Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 34 shots he faced, his teammates blocked 18, and Matt Carle and Mike Grier supplied first-period goals 24 seconds apart in a 2-0 San Jose victory in the opener of the NHL Western Conference semifinal series. The Sharks also had the superior special teams in going 1-for-1 on the power play and negating all three Detroit chances. "We played a smart game and that was the key," Nabokov said after improving to 5-1 in this spring's playoffs.