SAN JOSE -- The Sharks hashed it out in a team meeting Thursday morning. The leaders set the tone and everybody else took their cue.
By the time Thursday's game ended and the handshake line formed, the Sharks had completed their most dominant Game 7 performance in franchise history.The Sharks overwhelmed the Nashville Predators from the start in Game 7, with Patrick Marleau's goal 3:54 into the third period putting the finishing touches on a 5-0 win at SAP Center that clinched the second-round series four games to three and put San Jose into the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.