The San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues are each eight wins away from their first Stanley Cup. Both will try to get closer Saturday. Here’s all the live stream, start time, TV channel and odds info you need to catch the game. Watch: St. Louis at San Jose on fuboTV (with a free trial) Date: Saturday, May 11, 2019 Where: SAP Center, San Jose Time: 8 p.m. EST TV: NBC Series: Game 1 Odds: San Jose -1.5 Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), NBC Associated Press Preview: St. Louis Blues (45-28-9, third in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. San Jose Sharks (46-27-9, second in the Pacific Division during the regular season) BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks host the St. Louis Blues to open the Western Conference finals. The teams meet Saturday for the fourth time this season. San Jose went 2-1 against St. Louis during the regular season. The Sharks have gone 25-11-5 in home games. San Jose ranks fourth in the league shooting 10.7 percent and averaging 3.5 goals on 33.0 shots per game. The Blues have gone 21-13-7 away from home. St. Louis has given up 43 power-play goals, killing 81.5 percent of opponent chances. TOP PERFORMERS: Brent Burns leads the Sharks with 67 assists and has recorded 83 points this season. Tomas Hertl has seven goals and four assists over the last 10 games for San Jose. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues with 33 goals, adding 35 assists and totaling 68 points. Jaden Schwartz has eight goals and two assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis. DURING THE PLAYOFFS: Blues: Averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 2.8 penalties and 5.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game with a .913 save percentage. Sharks: Averaging 3.1 goals, 5.4 assists, 4.5 penalties and 11.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game with a .902 save percentage. Sharks Injuries: Radim Simek: out (lower body). Blues Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson: day to day (lower body), Sammy Blais: out (undisclosed).<doc-sep>SAN JOSE, CA - MAY 08: Tomas Hertl #48 and Martin Jones #31 of the San Jose Sharks celebrates after they defeated the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game Seven of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center on May 8, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Round 3 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs is set to begin on Saturday as the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues will face off for a chance to go the Stanley Cup Final. Here is what you have to look forward to in this exciting Western Conference Finals matchup. The 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs are down to the final four teams and the San Jose Sharks are one of those four teams. For the fifth time in their history, they will be playing in the Western Conference Finals with a chance to move on to just their second Stanley Cup Final. They will have to go through the St. Louis Blues who were the same team they faced in 2016 — the last time the Sharks played in the Conference Finals. The two teams are very different but took similar paths to get to this third round. For St. Louis, it started with a 4-2 series win over the Winnipeg Jets and then just a couple of days ago, they took the Dallas Stars to seven games and won on home ice to clinch their ticket to the Western Conference Final. For the San Jose Sharks, the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs have been a roller coaster so far as they have had both of their series go seven games and somehow came out on top in both of those games. We all remember the Vegas Golden Knights series where the Sharks came back from a 3-1 deficit to win Game 7 at home by also coming back from 3-0 in that game with less than 10 minutes to go. Want your voice heard? Join the Golden Gate Sports team! Write for us! The only difference for the Colorado series was that captain Joe Pavelski was unable to play after suffering a nasty looking head injury in that previous Game 7. It took a whole team effort to beat the Avs in seven games without their captain. Players like Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl, and Brent Burns all carried this team through the second round. Hertl and Couture both have nine goals in the playoffs so far while Burns has totaled five thus far. Scoring has been coming from all over the place as only six of the regular starters do not have a goal and only one does not have a point. Going into the third round, the Sharks will need more from players like Evander Kane and Marcus Sorensen. Kane is one player who should be producing more as after scoring 30 goals in the regular season, has only scored two goals so far in the playoffs. He has one in each series with five total assists for a total of seven points. If Kane is somehow able to find his stride, it will be just one more weapon that they are able to use. This Blues team is not afraid to roll with all four lines and the Sharks need to have weapons on each of their lines to be able to keep up with their opposition. I am not terribly worried about the Sharks offensive as we have seen that scoring is not a problem during these playoffs. I would just like to see some secondary guys step up and support when it is needed. I look forward to players like Kane and Gustav Nyquist hopefully stepping up in the series and starting to take control of the