ST. LOUIS - Brent Burns scored San Jose's first two power-play goals of the Western Conference finals and Martin Jones stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the postseason as the Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 Tuesday night to even the series at a game apiece.

Tommy Wingels and Dainius Zubrus also scored and Logan Couture had two assists to help the Sharks bounce back from a tight loss in the opener.

Game 3 is Thursday night in San Jose.

Brian Elliott made 20 saves for St. Louis, which is 4-5 at home and 5-2 on the road in the postseason. Elliott wasn't as sharp as he's been throughout the Blues' run to their first conference final since 2001.

Burns' fifth and sixth goals of the postseason both came on one-timers with Troy Brouwer in the penalty box, and were his only shots of the game.

The 6-foot-5, 230-pound defenseman made it 2-0 in the second off a nice setup from Joe Pavelski just 16 seconds after Brouwer went off for slashing, and made it a three-goal gap about 12 minutes into the third off a feed from Patrick Marleau 24 seconds after Brouwer was whistled for high sticking.

Jones also blanked Nashville in San Jose's second-round victory.

Zubrus assisted on Wingels' goal early in the first and added an empty-netter in the final minute.

Vladimir Tarasenko led the Blues with six shots at the end of a long day - his wife, Yana, gave birth to a son earlier Tuesday. The Blues' star was looking at the video board when the team announced the arrival to a standing room crowd of 19,586.

The Sharks entered the series clicking at 31 percent on the power play, best in the postseason. They were 0 for 3 in the opener and coach Peter DeBoer complained about the lack of calls during the day between games.

San Jose also killed off a four-minute high-sticking call against Marleau early in the third period without too much trouble.

Wingels scored his second goal 2:07 in, seconds after Jones thwarted Tarasenko on the other end. Tarasenko had pickpocketed Paul Martin in the San Jose slot.

Burns is the lone Sharks player with a hat trick against the Blues, doing it on Nov. 13, 2013, in San Jose.

NOTES: The Blues flew in a blind father and his 12-year-old son that calls play by play to keep him in the game. Gerry and Wyatt Nelson of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, appeared on a ''Discover Card Day with the Cup'' video and the pair were invited to the radio broadcast booth and some of Wyatt's play-by-play was aired during a break in the second period. ... Neither team made any lineup changes. ... Blues F Patrik Berglund dodged injury when he banged his left leg on the slightly open door to the bench in the second period. Berglund walked it off in the tunnel to the dressing room. ... Sharks F Matt Nieto (undisclosed injury) missed his third straight game.

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It appears as though Joe Thornton has made some new friends.

While the San Jose Sharks cruised to a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, Thornton kindly interacted with some young fans with a friendly water bottle spray and an awkward head-bob.

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Logan Couture's league-leading playoff scoring pace has put him alone in the San Jose Sharks' record books.

With two assists on Tuesday night, Couture tied, then passed Igor Larionov's franchise record of 18 points in a single postseason, set in 1994.

Sharks defenseman Brent Burns, who was the benefactor of both assists, sits one point behind Couture on the playoff leaderboard - and now second in franchise history with his 18 points.

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San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns set a couple of franchise marks Tuesday with two goals on Brian Elliott.

Burns set the franchise record for most points by a defenseman in a single postseason and tied the franchise mark with his fifth goal of the playoffs, which gave the Sharks a 2-0 edge over the St. Louis Blues.

Burns collected his sixth goal of the playoffs later in the third period to eclipse Mike Rathje's franchise record.

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It's not always the players that deliver the heaviest hits.

St. Louis Blues forward Patrik Berglund learned this the hard way Tuesday after he fell victim to an open bench door.

He was in considerable pain after colliding with the open Blues door, but returned after a brief visit to the dressing room.

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Eleven points in 12 playoff games for Jonathan Drouin: who'd have thunk it?

Apparently, the Tampa Bay Lightning - although it wasn't easy after the forward's trade request, which engulfed the team in a seemingly never-ending saga.

"I think in the back of everyone's mind, I'm sure you're not human if you're not a little pissed off at him for (what happened)," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said of the situation, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston. "And he understands that. I think that's the first step that made the transition easy was he understood he might have not been acting in the best interest of the team and himself, but he manned up.

