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and, this is baseball hall of fame, oakland native reggie jackson agreed to the team to the ice.nd saint louis in white. it didn't take long to score. go. sharks open the scoring. but, saint louis said right baa six minutes later. it was joe edmondson. a little over a minute later. guys in the penalty box. the sharks made them pay. captain joe pavelski. now, 3-2. off a saint louis turn over. myer. goal of the night. a two-goal lead. myer struck again. two goals. and an assist for his night. sharks win it 6-3. the coach expects some push back game two. >> we won game one the last two series. and dropped game two both times. hopefully, you learn from your mistakes. hopefully, they will be better and desperate. they won't want to go on a 2-0 hole. we have to handle that situation better than we did in the first two rounds. >>> all right, we will keep the line moving along. plenty of game left for this segment two for saturday night. a final saturday did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gig-speed network. complete internet reliability. advanced voice solutions. wifi

reggie jackson opening the games pregame kw pregame, and 3 1/2 minutes in, two-on-one. blues would respond to tie it, but then the captain comes through on the power play. jab, jab, jab. he gets it done in the dirty areas says joe thornton, and that's a compliment. huge second period for the sharks. this move, silky smooth, 3-1 sharks. great play by couture, pokes it away. 4-2 game. later in the period just trying to get this on net. ricochet off. and he has a empty netter for his second of the game. sharks win. >> you don't care how this time of year, you just want the win. and it's important to get off to a good start. >> they're a strong team and they were trying to rough up a bit, but we played hard in between whistles and we executed in some of those areas. >> reporter: great start to the series for san jose. they'll look to take a 2-0 series lead right back here monday night. we'll be back with more news right after this. ♪ [ crying ] ♪ you protect them at home. we help protect them online. this is beyond wifi. this is xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the futu

the sharks stick with the baseball team for the door opening reggie jackson saturday.ce bochy does the honors tonight. 1-0 blues. just inside the blue line. make it 2-0. less than a minute later, st. louis is on the power play. this is all logan couture. 2-1. 1:59 later, logan again. right between the wicket and it is tied. momentum now on san jose's side until this happened. martin jones leading left. he can't recover in time. the blues without the late in the third to win it. never one to mince words, logan couture. >> i thought we still didn't show like we had the energy to compete. just two goals. got us tied in the game where we probably did not deserve to be tied in the game and we gave them one right back. >> joe thornton, joe pavelski, they both echoed. they need to take it up a level to beat the team. the puck drops at 5:00. >> right there from the glass. an honest assessment there for the sharks. what that to the a's? in seattle, adios. manager bob melvin getting tossed in the eighth inning despite getting five home runs. the a's blow this game in the bottom

reggie jackson the celebrity opener of the dressing room door this evening. st.over and sharks get on the board. top line spectacular, first of two for couture. joe pavelski, three strikes and he's in. 2-1 after the first. sta ce to enough to deflect the shot. spectacular. second, yet another blues turnover, kevin labanc ripped it home, 3-1 san jose. blues not done, another turnover and timo meier scored, two goals and assist in this one. 11 st. louis turnovers and sharks take game one 6-3. >> big to get the game one win. that's what was big. different guys stepped up tonight. you need complete games in playoffs and tonight was step in right direction. >> top guys are the top guys, that helps a lot. everybody tonight. played really well. bte and game.60 toth way we 15th game in 2 1/2 to 3 weeks. getting better and better. want to continue to build on that. >>> let pablo sandoval bobblehead night. pitchers now giving up 40. jeff samardzija on this blast to puig. giants get one back, evan longoria, giants only scored three runs in first inning this season. tied in

louis blues mlb hall of famer, reggie jackson, opening up the doors for the sharks tonight look at thatt he has got to first period tied at one brett to joe pavelski pavelski gets his own rebound. twice sharks go out in front 2 to one. well let's go to the second period sharks up by one timo meier lights up the land here, he's damned about that sharks now leading 42 he had a great game close. louis see him again right about now. myers second goal of the game. is 22 years old sharks piling it on 5 to 2. they beat the blues 62. they take game one game 2 let's hear from the coach. >>we won game one the last 2 series and in both times are dropped into so you know hopefully as you work your way through the playoffs you learn from your mistakes you know they're going to be better and they're going to be desperate. going to want to go into 2 nothing hole and so we've got a handle that situation better than we have in in the first 2 rounds. >>i am still recovering from that words game last night and i didn't even play second. but boy did they make dubnation proud without kt gold estate goes dow

