SAN JOSE — Right around the time the initial staple went into the back of Joe Pavelski’s head, he heard the goal horn go off for the first time.
By the time the fourth or fifth staple went in, it went off again.
Pavelski had eight staples put in the back of his head to stop the bleeding after the back of his helmet slammed against the SAP Center ice in the third period of Game 7 against the Vegas Golden Knights on April 23.
When he left the game, right after he took a faceoff against Cody Eakin, the Sharks were down three goals.