wished the team well before they hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Per tradition, the Sharks appoint a celebrity to open the door for the team before they take the ice.

Previous openers include Metallica guitarist James Hetfield, former San Francisco 49ers safety Ronnie Lott, rapper E-40, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Lynch has been all over the Bay Area sports scene, hanging out with MC Hammer during Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

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Next season, Russian hockey fans will have options.

The nation's greatest athletic exports will be carried live for the first time, as it has been announced that the NHL reached a multi-platform partnership with Eurosport to broadcast games for the next three seasons.

"This agreement with Eurosport will come as great news to NHL fans in Russia," the NHL's Executive Vice President of Media Distribution and Strategy said in a statement.

"Our global strategy and commitment is to bring the biggest stars in the NHL into homes around the world and to inspire the future generation of NHL players."

Eurosport is the leader in winter sports coverage in Europe. It broadcasts major international tournaments and competitions for a variety of popular winter sports, and also provides coverage for Russia's Kontinental Hockey League.

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One day after proclaiming he should be selected first overall, Patrik Laine continued to talk himself up at the NHL Draft Combine in Buffalo on Saturday.

The 18-year-old compared himself to six-time Rocket Richard Trophy-winner Alex Ovechkin, telling TSN's Gino Reda it will take him five years to be like the Washington Capitals captain.

And the 18-year-old's ambitions don't stop there. "I have the best ability to become the best player in the NHL someday," Laine said, according to Sportsnet's Matt Brown.

The Finnish winger likened his competition for the Maple Leafs' No. 1 pick - Auston Matthews - to Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews, but claimed he has a better shot and is a better goal-scorer than his American counterpart.

"We're quite even," Laine said, according to Brown, after being asked by all eight teams he interviewed with to compare himself and Matthews. "Toronto will have a tough decision to make."

The second overall pick belongs to the Winnipeg Jets.

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