Hot tip from Backes to get it going. #StanleyCuphttps://t.co/GiBIbzH7O1
— #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) May 16, 2016
The St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks appear set to go shot-for-shot.
Just 34 seconds after David Backes deflected his seventh goal of the postseason past Martin Jones to give his club a 1-0 lead, Joe Pavelski knotted things up with an identical strike.
The @SanJoseSharks wasted no time tying the game back up. #StanleyCuphttps://t.co/tH8dzCh6FV
— #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) May 16, 2016
Pavelski's 10th of the playoffs pushes him one ahead of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov for the league lead.
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