The San Jose Sharks are one win away from their first conference final since 2011.
San Jose cruised to a 5-1 victory Saturday night, and will have two chances to close out the Nashville Predators, but the team doesn't want to get ahead of themselves.
"We've still got some work to do," head coach Peter DeBoer said, according to Eric Gilmore of NHL.com. "They're a very good team, and we've seen that. I like the fact that I think we're getting better as the series has gone on here. I think every game we're getting a little bit better, getting more contributions, playing better as a team. We've got to carry that into Game 6, because they're not going to roll over. We know that."
Sharks captain Joe Pavelski, who scored two goals in the contest to move into a tie for the playoff lead, liked what he saw from his teammates in the dominant win.
"The guys really wanted it," Pavelski said. "We felt after that last game we played a couple really good periods, some of our better periods of the playoffs. We had to carry that. It was up to us to really get that momentum back. Guys did a good job coming out."
San Jose can close out the series Monday night in Game 6.
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