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Cutting Bait: Post Game
Notes
Sharks @ Stars
» Joe Pavelski tied a single season high for
assists (35) with his helper on Heatley's goal. Then established a new season
high by adding three more assists on the night.
» The Sharks got
a scare when Marc-Edouard Vlasic took a deflected puck off his Adam's Apple in
the third period. With Niklas Wallin already knocked out of the game, San Jose
couldn't afford to lose another defenseman. Vlasic would return to the ice
after taking a shift off. Vlasic was tested at a Dallas hospital following the
game.
» Vlasic finished the night with a team high +4 plus-minus.
Ian White was a +3.
» Steve Ott will receive a nomination for
next year's Academy Awards for his portrayal of a sniper victim after Heatley
brushed him with an elbow late in the game. Ott went down in a heap and took a
minute to gather his wits before struggling to get to the bench. It was a tear
jerker.
» Toby Petersen's short-handed goal was the 10th for
Dallas this season.
» San Jose finally got to Ott, getting him
off the ice after he earned a 2, 5, and 10 for his scrap with Douglas Murray.
Dallas did little with Ott in the dressing room.
» Heatley may
want to rethink his decision to throw that elbow at Ott, as it put his
teammates in a tight situation late in the game.
» San Jose
finally won the blocked shot battle, preventing 21 Dallas shots from getting to
the Sharks net. Dallas only blocked 13 shots. San Jose put 39 shots on goal.
» The Sharks dominated in the faceoff circle,
winning 60% of the draws. Dallas out-hit San Jose 34-27.
» Stars
head coach Marc Crawford was moaning over Douglas Murray's hit on Loui Erksson
after the game. "I think that's one that (the league) will review and I'm sure
that they will," Crawford told the Associated Press. "We're hopeful that Loui's
going to be all right. He's not feeling very good right now and we'll see where
he's at tomorrow. It's always the next day that you got to look to. The league
has said that you want to take those hits out of the game, but it ends up being
something we can't control and it's out of our hands now." Crawford failed to
bring up the non-call on Jamie Lagenbrunner's boarding of Niklas Wallin that
knocked the Sharks defenseman out of the game.
» With the quick
road-trip behind them, the Sharks return home for a three game homestand
against Minnesota, St Louis and Calgary. The Sharks then wrap up the regular
season with 8 games against Pacific Division teams. They will square off
against Dallas one more time, wrapping up the month of March at HP Pavilion
against the Stars. In a scheduling oddity, the Sharks will play three of their
last seven games against the Phoenix Coyotes.
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