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Team Matchups San Jose Anaheim
Record 53-18-11 -- 117 pts 42-33-7 -- 91 pts
Goals Scored 257 245
Goals Against 204 238
Power Play % 24.2 23.6
Penalty Kill % 83.3 79.7
Individual Matchups
Goals Marleau - 38 Perry - 32
Assists Thornton - 61 Getzlaf - 66
Points Thornton - 86 Getzlaf - 91
Penalty Minutes Shelley - 116 Brown - 145
Goals Against Nabokov - 2.44 Hiller - 2.39
Save % Nabokov - .910 Hiller - .919
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Regular Season Series
Sharks won season series 4-2
Oct 9: Ducks 1 @ Sharks 4
Oct 17: Sharks 0 @ Ducks 4
Dec 11: Ducks 0 @ Sharks 2
Mar 15: Sharks 1 @ Ducks 0
Apr 4: Ducks 5 @ Sharks 2
Apr 5: Sharks 3 @ Ducks 2


Epic Fail
Presidents Trophy winners go down in flames
With the ghosts of playoff failures past circling the rafters of the Honda Center, the Sharks nightmare series against the Anaheim Ducks came to an uninspired end on Monday night as the home team dispatched the underachieving visitors in a 4-1 laugher. Anaheim employed a familiar game plan that sat back and let the Sharks try and scratch out goals with long range shots that consistently proved ineffective, then pounced by sending people to the net and converting big goals when it mattered most. The great disappearing act of 2009, marks what can arguably be called the biggest disappointment in franchise history for the Sharks.
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Sharks live to see another day
Marleau's OT winner sends series back to Anaheim
If you were anywhere in the vicinity of downtown San Jose on Saturday night and didn't know who won the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Final game against the Anaheim Ducks, the roar that enveloped the city streets solved that mystery. Cheers and honing horns could be heard for blocks after the Sharks rallied in overtime to knock off Anaheim 3-2 to force a game 6 in Southern California on Monday. Patrick Marleau scored 6 minutes into the extra frame, saving the Sharks who squandered a 2-goal lead in the 3rd period.
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Ducks push Sharks to the brink
Rookie Ryan man handles San Jose
A lack of urgency and numerous defensive breakdowns have the Sharks teetering on the brink of elimination from their quarter finals playoff series with the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim ’s top line of Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan continue to lead the way, while the Sharks top players have gone AWOL. Patrick Marleau failed to generate a single shot on goal and Joe Thornton played one of his worst defensive games in teal as the Sharks were shutout 4-0.
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Boyle's offense does the talking
3-point night for defenseman as Sharks take Game 3
With the power play finally clicking, the Sharks rebounded in Game 3 of their Western Conference Quarter Final series with the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, taking a 4-3 nail biter at the Honda Center. Defenseman Dan Boyle scored a pair of goals for the Sharks and added an assist on Patrick Marleau's game winner midway through the 3rd period to pace the Sharks.
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Fear the Reaper
No more room for error
What is going on here? The Sharks are down 0-2 and their President's Trophy looks a bit tarnished. Of course we're all pissed. Two losses in close games would be hard enough to take, these were two games where the Sharks looked totally outclassed, and against those sucky Ducks from Anaheim. The reaper is ready for a kill Thursday night!
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Deja vu again
Two games played. Two games lost
Unfortunately this year's version of the San Jose Sharks is looking more and more like every other year's version. The one big exception is that this team is likely bowing out in the very first round of the post season. Normally the Sharks tantalize their fans enough to get them into the second round. This season the Sharks earned the NHL's best regular season record by virtue of flying out of the gate like 23 men on a mission (those of you who attend the game's can attest to the irony of that much used HP Pavilion playoff slogan).
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No answers for Hiller or Ducks
Ducks take 2-0 series lead after winning 3-2
