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2001 NHL Preliminary round - Series 830.
San Jose Sharks vs St. Louis Blues

Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: St. Louis 43-22-12-5=103pts, San Jose 40-27-12-3=95pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 12 April: San Jose loses at St. Louis, 3-1
Game 2 on Saturday, 14 April: San Jose wins at St. Louis, 1-0
Game 3 on Monday, 16 April: St. Louis wins at San Jose, 6-3
Game 4 on Tuesday, 17 April: St. Louis loses at San Jose, 3-2
Game 5 on Thursday, 19 April: San Jose loses at St. Louis in OT, 3-2
Game 6 on Saturday, 21 April: St. Louis wins at San Jose, 2-1

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: St. Louis defeats San Jose WLWLWW:
The six-game WLWLWW victory by St. Louis over San Jose is the 4th in NHL Prelim round best-of-7 series, the 9th in NHL best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 25th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 6: St. Louis defeats San Jose 2-goals-1 to win series 830 4-games-2; St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Prelim round Game 6 record to 6-3 (4-1 on the road), while San Jose's best-of-7 Prelim round Game 6 record falls to 1-5 (1-4 at home); St. Louis' best-of-7 Prelim-round series record improves to 9-6 (6-3 when St. Louis plays Game 1 at home), while San Jose's best-of-7 Prelim-round series record falls to 3-3 (3-2 when the Sharks play Game 1 on the road) . . . Game 5: St. Louis defeats San Jose 3-goals-2 in overtime to take a 3-games-2 series lead; in best-of-7 NHL Prelim round series, San Jose's road Game 5 franchise record falls to 0-5, while the analogous St. Louis home Game 5 franchise record improves to 6-2; St. Louis tied the game with the final regulation goal at the 57:12 mark of the game -- in the 2369 best-of-7 NHL playoff games played from 1939 through 2000, when a team (e.g. San Jose) led by one goal with 57:11 elapsed, its game record was 683-40 (.945) . . . Game 4: San Jose defeats St. Louis 3-goals-2 to tie their series at 2-games all; the loss gives St. Louis an NHL-high nine losses in best-of-7 Prelim-round Game 4 action; San Jose improves its franchise record to 5-1 in fourth games of Prelim-round best-of-7 playoff series . . . Game 3: With this 6-3 win, St. Louis improves its best-of-7 Prelim round Game 3 franchise record to 8-7, while San Jose sees its corresponding record fall to 3-3; from 1939 through 2000, 29 times has a team led an NHL best-of-7 series two games to one and scored 6 or more goals in Game 3 of that series -- in those 29 series, the team leading 2-1 in games won 22 of those series . . . Game 2: With its 1-0 loss to San Jose, St. Louis is now 7-8 in second games of Preliminary round best-of-7 playoff series; San Jose improves its Game 2 (best-of-7) Prelim round road record to 3-2 -- with those three wins, San Jose ties New Jersey, Montreal, Buffalo, and Toronto for most franchise NHL Prelim round best-of-7 Game 2 wins . . . Game 1: With its Thursday night loss to St. Louis, San Jose has now lost Game 1 in each of its last six best-of-7 NHL playoff series; in the first five of those series, the Sharks had a series record of only 1-4 -- the sole series win, however, came against last year's opponent in NHL Prelim round (the St. Louis Blues). . . . Pre-series: In best-of-7 NHL playoff history from 1939 through 2000, the team with the 8-point regular season advantage vs. a playoff opponent had an 11-5 series record vs. that opponent; one of those 11 series wins was by St. Louis, in series 531 (a 1989 NHL Prelim round match-up vs. the Minnesota North Stars); series 830 marks St. Louis' 15th straight best-of-7 NHL Preliminary round playoff series -- an NHL high; St. Louis has also played an NHL-high 79 games in best-of-7 NHL Prelim round action going into series 830.