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Trip ends on a high
note Sharks double up Hawks 6-3 2/19/04 - by Mike Lee
The Sharks took advantage of a
dazed and confused Chicago Blackhawks team on Thursday night in Chicago,
capping their six-game road trip with a 6-3 win. The Blackhawks dealt team
captain Alexei Zhamnov hours before the game, and the effects were spread
across the Blackhawks lineup during the game. The Sharks on the other hand
settled themselves from a 7-3 thrashing the night before to finish off their
road trip with a .500 showing. The win also pushed the Sharks lead back to
eight points in the Pacific Division Race.
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1st period - S.J,
MARLEAU (25) (DAMPHOUSSE), 04:32 CHI, RUUTU (9) (DEMPSEY, CALDER), 08:51 S.J,
PRIMEAU (7) (STURM, MCLAREN), 14:32 |
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2nd period - S.J,
DAMPHOUSSE (6) (STURM, DIMITRAKOS), 02:33 S.J, STURM (17) (MARLEAU), 03:42
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3rd period - S.J,
KOROLYUK (8) (EKMAN, MCCAULEY), 02:11 CHI, MCLEAN (8) (RUUTU, BERARD), 10:42
CHI, BERARD (10) (RUUTU, KOROLEV), 18:59 S.J, CHEECHOO (15) (RATHJE), 19:41
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1st period - CHI,
AITKEN, 03:20 - Interference CHI, STRUDWICK, 04:51 - Fighting (maj) S.J,
PRIMEAU, 04:51 - Fighting (maj) CHI, KOROLEV, 06:10 - Hooking CHI, MCLEAN,
14:53 - Hooking |
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2nd period - CHI,
KOROLEV, 02:23 - Holding stick - Obstruction CHI, RUUTU, 14:10 - Fighting (maj)
S.J, HARVEY, 14:10 - Misconduct (10 min) S.J, HARVEY, 14:10 - Instigator S.J,
HARVEY, 14:10 - Fighting (maj) CHI, NICHOL, 19:30 - Holding |
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3rd period - CHI,
MCLEAN, 04:23 - Tripping S.J, PRIMEAU, 10:04 - Hooking CHI, NIEMINEN, 13:02 -
Roughing CHI, VANDENBUSSCHE, 20:00 - Charging S.J, PRIMEAU, 20:00 - Gross
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CHI - Anderson |
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The Sharks set out to bounce back from their poor
showing on Wednesday night by settling down the penalty kill and revving up the
power play. The first thing that ended up bouncing was defenseman Tom
Preissing's head after he was hit from behind by Tuomo Ruutu. The hit caused
Preissing to lose consciousness for a moment after his head hit the glass deep
in the Sharks zone. Ruutu was not assessed a penalty for the hit, but he
clearly left his feet before drilling Preissing in the numbers.
San
Jose would respond with two goals in the period. Patrick Marleau continued to
wield a hot hand by scoring his 26th of the season after Blackhawks defenseman
Jonathan Aiken was sent off for interference. Marleau dropped a give-and-go
pass to Vincent Damphousse along the right wing boards before streaking past
two Chicago defensmen. Damphousse slipped the puck back to Marleau, who wrested
a shot past goaltender Craig Anderson.
Ruutu would tie the game four
minutes later after snapping a rebound past Evgeni Nabokov from five feet out.
Wayne Primeau would give the Sharks the lead for good by following up
on a Marco Sturm scoring chance in tight. Anderson stuffed Sturm after the
Sharks winger tried jamming the puck in from the top of the crease, but he
failed to control the rebound. Primeau was hot on Sturm's heels, and his jab
flicked the puck over Anderson's shoulder.
Sturm wouldn't miss in the
2nd period, tallying his 18th of the season with a nifty move down low that
left Anderson dead to rights. Damphousse had converted just over a minute
earlier when he pumped his own rebound past Anderson for his 7th goal of the
season.
The two teams would exchange a pair of goals in the final
period. Alexander Korolyuk scored a highlight reel goal after deeking a Hawks
defenseman in the high slot, then changing direction and beating Anderson with
a move at the top of the crease.
Brett McLean and Bryan Berard would
score for Chicago to cut the Sharks lead to 5-3, but Jonathan Cheechoo would
ice the game with an empty-netter late.
Play
of the Game Korolyuk's goal was one of those Pavel Bure in his
prime type of goals. Quickness wrapped with a splash of dipsy-doodle. It also
gave the Sharks plenty of breathing room, which was a commodity given that the
Sharks had taken a beating less than 24 hours earlier.
The Turning
Point San Jose's ability to outscore the Blackhawks 2-0 in the 2nd
period was a key to San Jose's win. San Jose gave up three goals to Nashville
on Wednesday night and the 2nd period has been a nightmare of sorts for the
Sharks this season. Their ability to buckle down made the final period much
easier.
Save of the Game Nothing
to write home about when it came to goaltending in this goal fest. Nabokov
wasn't razor sharp, but he did make 31 saves and ke the Sharks out of danger
for most of the evening.
Box Scores Do No Justice Todd Harvey
took exception to a second questionable hit by Ruutu midway through the 2nd
period. Harvey took matter into his own hands and immediately went after Ruutu
after taking a hit in the back similar to the one Ruutu leveled Priessing with
in the opening moments of the game.
Honorable
Mention The Sharks penalty kill took another hit, going 1-for-2
on the evening, but the Sharks did also convert on two of seven power play
opportunities. The Sharks ranked 21st in the league ont eh power play entering
Thursdays action.
Quotables "I think it's really tough for
them. They lost the top two players on their team and some of their guys are
hurting, too. - Marco Sturm
"Say what you want to say, some of our
older guys were sloppy tonight. Every goal they scored was sloppy. There were
turnovers and mistakes." - Chicago head coach Brian Sutter
"That was
such a blatant hit from behind. He (Ruutu) left his feet and you could tag on a
bunch of other things and you knock a guys out." - Sharks head coach Ron Wilson
Milestones Sturm finished the
game with a goal and two assists. He has three goals and four assists in his
last four games.
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