David Backes kept it simple after the St. Louis Blues' 4-0 loss in Game 2 against the San Jose Sharks.

"They played well. We didn't," the captain said, according to NHL.com's Lou Korac. "We've got to park this one like we've parked every other one in the playoffs and come into San Jose and win a road game."

The Blues are enjoying traveling together. In fact, their five losses at home in the playoffs are the most in one season in club history, Korac added. The previous record was four in 1968.

Though the shots were 26-24 in favor of the Blues, the Sharks were in control most of Tuesday night. St. Louis' power play was abysmal, going 0-for-6, while the Sharks went 2-for-4.

"Obviously we have to be better at retrievals," said Alex Steen about a four-minute power play that was at times difficult to watch. "We were getting pucks in the zone and they're getting more guys to areas.

"I thought we let frustration creep in at certain times in the game. That can't happen at this time of year."

Speaking of this time of year, head coach Ken Hitchcock thinks the solution for his team is rather simple.

"You can either dig in and go the right way or you can become frustrated at times and try freelancing or in our case, take penalties," he said.

"We have played two 'B' games," Hitchcock added. He added rather honestly that he thinks his club's fortunate to be tied heading to California. Forecheck support is an issue, as is the Sharks' speed, and the Blues will look to video to clean up their game.

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Martin Jones isn't playing like a rookie. And he isn't letting the gravity of the Stanley Cup Playoffs affect him.

The San Jose Sharks' No. 1 goalie turned in another stellar performance Tuesday, stopping all 26 shots he faced in Game 2 against the St. Louis Blues, a 4-0 win. It was his ninth victory of the spring, and his second shutout.

Jones has been nothing short of incredible coming off a loss in the postseason. Considering the hole the Sharks would have been in had they fallen behind 2-0 to the Blues, losing two straight on the road, his play is all the more impressive.

Martin Jones is now 3-1 (two shutouts) with 113 saves on 119 shots faced (.950 SV%) following a loss this postseason. That'll do. #SJSharks

— Pete Jensen (@NHLJensen) May 18, 2016

His other shutout came in Game 7 against the Nashville Predators in the second round. No big deal.

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You want to talk about depth? Peter DeBoer is down.

After the San Jose Sharks' Game 2 Western Conference finals win - a 4-0 pasting of the St. Louis Blues - their coach said he's heard enough talk that his team isn't as deep as the opposition.

"Had a lot of questions in the last day about how much deeper St. Louis is," DeBoer said, according to CSN's Kevin Kurz. "I think our forward group answered that question (Tuesday)."

Aside from Brent Burns' two goals, Tommy Wingels opened the scoring with his second of the playoffs, while Dainius Zubrus tallied his first of the spring. Zubrus, the 37-year-old veteran, also assisted on Wingels' goal, recording his first multi-point game of the season.

Wingels and his teammates Joonas Donskoi (seven points in the playoffs), Chris Tierney (four points), and Melker Karlsson (three points) have played instrumental roles in the Sharks' run, DeBoer said before Game 2.

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TUCSON, Ariz. - The Tucson City Council has approved a lease agreement for the Arizona Coyotes to move their AHL affiliate to the city. The council voted 7-0 Tuesday night to approve a deal for the team to begin playing at the Tucson Conventi...

Ken Hitchcock has seen this type of effort before, though last time, it yielded a victory.

The St. Louis Blues fell into an early hole versus the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 on Tuesday night, and weren't able to mount any sort of comeback as the Sharks ran away with a 4-0 victory to tie the series.

San Jose carried play in Game 1 as well, but the Blues got the bounces, barely escaping with a win. Their coach had hoped for a better effort in response, but didn't get it.

"They were much better in probably every aspect," Hitchcock said after the game. "We tried to play the same way we did in Game 1 and didn't get away with it."

"We'll take 1-1 with the way we played," he added.

The series resumes Thursday night in San Jose, which could bode well for St. Louis; the Blues have a record of 5-2 on the road this postseason.

