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Penalties sink
Sharks
Colorado converts 4 of 6 power plays in 6-3
win
Taking 6 penalties in a game isn't a back breaking
statistic so long as your special teams does its job. The Sharks didn't do that
on Monday night, and ended up paying the price. San Jose gave up 4 power play
goals to the visiting Colorado Avalanche in a 6-3 shellacking at SAP Center.
Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 of his 3 goals on the man advantage to lead the
Avalanche, who vaulted into the 7th spot in the conference. San Jose fell to
4th in the division and sit 4 points out of the Western Conference basement.
The grave digging began in the opening period when San Jose took 4
stick-induced minor penalties. Those penalties were the effect of the Sharks
not moving their feet and getting drawn into having to hook and hold rather
than gaining position by skating. Colorado cashed in with a pair of power play
goals.
MacKinnon opened the game's scoring with his 11th goal of the
season, burying a gimme after Carl Soderberg lured half the Sharks on the ice
over the left side of the rink. Soderberg found MacKinnon on the off wing, and
sent a pass through the slot for the one time chance.
The Sharks
dropped to 0-10-0 when giving up the first goal on home ice. Knowing that, the
Sharks played way too haphazardly against a team that has been hot of late and
that is clawing alongside the Sharks for a playoff spot. That served as little
motivation for a Sharks team that has the worst home record in the NHL.
Patrick Marleau tied the game less than 2 minutes after by chipping a
shot from between the circles past Avalanche backup goaltender Calvin Pickard.
Jack Skille made a poor back pass into his own zone that Joel Ward pounced on
before sliding a pass to Marleau. The Sharks forward got off a shot that
clipped a stick before slipping past Pickard.
Paul Martin was sent off
for a hooking penalty at 13:41 that cost the Sharks a 2nd goal. Soderberg sat
in front of the net and got a stick on a Francois Beauchemin shot that
deflected past Martin Jones for his 6th goal of the season.
Matt
Duchesne made it a 3-1 game midway through the 2nd period by skating a puck out
of the left corner before spinning to his left and banking a shot off Martin's
skate and into the goal. Martin was chasing Duchesne and failed to get a body
on the Avalanche forward. That was a mental mistake that allowed Colorado to
take the wind out of the announced sellout crowd.
Melker Karlsson
helped the Sharks match Duchesne's goal in the period by snapping a shot from
the high slot that beat Pickard just inside the right post. Joe Thornton setup
the goal with a pass from behind the net, finding Karlsson streak toward the
net from the blueline.
A lazy holding penalty by Brent Burns 5 minutes
into the 3rd period setup the Avalanche's 3rd power play goal of the night.
Blake Comeau converted with 3 seconds left in the penalty, tipping an Erik
Johnson shot from the left point.
Just when you though the Sharks were out of it, Tomas
Hertl made an appearance by scoring his 4th goal of the season58 seconds after
Comeau's goal. The Sharks forward cycled out of the right corner before
whipping a shot while facing down ice. Pickard seemed to be caught by surprise
by the shot that slipped through the netminder's pads.
Tommy Wingels
squashed any chance of a comeback by taking another mind boggling hooking
penalty. MacKinnon pushed the game out of reach by roofing a one-time chance
from the bottom of the left circle after Soderberg set him up with a pass from
the right side.
Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer pulled Jones late,
essentially handing MacKinnon his hat trick. The Colorado forward scooped up a
deflection off Pickard and whipped a shot from his own end down the length of
the ice and into the Sharks empty net.
Game Notes:
*
Jerome Iginla failed to record his 600th career goal, but came close during the
last minute of play. With the Sharks net empty, Iginla found himself with the
puck, but his shot toward an empty net was deflected by Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
* Kevin Kurz reported that the Nashville Predators had scouts at the
game, and are actively looking for a centerman. San Jose is heavy at the
position, so it would seem likely that they might attract possible trade
partners as the Sharks slip in the standings.
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| 1st period - 1, COL,
MacKinnon 11 (Soderberg, Iginla), 8:46, (pp). 2, SJ, Marleau 14 (Ward), 10:07.
3, COL, Soderberg 6 (Beauchemin, Tanguay), 14:28, (pp). |
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| 2nd period - 4, COL,
Duchesne 17 (Martinsen), 11:19. 5, SJ, Karlsson 4 (Thornton, Vlasic),
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| 3rd period - 6, COL,
Comeau 6 (Johnson, Barrie), 7:09, (pp). 7, SJ, Hertl 4 (Brown, Burns), 8:07. 8,
COL, MacKinnon 12 (Soderberg), 8:44, (pp). 9, COL, MacKinnon 13 (unassisted),
18:32, (en). |
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| 1st period - Hertl, SJ
(hooking), 5:33; Thornton, SJ (tripping), 7:58; Dillon, SJ (hooking), 10:31;
Martin, SJ (hooking), 13:41. |
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| 2nd period - Comeau, COL
(hooking), 5:01; Bench, COL (too many men), 8:15. |
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| 3rd period - Burns, SJ
(holding), 5:11; Wingels, SJ (hooking), 8:23; Iginla, COL (hooking),
14:04. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| COL - Pickard |
38 |
35 |
| SJ - Jones |
25 |
20 |
| SJ - empty net |
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9 |
9 |
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26 |
| SJ |
8 |
17 |
13 |
38 |
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| Referees: O'Rourke,
St Pierre. Linesmen: Heyer, Sharrers. |
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