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Shots fail to bag any
Ducks
Lots of shots, but not enough
scoring
Every step forward seems to be followed by a step
back for the Sharks this season. San Jose tripped up against a division rival
on Tuesday night, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Anaheim Ducks in overtime
after battling back to tie the game in the 3rd period. The Sharks would
outshoot Anaheim 41-20 in the contest, but the game’s outcome isn’t
decided by the shot totals. Anaheim picked their opportunities and capitalized,
while San Jose tried to win with shots on net.
The outcome was a
bitter one for San Jose, especially how things played out in the overtime
period. The extra five minutes was filled with penalties by both teams that
went ignored by the officiating team, which in the end benefitted the visiting
Ducks.
The end it was just another loss for a Sharks team that is
still looking to establish itself in the standings this season. Losing division
games at home are the kind of thing that will haunt the Sharks at the end of
the season. The Sharks would start the game strong, but they failed to knock
out their opponent.
Torrey Mitchell started the Sharks in the right
direction early in the contest, by scoring his 2nd goal of the season just 1:42
into the game. Ryane Clowe setup he goal with a strong forecheck behind the
Ducks net, picking the pocket of defenseman Paul Mara before sliding a pass out
to the slot for the Mitchell one-timer past Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller.
Ducks tough guy George Parros tried to light a fire under his
teammates immediately after the Mitchell goal, but engaging Frazer McLaren on
the ensuing faceoff. It was one of the better bouts of the season, between two
bona fide heavyweights.
San Jose appeared to take a 2-0 lead when any
Heatley deposited a puck past Hiller nine minutes in, but the officials ruled
that Heatley touched the puck with a high stick before allowing it to drop to
the ice for the shot. It was a questionable call that took a goal off the
board. More importantly it stymied the momentum San Jose had built. That would
all get turned upside down moments later.
The Ducks would be held to a
meager two shots on goal in the period, but one would find the back of the net
to draw the game even. Jason Blake would score his 3rd of the season midway
through the period tipping a Tony Lydman shot past Antero Niittymaki at 9:42 of
the period.
Joe Pavelski just missed putting the Sharks back on net
early in the 2nd period when he missed redirecting a feed from Clowe after
slipping past the Anaheim defense. The play would end up with the puck heading
up ice and Pavelski deposited into the Anaheim net.
Corey Perry would
give the Ducks the lead at 8:27 of the period on a backhanded put-back after
Niittymaki fell down and left the net exposed. The Sharks were stumbling in
their own zone as the Ducks pressed matters with only nine shots on goal.
Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle tried to tie up Perry who flipped the puck on net
from just outside the left post.
The Ducks committed a pair of
penalties to start the 3rd period, allowing the Sharks to put a little pressure
on Hiller. They would finally get a puck past him at 9:05, right after a Tony
Lydman hooking period ended. Devin Setoguchi broke a 10-game goal scoring
drought by roofing a shot over Hiller’s right shoulder from the left dot.
Ducks defenseman Andreas Lilja and Perry both dropped their sticks on the
sequence, allowing the Sharks more room to work.
San Jose would send a steady stream of pucks
Hiller’s way late in the period, but they couldn’t find a way to
double their output in the period. They would outshoot the Ducks 22-6 in the
3rd period to top the 40-shot mark for the game.
In the overtime
period Joe Pavelski had a golden chance to end things when a puck kicked out to
him in front of the Ducks net. His stutter step move had Hiller beat, but he
couldn’t get the puck lifted over the Duck netminder’s pad.
Lubomir Visnovsky ended things with a shot from the blueline after the Sharks
iced the puck in the extra session. Sharks head coach Todd McLellan was hot
because the Ducks were not called for an obvious interference penalty on
Setoguchi as he tried to touch the puck as it headed up ice. The Sharks forward
was hauled to the ice, allowing the puck to reach the end of the rink for the
icing call.
McLellan tried to get the referee’s attention to
discuss the call after the game was already decided, but all four of the on-ice
officials made a bee-line for the exists as soon as the Visnovsky shot hit the
twine.
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3 |
OT |
T |
| ANA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| SJ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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2 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Mitchell 2 (Clowe, Setoguchi), 1:42. 2, ANA, Blake 3 (Lydman, Koivu), 9:42.
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| 2nd period - 3, ANA,
Perry 6 (Ryan, Getzlaf), 8:27. |
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| 3rd period - 4, SJ,
Setoguchi 2 (Boyle, Clowe), 9:05. |
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| Overtime - 5, ANA,
Visnovsky 3 (Koivu), 4:27. |
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| 1st period - Parros, ANA
(fighting major), 1:46; McLaren, SJ (fighting major), 1:46; Mitchell, SJ
(holding), 5:04; Koivu, ANA (hooking), 16:48. |
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| 2nd period - Lilja, ANA
(hooking), 18:21. |
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| 3rd period -
Koivu, ANA (high sticking), 2:20; Lydman, ANA (hooking),6:58 ; Murray, SJ
(holding), 9:57. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| ANA - Hiller |
41 |
39 |
| SJ - Niittymaki |
20 |
17 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
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| ANA |
2 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
20 |
| SJ |
6 |
12 |
22 |
1 |
41 |
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| Referees: Dwyer,
Watson. Linesmen: Cvik, Heyer. |
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