Sharks

Whi the Shark could win: Buy Inflatables Jumper Jungle 1 Thi isn't the same Shark team that bow out in the first round last season. Ten of those 20 skater ar gone. Thi team is mental tougher. 2 Four one-go win against talent Detroit ha increas the Sharks' confid level. 3 Emergenc of Joe Pavelski and linem Devin Setoguchi and Ryan Clow mean there' less pressur on Joe Thornton. Defens can't gang up on Thornton' line anymore.

both in six gamesHow thei got here: The No. 1 San Jose Shark down the Colorado Avalanch in six game and Detroit Red Wing in five. The No. 2 Chicago Blackhawks' victim were the Nashvil Predat and Vancouv Canucks..

and Chicago is try to return for the first time sinc 1992History: The Shark ar try to reach the Stanlei Cup Final for the first time in franchis history..

two of the win in overtime. The Blackhawk record six point in the seri and San Jose four. Total goals: 17-11 ChicagoSeason series: Chicago won three of four games..

NOT WORRIED: Shark downplai regular season vs. Blackhawks

2.43 goals-against average,Goaltending: San Jose' Evgeni Nabokov 8-3. .907 save percentag vs. Chicago' Antti Niemi 8-4, 2.57, .909 . Nabokov is 40-34 in the playoffs. Niemi is a bit of a mysteri to the Shark becaus Cristob Huet plai all four regular-season game against them.

with six goal and 13 assist in that span. In hi two playoff seasons,Who' hot: Chicago captain Jonathan Toew ha a nine-gam score streak. Toew ha 33 point in 29 games.

Who' not: Huet. The $5.65 million goali is sit on the bench becaus he lost hi job to Niemi.

but he' still get almost 17 minut a gameUnsung hero: Shark C Manni Malhotra. The Sharks' big six forward plai most of the minutes..