The San Jose Sharks will have to endure another offseason doing some soul searching and ask themselves when they’ll get the monkey off their backs and make it to the Cup one day.

Baby steps though right? Considering San Jose had made some type of progress in making it back to the Western Conference Finals but nevertheless; it’s all eyes on the Chicago Blackhawks now.

Dustin Byfuglien scored his third go-ahead goal of the Western Conference finals, converting on a third-period power play as Chicago rallied to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Sunday and complete a four-game sweep that sent the Blackhawks to the NHL finals for the first time since 1992.

Kris Versteeg added an empty-net goal with 42 seconds left, and the red-clad fans at the United Center erupted, littering the ice with souvenir towels.

Byfuglien also had the game-winner Friday night in overtime as Chicago captured Game 3, 3-2. He also put the Blackhawks ahead to stay with a goal in their 2-1 victory in the opener and scored a goal in all four of the Blackhawks’ victories over the Sharks. He has eight goals in this postseason.

Chicago will play either Montreal or Philadelphia and be in search of its first NHL title since 1961, more than two decades before many of the current players were born.

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