The San Jose Sharks continued their dominating play at home over the Nashville Predators to lead them to a 5-0 victory and trip back to the Western Conference Final.

After being forced into a Game 7 thanks to a thrilling OT winner in Nashville, the Sharks came back to SAP Center Thursday night in hopes of advancing to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2011. Not only did they give their fans quite a bit to cheer about but showed how dangerous they are against one of the best clubs in the National Hockey League.

Captain Joe Pavelski opened the scoring on the powerplay 9 minutes after receiving some slick passing from Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. This was Pavelski’s franchise tying 9 goal of the postseason, a milestone achieved in 12 games. With less than 5 minutes remaining in the 1st period Joel Ward entered the offensive zone where a defensive miscue and poor coverage led Ward to tuck in the 2nd San Jose goal of the game behind goaltender Pekka Rinne.

Things didn’t get much easier for the Predators after a bad turnover by Shea Weber put the puck on Logan Couture’s stick who tapped in the easy goal past Rinne giving the Sharks a 3-0 lead early in the 2nd period. At this point in the game the Sharks were simply dominating play. No matter what the Predators attempted it always led to a turnover and break for the Sharks. Rinne was the sole reason that the lead wasn’t higher by this point in the game.

Early in the 3rd period, yet another defensive breakdown allowed the Sharks to get a 4 on 1 heading into the offensive zone. Couture got the initial shot of that Rinne stopped, but was unable to stop Thornton on the doorstep who jammed in the rebound to add to the Sharks’ lead. Only a few minutes later another defensive breakdown from Shea Weber hitting Joonas Donskoi led to another 2 on 1 between Couture and Marleau. After some pretty passing, Marleau roofed the 5th San Jose goal over Rinne ending his night. He was not pleased.

Gotta See It: Pekka Rinne isn't having any of it. He's outta here for Game 7. #SJSvsNSHhttps://t.co/Jn0T6mJh37 — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 13, 2016

Carter Hutton came in relief of Rinne and didn’t allow any goals on the remaining shots he faced. The Predators began to pick up their play after this having 12 shots on goal in the 3rd period, but unfortunately it was too late to get back in the game. Jones made quality saves and the entire team did what was necessary to win the series and move on in front of their home crowd.

Jones got the shutout in his first ever Game 7 while also being the first goalie in franchise history to record a shutout in a Game 7. The San Jose Sharks advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2011 and will go up against the St. Louis Blues. Game 1 of the Western Conference Final begins Sunday May 15th. You can check out the highlights of the game below: