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Big OT win in Big D
S.J. 3 points behind Vancouver
4/3/06 -
by Mike Lee
The Sharks learned something from their overtime
loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night. Figuring that it's better to
give than to receive, San Jose doled out a little taste of overtime defeat by
knocking off the host Dallas Stars on Monday night. Joe Thornton bagged a
power play goal with 20 seconds to play in the extra session to help the Sharks
keep pace in the Western Conference playoff race.
San Jose had difficulties scoring even strength against Dallas, despite
out-shooting the Stars 34-18, so they went the special teams route with a pair
of power play goals and a short handed goal to take two important points.
Thornton converted on a sweeping shot from the right dot after Niko Kapanen was
whistled for hooking with 1:38 remaining in the extra period. With time
winding down and the Sharks desperate to avoid a shootout with arguably the
league's best shootout team, San Jose managed to keep the puck in the Stars
zone after a wild series of scoring chances.
After taking a centering pass from Tom Preissing, Patrick Marleau had an
opportunity to shoot from the slot but elected to dish the puck to Thornton
because a Stars defender was in his shooting lane. Thornton delivered by
roofing a shot over Stars goaltender Marty Turco's right shoulder.
"I'm glad Joe scored the goal," Sharks head coach Ron Wilson said. "He's been
struggling lately."
It was a game the Sharks had to win with Los Angeles also winning on Monday
night, but it was also a game the Sharks deserved to win. They controlled the
tempo most of the evening and had Turco on his heels all night.
"It would have been an awful feeling had we not prevailed in overtime," Wilson
said. "We got rewarded for our hard work."
After Jere Lehtinen staked the Stars to an early 1-0 lead, Marleau tied the
game with a nifty goal five minutes into the 2nd period. With Jon Klemm in the
box for holding, Marleau swatted a deflection out of the air from the Stars
doorstep after Steve Bernier bounced a shot off Turco's pads from in tight.
San Jose took the lead for the first time in the game midway through the 3rd
period on a shirt-handed goal by Ville Nieminen. The trade deadline
acquisition had a great read on Preissing's angle on a loose puck and headed up
ice as the Sharks defender chipped the turnover to him.
Nieminen deeked Turco with a move to his right, before cutting back to his left
and backhanding a shot top shelf.
Jason Arnott knotted things back up at 2-2 with jus under two minutes to play
in regulation on the only even strength goal of the night.
"It's a challenge when we're playing desperate teams," Stars coach Dave Tippett
said. "We looked tired. Even when we were pushing, we looked tired. We have to
get the guys some rest. But I think this adversity can be good for us if we use
it to our advantage."
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3 | OT |
T |
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1 | 1 |
3 |
| DAL |
1 |
0 |
1 | 0 |
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| 1st period - 1, Dallas, Lehtinen 32 (Zubov,
Modano), 10:45, (pp). Penalty - Thornton, SJS (tripping), 10:06. |
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| 2nd period -
2, San Jose, Marleau 33 (Bernier, Ehrhoff), 5:06, (pp). |
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| 3rd period - 3, San Jose, Nieminen 7
(Preissing, McCauley), 10:44, (sh).
4, Dallas, Arnott 30 (Morrow, Barnes), 18:13. |
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| Overtime - 5, San Jose, Thornton 26
(Marleau, Preissing), 4:39, (pp). Penalty - Kapanen, DAL (hooking), 3:22. |
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| 1st period - J. Thornton, SJS (tripping),
10:06. |
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| 2nd period - Gorges, SJS (tripping), 1:37;
Klemm, DAL (holding), 4:57; Mitchell, DAL (high-sticking), 5:58; Thornton, SJS
(high-sticking), 15:20; Kapanen, DAL (hooking), 17:16; Zubov, DAL (hooking),
18:56; Barnes, DAL (slashing), 19:44. |
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| 3rd period - Smith, SJS (tripping), 5:35;
Thornton, SJS, major (fighting), 5:35; Perrott, DAL, major (fighting), 5:35;
Miettinen, DAL (holding), 7:04; Smith, SJS (holding), 10:03; Turco, DAL, served
by Ott (tripping), 19:01. |
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| Overtime - Kapanen, DAL (holding),
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Toskala |
18 |
16 |
| DAL - Turco |
34 |
31 |
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3 | OT |
T |
| SJ |
12 |
12 |
4 | 6 |
34 |
| DAL |
6 |
3 |
7 | 2 |
18 |
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| Referees: Tim Peel, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen: Tim
Nowak, Pierre Racicot. |
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