reggie jackson celebrity opener of the dressing room door in this one. st. prone. on the first one the sharks get on the board early. two on one. first of two on the nineth for him. later, great concentration for joe. three strikes. he is in. 2-1 sharks after the first period. st. louis a great chance to tie it. martin jones talking about great goal tending just gets enough to flex of shot. another blues turn over. kevin, rips it home. that makes it 3-1. san jose. yet another turn over. he had two goals in this one. 11 st. louis turnovers as they are dancing all night. >> it was big. we had different guys step up along the way. you need spleet games in the playoffs right now. tonight was good step in the right direction. >> it's huge for us. >> your talk guys that helps a lot. it was everybody tonight. we thought we played well. >> we haven't played a full 60 minutes to the way we like to. i think we're getting better and better every game. it's our 15th game. we're getting better and better. i think that's what we want to continue to do to build on that. >>

louis blues mlb hall of famer, reggie jackson opening the doors for the sharks tonight.t him all pumped o%f. let's go to the first period tied at one brent burns to joe pavelski for bell's he gets his own rebound. twice, sharks go out the front 2 to one. second period now. sharks are going to go up by one timo meier lights the lamp he's about and as that gets sharks now leading 4 to 2. later on it would be my are again. myers second goal of the game to get is just 22 years old. piling it on 5 to 2 big on to win 63. they take game one game 2 is on monday. let's hear from the coach. >>we have one game won the last 2 series and both times are dropped into so you know hopefully as you work your way through the playoffs you learn from your mistakes you know they're going to be better and they're going to be desperate. going to want to go into 2 nothing hole and we've got a handle that situation better than we have in the first 2 rounds. >>sharkey's a lot of fun right now let's go to another team that is having a lot of fun. i a- still recovering from that warriors game last n

. >> juan: for baseball fans, number 42 means hank aaron, reggie jackson but here's a number 44 at theplause] the 44th president barack obama during a visit to the washington nationals youth academy, he impressed not only with that double but he also was a hit throwing the football. you will note the kids who are applauding the guy who caught the ball, not the former president. he had some kind word for the kids telling he was expecting great words, these young baseball fans will never forget. >> you know what's better than being president? being a former president. >> greg: i want to get to that point, skip the presidency. >> dana: if you want to play with some kids in the park, we can figure it out. >> greg: i'm piggybacking on the last segment, we are one step closer to extinction. check out this new robot, it's partnering with ford. this is how your products are going to be delivered when the van shows up, a robot is going to be walking. it has a memory and it will remember who ate it up and crush your brain like a soggy grape. see how slow he is? i'm always interested in the homes

louis blues mlb hall of famer, reggie jackson, opening up the doors for the sharks tonight look at thatas got to first period tied at one brett burns to joe pavelski pavelski gets his own rebound. twice, sharks go out in front 2 to one. well let's go to the second period sharks up by one timo meier lights up the land here, he's a of the bout that sharks now leading 42 he had a great game cause. we'll see him again right about now. myers second goal of the game. is 22 years old sharks piling it on 5 to 2. they beat the blues 62. they take game one game 2. monday, let's hear from the coach. >>we have one game won the last 2 series and both times are dropping too so you know hopefully as you work your way through the playoffs you learn from your mistakes you know they're going to be better and they're going to be desperate. going to want to go into 2 nothing hole and we've got a handle that situation better than we have in in the first 2 rounds. >>i am still recovering from that words game last night and i didn't even play second. but boy did they make dubnation proud without katie golden

october, reggie jackson, celebrity opene o this oe. st. louis was turnover prone. the sharks get on the board early. two on one. finds logan couture. later on a 5 on 3, great concentration from and he is in. 2-1, sharks after the first period. st. louis, a great chance to tie it in the second but martin jones talking about great goaltending. just gets enough to deflect the jaden schwartz shot. another blues turnover. they rip it home making it 3-1, san jose.turnover. timo meyer tykes advantage. 11 st. louis turnovers. the sharks take game one. >> it was big we got the game one win. that's what was big. you know what, we've had different guys step up along the way. you need complete games in the playoffs right now. tonight was, you know, a good step in the right direction. ur in the big games, that helps a lot. so it was everybody tonight. i thought we played really well. >> we haven't played a full 60 we're getting better and better every game. it's our 15th game in 2 1/2, 3 weeks, so we're getting better and better. that's what we want to continue to do is build o

october, reggie jackson, celebrity opener of the dressing room door in this one. st.e, the sharks get on the board early. two on one. nyquist finds logan couture. first two of on the night for him. later on a 5 on 3, great concentration from joe pawelski. three strikes and he is in. 2-1, sharks after the first period. st. louis, a great chance to tie it in the second but martin jones talking about great goaltending. just gets enough to deflect the jaden schwartz shot. still in the second. another blues turnover. kevin la blank rips it home making it 3-1, san jose. yet another turnover. teemo meyer tykes advantage. 11 st. louis turnovers. the sharks take game one. 6-3, the final. >> it was big we got the game one win. that's what was big. you know what, we've had different guys step up along the way. you need complete games in the playoffs right now. tonight was, you know, a good step in the right direction. >> it's huge for us. when your top guys are top guys in the big games, that helps a lot. so it was everybody tonight. i thought we played really well. >> we haven'