A look at how the Sharks and Blues match up against one another, headed into the Western Conference Final beginning on Sunday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis…
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San Jose: The Sharks are getting plenty of production from their top two lines, including Logan Couture’s NHL-leading 17 points and Joe Pavelski’s nine goals, tied for the league lead. Midway through the Nashville series, coach Pete DeBoer bumped a struggling Patrick Marleau up to Couture’s line, where he thrived, but that may hurt the team’s depth on its bottom two lines if DeBoer sticks with those combinations for Game 1.