Jaden Schwartz (Colorado College) scored three goals and the St. Louis Blues moved within one game of the Stanley Cup Final with a 5-0 win at San Jose on Sunday. The Blues now lead the best-of-seven Western Conference Final series, three games to two, and can close out the Sharks in St. Louis on Tuesday.
Schwartz scored one goal in the first period to put the Blues up, 1-0, after 20 minutes, and then added the final two goals of the game in the third period for his second hat trick of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He is the first player to tally two hat tricks in the same NHL postseason since 2008, and has now scored 12 goals in all this playoff year. St. Louis, which had the worst record in the league at the start of the calendar year, is now one win away from its first Stanley Cup Final since 1970.
Schwartz skated at Colorado College from 2010 to 2012, where he tallied 32 goals and 56 assists for 88 points in 60 career NCAA contests. As a freshman in 2011-12, he led the Tigers in scoring with career highs of 17 goals and 30 assists for 47 points in 30 outings in helping them to their most recent NCAA Tournament berth to date. He also led CC in scoring as a sophomore with 15-26—41 points, again in 30 appearances, before signing with St. Louis, which drafted him 14th overall in 2010.
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