"That took a lot to say, 'You know what, maybe I made a mistake. I want to get a chance to come back and play in the minors.' Probably not ever thinking he would get a call back, but just giving himself a chance."

Drouin has flourished in his second chance with the club, consistently one of the most noticeable skaters on the team as he showcases the skill that drew Tampa Bay to draft him third overall in 2013.

His teammates have noticed the way he's stepped up as they get deeper into the postseason.

"You always knew he had tremendous talents and he's putting everything together," defenseman Victor Hedman said. "He's a treat to watch. We're just happy to have him because we need him. He's one of those difference-makers that you need on a team if you want to go deep, especially with Stammer missing."

Tampa Bay, sitting three wins away from a second consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearance, appreciates what Drouin has provided when it matters most.

"The beauty of the sport is you never know. Injuries happen, he gets called up and goes through (everything) and trains his ass off for the two months ... and he comes back a machine," Stamkos said.

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Sitting outside of the playoffs with Sidney Crosby mired in one of the longest scoring droughts of his career two months into the season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were not living up to expectations.

Then management fired Mike Johnston and named Mike Sullivan head coach, and everything started to click.

Sullivan led the Penguins to a 33-16-5 record when he took over behind the bench, and Crosby erupted for 66 points as Pittsburgh was the NHL's most dominant team down the stretch.

A former assistant with the New York Rangers, Sullivan was familiar with watching Crosby, and once they were on the same side, he used that familiarity to help motivate the captain.

"This game, it's an emotional game and it's hard to be good in the absence of it," Sullivan told Tom Gulitti of NHL.com. "We have to have controlled emotion, we have to channel it the right way, but emotion is a necessary part of competitive advantage and excelling in this game. And, from my experience coaching against Sid, that's when he's at his best, and some of the early conversations that I had with Sid when I first took the team over was to try to light that fire in his belly that makes him so great."

Crosby credited Sullivan's honest approach as one of the reasons for his turnaround in production.

"When there's a coaching change, especially as a captain you take a lot of responsibility on your shoulders and you expect more," Crosby said. "I wasn't happy with the way I started, and I think he just put me in situations and gave me opportunities to try to work my way back into things. He was just good holding everyone accountable, myself included, and making sure that I got better."

"It was pretty clear and he was very honest," Crosby added. "And that's all you can ask for is him to be straightforward like that and tell me what he thinks. ... And it wasn't just me. I think he was very clear with everyone what he expected from each individual guy and, at that point, it was just a matter of us going out and doing that."

Crosby experienced a similar situation when former head coach Dan Bylsma was hired in the middle of the 2009 season, which ended with a Stanley Cup Championship.

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Finland forward Patrik Laine has no hard feelings towards Canada's Corey Perry.

Related: Watch: Perry sweeps out leg to cut down Laine

The 18-year-old - who is projected to be selected in the top-2 at this year's NHL Entry Draft - was the victim of a leg-trip from the Anaheim Ducks forward in Tuesday's contest, but feels he brought the incident on himself with his skill.

"Maybe they tried to piss me off because I’m young and in my opinion a pretty good player," Laine said, according to Michael Traikos of the National Post.

Laine had the last laugh as Finland danced to a 4-0 win over Canada and finished atop the Group B standings heading into the quarterfinals.

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Finland forward Patrik Laine has no hard feelings towards Canada's Corey Perry.

Related: Watch: Perry sweeps out leg to cut down Laine

The 18-year-old - who is projected to be selected in the top-2 at this year's NHL Entry Draft - was the victim of a leg-trip from the Anaheim Ducks forward in Tuesday's contest, but feels he brought the incident on himself with his skill.

"Maybe they tried to piss me off because I’m young and in my opinion a pretty good player," Laine said, according to Michael Traikos of the National Post.

Laine had the last laugh as Finland danced to a 4-0 win over Canada and finished atop the Group B standings heading into the quarterfinals.

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Matt Murray is certain he doesn't wear faulty equipment.

When Tampa Bay Lighting defenseman Anton Stralman buried a goal on Murray's glove side Monday night, the internet reacted as though the puck may have gone through his trapper, and into the goal.

Though this angle seems convincing, Murray ensured that wasn't the case.

After all, camera angles can be deceptive, which the Penguins pointed out in their response to the claim.

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