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The San Jose Sharks got badly outplayed in the third period en route to a Vancouver 7-3 victory after hanging with the Vancouver Canucks for much of game two in the Western Conference Finals.

In NHL Betting lines for Game 3 on Friday the Sharks are a -130 moneyline favorite and the over/under is 5.5.

As Vancouver scored two power play goals to open up a 5-2 advantage in the first half of the period and never looked back, adding two more goals to put up seven totals for the game, Untimely penalties and poor discipline led to San Jose’s demise in the third period.

Game two was a different story for the first two periods while San Jose was badly outplayed in game one of this best of seven series. Although it was erased several minutes later when Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks with the man advantage, San Jose actually took the early lead on a Logan Couture power play goal. Even though this was when the wheels would fall off for San Jose, heading into the third period the Sharks only trailed Vancouver by one goal.

To see if the Sharks can protect home ice and even the series up now the series heads back to San Jose, who plays in one of the loudest arenas in the league. The Sharks are 4-3 at HP Pavilion during the playoffs. After this weekend, undoubtedly San Jose and their fans hope that record climbs to 6-3. The Sharks will more than likely be looking at a series sweep or being down three games to one heading back to Vancouver for game five, however if San Jose does not do a better job of controlling the Sedin twins, who combined to tally five points last night.