Joel Ward lives for this time of year.

The San Jose Sharks forward scored one of the finer goals of the postseason Friday, showing incredible smarts by faking his shot and then putting his immaculate hands on display to put the puck past a helpless Pekka Rinne.

San Jose defeated the Nashville Predators 5-2 in Game 1 of their second-round series, scoring all five of their goals - including two empty-netters - in the final 20 minutes.

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