opportunity. The defense has been pretty good so far, as it has been Burns leading the way. While Erik Karlsson has led the way in assists, he still sits at a minus-five in the playoffs so far. One thing that was evident during Thursday night’s game is that he took a couple of bad penalties at times that the Sharks were getting momentum on their side. Karlsson could pick it up a little in the defensive zone but so far I have liked what he has been doing. There will be no time for rest during this series as every game will be monumental. The Sharks know what it takes to get there and they will have to be on top of their game. San Jose’s strong play is something that all fans should be happy to see as it will take them a long way these playoffs. This upcoming series against the Blues will be yet another big test for them as they will need to adjust their play to this opponent. The Blues are no team to be reckoned with as they have been playing for their hockey lives since they fired their head coach and hired Craig Berube as their head coach. They got rid of Mike Yeo only 19 games into the season. The Blues season looked to be all but over as they sat in dead last for most of the season. It has been rookie goalie Jordan Binnington who has carried the team with his stellar performances that have been going on since early January. In the playoffs, he has a record of 8-5 with a goals-against average just above two, If the Sharks are able to figure out this goalie like they have the last two, Team Teal could see their second Stanley Cup Final in the near future.<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) The NHL’s feverish field of 16 has now been whittled down to a fascinating final four. The San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues emerge from Game 7s out West, while the Boston Bruins will take on the Carolina Hurricanes in the East. Could we see a first-time champion in the Sharks or Blues? Will the Hurricanes go from a decade of playoff misses to glory? Will Brad Marchand get a chance to lick the Stanley Cup? We’ll begin to get answers very soon, as Game 1 of the 2019 Eastern Conference Final kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday on NBCSN. Here’s the full schedule and TV info, so you can start lining up sick days and excuses to leave family functions early. Here is the complete schedule (All times ET, subject to change): EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL Thursday, May 9, 8 p.m.: Hurricanes @ Bruins | NBCSN Sunday, May 12, 3 p.m.: Hurricanes @ Bruins | NBC Tuesday, May 14, 8 p.m.: Bruins @ Hurricanes | NBCSN Thursday, May 16, 8 p.m.: Bruins @ Hurricanes | NBCSN *Saturday, May 18, 7:15 p.m.: Hurricanes @ Bruins | NBC *Monday, May 20, 8 p.m.: Bruins @ Hurricanes | NBCSN *Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m.: Hurricanes @ Bruins | NBCSN WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL Saturday, May 11, 8 p.m.: Blues @ Sharks | NBC Monday, May 13, 9 p.m.: Blues @ Sharks | NBCSN Wednesday, May 15, 8 p.m.: Sharks @ Blues | NBCSN Friday, May 17, 8 p.m.: Sharks @ Blues | NBCSN *Sunday, May 19, 3 p.m.: Blues @ Sharks | NBC *Tuesday, May 21, 8 p.m.: Sharks @ Blues | NBCSN *Thursday, May 23, 9 p.m.: Blues @ Sharks | NBC * if necessary MORE: 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Schedule, Bracket, Streams and More For the third consecutive postseason, NBC Sports’ coverage of Stanley Cup Playoff first-round games on NBCUniversal cable networks (NBCSN, USA Network and CNBC), as well as NHL Network, will air side-by-side and will be available for streaming on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app in local markets alongside regional sports network game telecasts. (Local blackouts apply in Las Vegas and Pittsburgh in the first round). — James O’Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.<doc-sep>
The Sharks are headed back to the Western Conference final for the first time since 2016. After beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game 7 of their Stanley Cup playoff second-round series Wednesday, the Sharks will face the Blues in the next round. The Blues defeated the Dallas Stars in double overtime of Game 7 to claim their second-round series Tuesday. With the Sharks holding home-ice advantage, Game 1 will take place at 5 p.m. PT on Saturday night in San Jose. The Sharks went 2-1 against the Blues during the regular season. St. Louis won the first matchup 4-0 on Nov. 9, but San Jose took the second game 4-0 on Nov. 17 and the third matchup 3-2 in overtime on March 9. Pregame coverage of every Sharks-Blues game begins one hour before puck drop with Sharks Playoff Live on NBC Sports California. After the games conclude on NBC or NBCSN, tune back to NBC Sports California for postgame coverage. [RELATED: Pavelski recaps 'special' return in Game 7] Here's the full Sharks-Blues Western Conference final schedule, with the winner playing either the Boston Bruins or Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final: Game 1 -- Saturday, May 11, at 5 p.m. PT in San Jose (TV: NBC) Game 2 -- Monday, May 13, at 6 p.m. PT in San Jose (TV: NBCSN) Game 3 -- Wednesday, May 15, at 5 p.m. PT in St. Louis (TV: NBCSN) Game 4 -- Friday, May 17, at 5 p.m. PT in St. Louis (TV: NBCSN) Game 5 -- Sunday, May 19, at noon PT in San Jose, if necessary (TV: NBC) Game 6 -- Tuesday, May 21, at 5 p.m. PT in St. Louis, if necessary (TV: NBCSN) Game 7 -- Thursday, May 23, at 6 p.m. PT in San Jose, if necessary (TV: NBCSN)