~ (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ In these playoffs, it was both the worst loss for San Jose and the best win for the Nashville  Predators, who won 4-1 Tuesday.

The Sharks have only scored one goal one other time and it was their only other loss, as they lost with their biggest margin.

Nashville scored four for the first time and won by their biggest margin as San Jose gave up four goals for the first time this playoffs.

The power play results were also not indicative of the way they had been going.

The Sharks went 0-for-4 while the Predators went 2-for-5.

Nashville’s Captain Shea Weber scored on his only shot and had an assist.

San Jose’s Patrick Marleau scored the first first period goal of the series with his 62nd playoff goal at 13:13. After taking a pass from Tomas Hertl right before the blue line, Marleau sped past Roman Josi, Weber and then goalie Pekka Rinne, who fell to his knees before somewhat making a save attempt with his stick. Marc-Edouard Vlasic also got an assist.

The Predators came back to take the lead with two in the second.

The Sharks’ Joonas Donskoi got called for a double minor for a hi stick against James Neal.

Neal then converted halfway past the midpoint of the penalty. From the right faceoff circle, Neal shot the puck off the boards. Mattias Ekholm then gave the puck back to Neal at the circle, who scored past goalie Martin Jones. Ryan Johansen also aided.

San Jose’s Matt Nieto took a penalty at 12:57. One minute later, Craig Smith also took a penalty. Weber scored while it was 4-on-4. Donskoi lost the puck along the blue line and Johansen had the puck checked away by Brent Burns. That put the puck in the path of Weber, who with an angled body, shot straightaway at 14:44.

After having their first shot of the third period with 13:11 left, Nashville scored six seconds later.  Ryan Ellis shot the puck off the backboard and Colin Wilson put the rebound in the space behind Jones. Mike Fisher also had an assist.

The 4-1 score came at 15:49. With defenseman Roman Polak in front of him, Filip Forsberg’s puck hit the crossbar before going in. Josi and Weber also helped.

Game notes: It was the lowest shot total for the Predators this series. Sissons had to leave the ice after his knee hit the goalpost.