If the Sharks are trying to dispel the notion that they’re playoff pretenders, they’re either setting us all up for one of the greatest con-jobs of all time, or the notions are true. Another offensive drought cost San Jose in game 2 on Sunday night, as the Sharks dropped their second straight to the Anaheim Ducks at HP Pavilion. Home ice advantage is a mere afterthought after the Ducks scored twice in the 3rd period to take a commanding lead in the best-of-seven series.
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Paranoia or cognitive analysis
Are fans wrong for worrying?
To say that the San Jose Sharks initial foray into the 2009 Post-season was disappointing would be the understatement of the year. Sharks fans all across the Bay Area have been swept over with a wave of zombie-like depression after one lackluster performance. Local sports radio has been besieged with calls from local hockey fans venting and expressing their frustration and disappointment to a degree never seen prior in these parts. The fact that so many people seem to care does show that the team is growing in popularity. That is a good thing. The fact that so many are voicing their angst is a sign that the team is not playing very well and that is not a good thing.
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Not the start Sharks were looking for
Ducks unphased by San Jose's home record
So much for that President's Trophy. So much for the best home ice record in the NHL. With home ice on their side, the Sharks kicked off the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs the same way they ended the regular season. With a thud. San Jose's high energy offense opened the game with after burners on full, but a failure to score would doom them in a 2-0 loss the 8th seeded Anaheim Ducks on Thursday at HP Pavilion. The Sharks top line of Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton and Devin Setoguchi went AWOL, including misfires on 6 power play chances.
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Let the second season begin
SJ needs to be aggressors vs Anaheim
The NHL’s second season is here. For the Sharks, this is arguably the most important post season in franchise history. Outside of a Stanley Cup Championship, anything else will classify the 2008-09 season as a failure. Those were the expectations that this franchise hoisted upon its own shoulders when they fired Ron Wilson last summer.
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WC Quarter Finals Schedule / Results
Round 1 Schedule (times PST)
 Game 1 - ANA 2 - SJ 0
 Game 2 - ANA 3 - SJ 2
 Game 3 - SJ 4 - ANA 3
 Game 4 - SJ 0 - ANA 4
 Game 5 - ANA 2 SJ 3 (OT)
 Game 6 - SJ 1 ANA 4
Anaheim wins series 4-2
* If necessary
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Playoff Scoring
San Jose GP G A Pts PIM
Thornton 6 1 4 5 5
Boyle 6 2 2 4 8
Blake 6 1 3 4 4
Marleau 6 2 1 3 8
Setoguchi 6 1 2 3 2
Cheechoo 6 1 1 2 4
Clowe 6 1 1 2 8
Michalek 6 1 0 1 2
Pavelski 6 0 1 1 9
Vlasic 6 0 1 1 0
Roenick 6 0 1 1 12
Lukowich 6 0 0 0 0
Ehrhoff 6 0 0 0 2
Goc 6 0 0 0 2
Moen 6 0 0 0 2
Grier 6 0 0 0 6
Murray 6 0 0 0 9
Mitchell 4 0 0 0 2
Lemieux 1 0 0 0 0
Shelley 1 0 0 0 0
San Jose GP GA Shts GAA Sav%
Nabokov (2-4) 6 17 155 2.82 .890
Boucher (0-0) 0 0 0 -- --
Anaheim GP G A Pts PIM
Getzlaf 6 2 6 8 15
S. Neidermayer 6 1 4 5 0
Ryan 6 4 0 4 0
Perry 6 3 1 4 8
Pronger 6 1 3 4 6
Whitney 6 0 4 4 7
Miller 6 2 1 3 0
R. Neidermayer 6 0 3 3 12
Carter 3 1 1 2 0
Selanne 6 1 1 2 2
Ebbett 6 1 1 2 2
Wisniewski 6 1 1 2 8
Brown 6 0 2 2 6
Beauchemin 6 1 0 1 2
Marchant 6 0 1 1 0
Christensen 6 0 1 1 0
Brookbank 6 0 0 0 12
Parros 6 0 0 0 7
Nokelainen 3 0 0 0 2
Anaheim GP GA Shts GAA Sav%
Hiller (4-2) 6 10 230 1.64 .957
Giguere (0-0) 0 0 0 --- ---
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Rosters
San Jose
3 - Murray
4 - Blake
8 - Pavelski
9 - Michalek
10 - Ehrhoff
11 - Goc
12 - Marleau
14 - Cheechoo
16 - Setoguchi
17 - Mitchell
19 - Thornton
20 - Nabokov
21 - Semanov
22 - Boyle
24 - Moen
25 - Grier
27 - Roenick
29 - Clowe
32 - Lemieux
33 - Boucher
37 - Lukowich
39 - Plihal
40 - Huskins
44 - Vlasic
45 - Shelley
64 - McGinn
Anaheim
1 - Hiller
3 - Hedican
8 - Selanne
9 - Ryan
10 - Perry
13 - Brown
15 - Getzlaf
16 - Parros
17 - Nokelainen
18 - Miller
19 - Whitney
20 - Carter
21 - Brookbank
22 - Marchant
23 - Beauchemin
25 - Pronger
26 - Christensen
27 - S. Neidermayer
29 - Larsen
34 - Wisniewski
35 - Giguere
44 - R. Neidermayer
48 - Ebbett
50 - Bodie
60 - Mikkelson
   
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Arena Information
San Jose:
HP Pavilion
525 W. Santa Clara St
San Jose, California
Capacity - 17,496
Anaheim:
Honda Center
2695 Katella Ave
Anaheim, California
Capacity - 17,144

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