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Sharks Jonesing over
goaltending performance SJ rebounds with 4-0 win
over Canucks
The Sharks bounced back from their lack-luster
performance on Monday night with a solid performance across the lineup on
Tuesday in Vancouver, to knock off the Canucks 4-0. San Jose received scoring
from four different players, including two goal from the defense, and rode
goaltender Martin Jones to a commanding victory of the host Canucks.
Unlike last night, the Sharks wasted no time getting on the board. Newly
acquired defenseman Paul Martin pumped a one-time chance from the low slot off
a John McCarthy feed, put San Jose up 2:41 into the contest. McCarthy picked
defenseman Frank Corrado's pocket deep in the Canucks zone before finding
Martin cutting in on net.
The Sharks got themselves into a pinch later
in the period after Matt Tennyson took a high sticking penalty right after a
boarding infraction to Nikolay Goldobin expired. Jones did a nice job to deny
several quality shots from the Canucks throughout the 4 minutes of penalty
kill. It would be a preview of a solid evening.
Brent Burns made it
2-0 with 2:44 left in the opening period, firing a shot from the left point
that wove through traffic en route to the back of the net. Canucks goaltender
Ryan Miller likely had the position to stop the shot, but a Vancouver defender
clipped it on the way to the goal, redirecting it enough to slip past Miller.
Jake Virtanen gave the Sharks their first power play of the game 5
minutes and change into the 2nd period. A discombobulated attack failed to get
any rubber directed at Miller, keeping the Sharks lead at a pair of goals.
Miller made way for Joe Cannata, who replaced the Canucks number one
netminder midway through the period.
San Jose finished the period by
taking a pair of penalties, to really give the penalty kill a workout. Tennyson
committed his second infraction of the game, and Mirco Mueller started a brief
scrum after cross checking a Canucks player along the side boards.
In
the 3rd period, the Canucks took a pair of penalties that allowed the Sharks to
get a little work in on the power play. That work paid big dividends for San
Jose. Justin Braun ripped a shot from the point that hit Tomas Hertl in the
hip, before redirecting past Cannata.
Alex Burrows was assessed an
unsportsmanlike conduct penalty three minutes later, which resulted in a goal
by Goldobin at 12:37. The Sharks prospect cranked a shot from the high slot,
that zipped past Cannata to push the lead to 4-0.
Through an arrangement made prior to the game, the
teams played a 5 minute overtime using the new 3-on-3 format. The Sharks held
the advantage in the extra session, even though they failed to put a puck past
Cannata.
Jones completed the entire 65 minutes to cap the shutout. The
netminder capped his solid debut with 30 saves.
Martin, Hertl and
Burns finished +2 on the night. Burns and Martin logged 26:31 and 25:16 of ice
time respectively.
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OT |
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SJ |
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0 |
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4 |
VAN |
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1st period - 1, SJ,
Martin 1 (McCarthy), 2:41. 2, SJ, Burns 1 (Smith), 17:16. |
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3rd period - 3, SJ,
Hertl 1 (Braun, Tennyson), 9:25, (pp). 4, SJ, Goldobin 1 (Burns, Hertl), 12:37,
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1st period - Goldobin,
SJ (boarding), 6:50; Tennyson, SJ (high sticking), 9:02; Ward, SJ (tripping),
17:33. |
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2nd period - Virtanen,
VAN (elbowing), 5:28; Tennyson, SJ (holding), 9:12; Mueller, SJ (cross
checking), 17:10. |
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3rd period - Goodrow, SJ
(slashing), 5:41; Corrado, VAN (closing hand on the puck), 8:10; Burrows, VAN
(unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:30. |
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Overtime - Cassels, VAN
(hooking), 4:54. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Jones |
30 |
30 |
VAN - Miller |
9 |
7 |
VAN - Cannatat |
13 |
11 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
5 |
8 |
9 |
22 |
VAN |
11 |
8 |
11 |
30 |
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Referees: Meier,
Hanson. Linesmen: Knorr, Henderson. |
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