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ST. LOUIS - Brent Burns scored San Jose's first two power-play goals of the Western Conference finals and Martin Jones stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the postseason as the Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 Tuesday night to even the series at a game apiece.

Tommy Wingels and Dainius Zubrus also scored and Logan Couture had two assists to help the Sharks bounce back from a tight loss in the opener.

Game 3 is Thursday night in San Jose.

Brian Elliott made 20 saves for St. Louis, which is 4-5 at home and 5-2 on the road in the postseason. Elliott wasn't as sharp as he's been throughout the Blues' run to their first conference final since 2001.

Burns' fifth and sixth goals of the postseason both came on one-timers with Troy Brouwer in the penalty box, and were his only shots of the game.

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound defenseman made it 2-0 in the second off a nice setup from Joe Pavelski just 16 seconds after Brouwer went off for slashing, and made it a three-goal gap about 12 minutes into the third off a feed from Patrick Marleau 24 seconds after Brouwer was whistled for high sticking.

Jones also blanked Nashville in San Jose's second-round victory.

Zubrus assisted on Wingels' goal early in the first and added an empty-netter in the final minute.

Vladimir Tarasenko led the Blues with six shots at the end of a long day - his wife, Yana, gave birth to a son earlier Tuesday. The Blues' star was looking at the video board when the team announced the arrival to a standing room crowd of 19,586.

The Sharks entered the series clicking at 31 percent on the power play, best in the postseason. They were 0 for 3 in the opener and coach Peter DeBoer complained about the lack of calls during the day between games.

San Jose also killed off a four-minute high-sticking call against Marleau early in the third period without too much trouble.

Wingels scored his second goal 2:07 in, seconds after Jones thwarted Tarasenko on the other end. Tarasenko had pickpocketed Paul Martin in the San Jose slot.

Burns is the lone Sharks player with a hat trick against the Blues, doing it on Nov. 13, 2013, in San Jose.

NOTES: The Blues flew in a blind father and his 12-year-old son that calls play by play to keep him in the game. Gerry and Wyatt Nelson of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, appeared on a ''Discover Card Day with the Cup'' video and the pair were invited to the radio broadcast booth and some of Wyatt's play-by-play was aired during a break in the second period. ... Neither team made any lineup changes. ... Blues F Patrik Berglund dodged injury when he banged his left leg on the slightly open door to the bench in the second period. Berglund walked it off in the tunnel to the dressing room. ... Sharks F Matt Nieto (undisclosed injury) missed his third straight game.

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ST. LOUIS - Brent Burns scored San Jose's first two power-play goals of the Western Conference finals and Martin Jones stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the post-season as the Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 Tuesday night to even th...

It appears as though Joe Thornton has made some new friends.

While the San Jose Sharks cruised to a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, Thornton kindly interacted with some young fans with a friendly water bottle spray and an awkward head-bob.

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Logan Couture's league-leading playoff scoring pace has put him alone in the San Jose Sharks' record books.

With two assists on Tuesday night, Couture tied, then passed Igor Larionov's franchise record of 18 points in a single postseason, set in 1994.

Logan Couture (7-12—19) has set @SanJoseSharks record for points in a single postseason, besting mark set in 1994 by Igor Larionov (5-13—18)

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 18, 2016

Sharks defenseman Brent Burns, who was the benefactor of both assists, sits one point behind Couture on the playoff leaderboard - and now second in franchise history with his 18 points.

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The second @SanJoseSharks goal reads:
G - 2nd in scoring
A - 3rd in scoring
A - 1st in scoring#StanleyCuphttps://t.co/na9xgXuYhk

— #StanleyCup Playoffs (@NHL) May 18, 2016

San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns set a couple of franchise marks Tuesday with two goals on Brian Elliott.

Burns set the franchise record for most points by a defenseman in a single postseason and tied the franchise mark with his fifth goal of the playoffs, which gave the Sharks a 2-0 edge over the St. Louis Blues.

Burns collected his sixth goal of the playoffs later in the third period to eclipse Mike Rathje's franchise record.

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