SAN JOSE, Calif. Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Online . -- For years, the San Jose Sharks have entered the post-season as one of the favourites to win the Stanley Cup, only to fall short somewhere along the line. That may be why San Jose is embracing its new role as underdog so much heading into the first-round series against the St. Louis Blues. The Sharks had to scramble just to make the playoffs after an eight-week funk when they lost nearly two-thirds of their games. They recovered to win their final four in the regular season to earn the seventh seed in the Western Conference to set up a first-round matchup against the second-seeded Blues beginning Thursday night at St. Louis. "We still believe in our team," defenceman Dan Boyle said Monday. "Were very confident in our team. We probably lost a few people media-wise along the way, which we couldnt care less about. Sometimes thats good. Teams come together when theyre considered the underdog. Everybody loves a nice story and hopefully well have a happy ending." Theres a different feeling heading into this years playoffs around the Sharks, who have been either the first or second seed in the Western Conference the past four seasons but were unable to translate that success to a Stanley Cup run. San Jose was upset in the second round by Dallas in 2008, lost in the first round to Anaheim the following year despite posting the best record in the NHL, then lost in the Western Conference final the past two years to Chicago and Vancouver, respectively. While the outside expectations might have lessened, theres little difference in the locker room, where a team that includes high-powered players like Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns, Boyle and Stanley Cup-winning goalie Antti Niemi still expects to win the title. "We always have a lot of pressure on us," Thornton said. "It doesnt matter if youre 1 or 8. Our goal is to win the Stanley Cup, and St. Louis is in our way right now." The biggest benefit of needing a late-season push instead of coasting into the playoffs in the past is theres no need to restart the engines when the post-season begins. The Sharks have essentially been playing games with playoff 0implications for a few weeks, most notably in home-and-home sweeps against Dallas and Los Angeles over the final eight days of the season. "There have been times in the past where we cruised into the playoffs, and youre hoping that the players will turn it up and get prepared," coach Todd McLellan said. "Weve been doing that for the past month. It can work against you as well. Guys take a big sigh of relief, Hey, you know what, weve accomplished something, were in, were happy and away we go. Thats one area where that experience can step up. Thats not what the goal was." The Blues were the team sputtering toward the end, losing eight of 12 games to lose out to Vancouver for the top spot in the West. San Jose finished 13 points behind St. Louis in the standings, the biggest points deficit the Sharks have faced in the playoffs since 2000, when the eighth-seeded Sharks upset top-seeded St. Louis in seven games. The Sharks had little success against the Blues this season, losing all four contests in regulation and being outscored 11-3. San Jose failed to score a goal in two trips to St. Louis, being shut out by Brian Elliott in December and Jaroslav Halak in February, and failed to score on its last 14 power-play chances against the Blues. "Were not going to dwell on what we did wrong, but we are going to look at it and correct it and hopefully we can turn those things around," Marleau said. St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock hasnt announced which goalie will start in Game 1, but with each goalie winning twice in the regular season against San Jose it might not matter much. The Blues allowed 155 goals all season, their fewest ever in an 82-game campaign. Notes: F Ryane Clowe did not skate at practice after missing the third period of the season finale against Los Angeles on Saturday with an undisclosed injury. D Brent Burns also got a "maintenance day" but McLellan said he expected the entire roster to be healthy for the series opener. ... F Torrey Mitchell was back on the ice after being held out of Saturdays game while recovering from a hard check he took Thursday in Los Angeles, and said he had no limitations. ... The Sharks will wear black jerseys at home in the post-season for the second straight year instead of teal. They went 12-2-0 in black and 14-10-3 in teal. Nike Air Max 90 Black Australia . Angel Pagan hit a three-run home run in San Franciscos five-run eighth inning and the Giants beat the Diamondbacks 8-5 on Thursday in a game that was halted briefly in the top of the first due to a swarm of bees in the outfield. Nike Air Max 90 Vt Black . The fourth-year CFLer will miss Thursdays game against the Edmonton Eskimos, still bothered by his sore left knee.Edmonton Oilers 6 Winnipeg Jets 2 - The Oilers scored three unanswered goals in the third period for the win on Monday, as they snapped a six-game losing streak while handing the Jets their second straight road loss and dropping them two games below .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. It was Jordan Eberle with the goal. Mark Stuart with his second from Olli Jokinen and Devin Setoguchi tied it less than three minutes later, but poor defensive zone coverage resulted in a Sam Gagner goal and a 2-1 Edmonton lead after one. The Oilers outshot the Jets 14-7. If not for great goaltending by Ondrej Pavelec, the score would have been much worse. The Jets were much better to start the second and controlled the play. The Jets power play connected for the ninth time in eight games to tie the game. Andrew Ladd snapped an eight game goalless stretch by deflecting a Dustin Byfuglien miss fire. A great play by Brian Little to enter the zone started the play. Little snapped a season-high three-game pointless stretch with the assist. But at 16:40, again poor defensive zone coverage led to a David Perron goal to regain the lead for Edmonton after two periods. The Jets outshot the Oilers 10-7 in the second. Early in the third, the Jets went back to the power play and came close to tying the game with a Blake Wheeler shot going off the cross bar. Seconds after the power play expired, Jeff Petry came in from the right point unnoticed and made it 4-2. Taylor Haall made it 5-2 at 8:34 with the Oilers second power play goal of the game. Nike Air Max 2015 Cheap. After a clean hit by Stuart on Yakupov, Luke Gazdic went after Stuart to start some of the rough stuff with lots more to come. Yakupov made it 6-2 and the fireworks were on. Earlier in the game, Yakupov made contact with Pavelec. Andrew Ladd after the game saying "I wasnt happy he threw a forearm at our goalies head. That was pretty much it." After the goal, Byfuglien got a minor for slashing Yakupov. On the ensuing face-off, Yakupov and Ladd exchanged slashes; Ladd got his stick into the stomach of Yakupov and that brought everyone into it. Zach Bogosian ended up with two Oilers, as the Jets were down a man with Byfuglien in the penalty box. Somehow here were the penalties when all was said and done. Yakupov got two for slashing and a 10-minute misconduct. For the Jets, Bogosian got a spearing major and a game misconduct, Little two for slashing and a misconduct, Ladd two for slashing, two for cross-checking and a game misconduct. The final penalty total in minutes was Jets 78, Oilers 25. Final shots 30-20 Oilers. The Jets were not happy with their performance. "Frustrating doesnt begin to describe it," stated captain Ladd. "Its the same (crap) game after game." "We didnt play very intelligent," added coach Claude Noel. "The way we played you knew the game was going to get out of hand and by opening it up against this team, we got what we deserved."The Jets next action is Friday at MTS Centre against Minnesota. (TSN Jets, TSN 1290). 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