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Preds pound
Sharks
Nashville converts on 5 of 7 power
plays
2/18/04 - by Mike Lee
After
posting one of the most impressive wins of the year in Philadelphia, the Sharks
followed up with their worst defensive showing of the season in Nashville on
Wednesday night. The host Predators thumped the Sharks 7-3 in a game that
resembled a clinic on how to convert on the power play. The Predators scored
five goals on the power play. Newly acquired forward Steve Sullivan made his
Nashville debut with a hat trick and an assist in the rout.
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| 1st period - S.J,
MARLEAU(PRIMEAU, STURM), 04:12 NSH, SULLIVAN(ZIDLICKY, WALKER), 09:56 NSH,
SULLIVAN(ZIDLICKY, WALKER), 12:33 S.J, EKMAN(PRIMEAU), 14:03 |
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| 2nd period - NSH,
JOHNSON(ORSZAGH, HARTNELL), 00:24 NSH, TIMONEN(SULLIVAN, YORK), 05:06 NSH,
SULLIVAN(WALKER, ZIDLICKY), 17:11 |
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| 3rd period - NSH,
WALKER(TIMONEN, ZIDLICKY), 00:22 NSH, TIMONEN(ZIDLICKY, JOHANSSON), 01:33 S.J,
THORNTON(RICCI, CHEECHOO), 06:16 |
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| 1st period - S.J,
DIMITRAKOS, 09:28 - Hi stick S.J, RATHJE, 12:18 - Tripping S.J, PARKER, 13:51 -
Hooking - Obstruction |
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| 2nd period - NSH,
HAMHUIS, 05:24 - Hi stick NSH, ORSZAGH, 08:24 - Hi stick S.J, DAVISON, 11:25 -
Roughing NSH, SCHNABEL, 11:25 - Roughing S.J, STURM, 16:21 - Hooking S.J,
DAMPHOUSSE, 18:58 - Slashing S.J, PREISSING, 19:28 - Slashing |
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| 3rd period - S.J,
MCLAREN, 01:14 - Slashing NSH, TIMONEN, 10:00 - Holding |
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| SJ - Nabokov |
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| SJ - Toskala |
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| NSH - Vokoun |
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7 |
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20 |
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Things looked as if they were headed in the Sharks
favor early on. Patrick Marleau scored his 25th goal of the season on a partial
wraparound four minutes into the game.
Sullivan would bag two power
play goals later in the period, but the Sharks tied things up when Nils Ekman
scored on a shorthanded chance after Wayne Primeau broke up ice and slid a pass
across the slot to Ekman on the right side.
Greg Johnson would score
an unassisted goal 24 seconds into the 2nd period, then Kimo Timonen added a
second straight tally for Nashville five minutes later.
Sullivan would
convert for the third time on the power play with just under three minutes to
play in the period.
San Jose would only make matters worse by stacking
up slashing penalties at the end of the period. Their problems would carry over
into the 3rd period, but starting goaltender Evgeni Nabokov was spared further
embarrassment after Sharks head coach Ron Wilson pulled him in favor of Vesa
Toskala.. Scott Walker would score a 5-on-3 goal 22 seconds into the final
period, then Kyle McLaren would draw a trip to the box less than a minute
later, setting up yet another 5-on-3 opportunity for the Predators.
Timonen would strike again while McLaren and Tom Preissing sat in the penalty
box.
Scott Thornton would convert on a centering pass from Mike Ricci
at 6:16 of the period.
Rookie defenseman Marek Zidlicky finished the
evening with five assists.
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