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Quick out of the gate, Sharks
win again Barclay Goodrow's Gordie Howe Hat Trick
helps pace SJ
Things are starting to return to normal. At least,
the last four games would suggest so. The Sharks continue to take advantage of
home ice, winning their fourth straight game and righting the ship a bit after
their horrific start. The Sharks knocked off the Pacific Division leading
Edmonton Oilers by a 6-3 score, jumping on the Oilers early and never looking
back. The Sharks scored the game's first four goals, then coasted to their 8th
victory of the season behind 11 losses.
The objective entering Tuesday
night's game was shutting down the Connor McDavid - Leon Draisaitl show. The
pair had combined for 64 points entering play, and managed to record a goal and
2 assists between the tandem, but the Sharks didn't let them go wild. When you
put 6 goals on the board, you have room to slip against scoring machines like
those two players.
It wasn't a shot fest for San Jose, but when they
did put pucks on net, they were on target.
San Jose grabbed a 1-0 lead
at 4:04 of the opening period when Brent Burns fired a shot from the top of the
left circle, catching the upper right corner of the net for his 4th goal of the
season. The Oilers briefly argued that the puck hit the right post, before
banking over to the left post and out, but replay clearly showed the puck
wrapping around the back of the net.
Evander Kane made it a 2-0 lead 3
minutes later when he punched home a rebound off a Logan Couture shot. Couture
ripped a shot from the high slot, catching Oilers goaltedner Mike Smith in the
chest. The shot bounced over the right side where Kane was swooping in on net
for the easy deposit.
A Tim Heed blast from the right point at 11:12
ended up in the Edmonton net after Patrick Marleau got his stick blade on the
shot, deflecting it past Smith for his 4th goal of the season.
San
Jose picked up where they left off to open the 2nd period. After cycling the
puck out of the right corner, Timo Meier fired a shot from the top of the right
circle. Barclay Goodrow was fending off a defender as he lurked in front of the
right post, but was able to get his stick blade on the shot, deflecting it over
Smith's glove hand for his 5th goal of the season.
Things were humming
along, until Draisaitl whipped a puck at the Sharks net from the blueline, but
defenseman Brent Burns tried to knock the shoulder height shot down with his
stick, but he ended up deflecting the shot past Martin Jones to end the shutout
bud. The goal was Draisaitl's 15th of the season.
Tomas Hertl got the
attention of the Oilers at 15:27 of the period when he hit McDavid with a hip
check in open ice. Zack Kassian immediately went after Hertl, who had drawn an
interference penalty for his tap on the Oilers captain. Brandon Manning went
haywire and tried to fight Hertl, but Goodrow got in the way.
Rather than enjoying a power play for Hertl's
transgression, the two teams skated 4-on-4 and Manning headed to the showers
after taking a game misconduct for his bad behavior. When Hertl's penalty
expired, he left the box then poked at an Erick Karlsson shot that landed in
front of Smith. Hertl connected with the puck, sliding it between Smith's pads
for his 8th goal of the season.
The goal pushed the Sharks lead back
to four goals, but irritated the Oilers even more, given what initiated events
that led to the flurry of penalties.
Edmonton cut into the Sharks lead
at 9:08 when San Jose coughed up the puck in their own end. McDavid grabbed the
turnover near the end line before pushing it out to Draisaitl near the bottom
of the right circle. Draisaitl then spotted Kassian on the left post, feeding
him with a quick one-time pass of the McDavid feed. Kassian tried to redirect
the pass into the Sharks net, but it hit the left post. The Oilers forward was
able to hack at the rebound, trickling it over the net for the Oilers 2nd goal
of the game.
San Jose answered when Time Meier deflected an Erik
Karlsson shot while parked in the slot. Karlsson wound up on a shot from the
right point, and Meier changed its trajectory for his 5th goal of the season.
Sam Gagner added a late score to cap the scoring at 6-3.
Game Notes:
* Barclay Goodrow recorded the Gordie Howe Hat Trick
with his assist on Timo Meier's goal. It was this first of its kind for Goodrow
in his NHL career.
* Patrick Marleau recorded his 555th career goal in
the 1st period. Marleau sits 28th all tie in goals scored and trails Johnny
Bucyk by a lone tally. The goal was Marleau's 40th career tally against the
Oilers.
* Evander Kane's goal was the 9th off Mike Smith. That's the
largest number of goals against any one goaltender for Kane.
* The
Sharks had the worst goal differential when skating 5-on-5 in the NHL. Their +3
will help offset their league worst -22.
* Tomas Hertl celebrated his
26th birthday by extending his goal scoring streak to 4 games.
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EDM |
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SJ |
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1st period - 1, SJ,
Burns 4 (Sorensen, Simek), 4:04. 2, SJ, Kane 11 (Couture, Dillon), 7:27. 3, SJ,
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2nd period - 4, SJ,
Goodrow 5 (Meier, E. Karlsson), 1:26. 5, EDM, Draisaitl 15 (Gagner, Bear),
9:57. 6, SJ, Hertl 8 (E. Karlsson, Couture), 17:34. |
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3rd period - Kane, SJ
(unsuccessful penalty shot), 3:36. 7, EDM, Kassian 6 (Draisaitl, McDavid),
9:08. 8, SJ, Meier 5 (E. Karlsson, Goodrow), 10:30. 9, EDM, Gagner 1 (Russell,
Nygard), 12:18. |
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1st period - Nygard, EDM
(high sticking), 15:48; Kane, SJ (hooking), 16:28. |
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2nd period - M.
Karlsson, SJ (high sticking), 2:48; Nugent-Hopkins, EDM (tripping), 12:15.
Kassian, EDM (roughing), 15:27; Manning, EDM (fighting major), 15:27; Manning,
EDM (game misconduct), 15:27; Hertl, SJ (interference), 15:27; Goodrow, SJ
(fighting major), 15:27. |
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3rd period - Draisaitl,
EDM (unsportsmanlike conduct), 5:04. |
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Shots |
Saves |
EDM - Smith |
25 |
19 |
SJ - Jones |
24 |
21 |
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2 |
3 |
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EDM |
9 |
6 |
9 |
24 |
SJ |
8 |
8 |
9 |
25 |
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Referees: Dwyer,
O'Rourke. Linesmen: Baker, Shewchyk. |
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