The San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks will meet in the Western Conference Finals

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The San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks will meet in the Western Conference Finals

The San Jose Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks will face off to see which team will represent the west in the Stanley Cup Finals. The teams came a long way to make it this far.

The Sharks needed a game seven win to be able to play the Canucks. The hockey gods smiled on Patrick Marleau. Vilified by an ex-teammate working as an analyst on the NHL's national network, Marleau answered his harsh critic by scoring the game- and series-winning goal in Game 7 to extinguish Detroit and enable the Sharks to advance to the Western Conference final for the second straight year.

Marleau's first point of the series came on a close-in goal at 12:13 of the third period to give the hosts a 3-1 lead. When Pavel Datsyuk scored at 13:59 and Antti Niemi prevented any tying goals, Marleau's marker became the winner.

Devin Setoguchi and Logan Couture scored first-period goals to give San Jose a 2-0 lead, but Detroit kept it close before barely failing in the end to cap a rally from a 3-0 deficit in games.

A first-round victory over a Southern California rival and a grueling, seven-game survival against the most consistent team in the league over the last 20 years have brought the Sharks to this point. Only halfway to the Stanley Cup.

All the work and effort that went into a narrow Game 7 triumph Thursday, a win that prevented the Detroit Red Wings from becoming only the fourth team in league history to rally from an 0-3 deficit to advance, is put to the side quickly as the attention quickly turns to the Vancouver Canucks.

The Canucks are well rested and will take advantage of a Sharks team that is worn out after playing seven long games. The Canucks will win the first game in what should be an entertaining series out west.

Hockey Picks: Vancouver Canucks

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