SAN JOSE -- Joe Thornton made some history while helping the Sharks take an early 1-0 lead in Wednesday's Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
Joel Ward then scored in the second period on assists from Brent Burns and Chris Tierney to make it 2-0 Sharks.On the first goal, Thornton took a pass that got past the St. Louis Blues' defense and gave him a breakaway opportunity. He fired his shot wide of the net, but was able to race around and feed it to captain Joe Pavelski, who did the rest.Pavelski muscled in the wraparound shot past St.