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Heartless loss Vokoun posts 5-0 shutout 2/14/07 - by
Mike Lee
After giving up three unanswered goals to close out
their 6-5 win in St Louis 24 hours earlier, the Sharks picked up where they
left off in Nashville on Wednesday night, allowing the host Predators to
score
5 times en route to a 5-0 spanking. Tomas Vokoun turned aside all 22 shots
he
faced to earn his 4th shutout of the season.
The Sharks were limited to three offensive lines, which included defenseman Rob
Davison's insertion into the left wing position. That experiment didn't
work
out so well. The Sharks gave up a pair of 1st period goal to the Predators
and
never got on track.
Things headed south in the opening period after J.P. Dumont blocked a Matt
Carle shot from in the Sharks zone, then raced past the Sharks defenseman
up
ice. Dumont then uncorked a slapper from 25-feet that sailed past Vesa
Toskala.
Shea Weber would score the first of two goal on the evening at the midway mark
of the period to pad Nashville's lead. Sharks head coach Ron Wilson didn't
like what he was seeing in Toskala's play, so he yanked his goaltender.
Evgeni Nabokov was inserted between the pipes, but wouldn't fare much batter
later in the game.
Things turned ugly 4 minutes later when Vitaly Vishnevski tried to unload an
elbow on Sharks captain Patrick Marleau's head. Mike Grier immediately
went
after Vishnevski, drawing a double minor for cross-checking.
The one bright spot for the Sharks all evening was the penalty-kill, which
suppressed the Predators five power play opportunities, including the
4-minute
infraction to Grier.
After a scoreless middle period, the Predators put three pucks past Nabokov
with a steady stream of traffic in front of the net. Martin Erat would
tally
his 13th of the season on a backhand shot as he cut across the slot a
minute
into the 3rd period.
Weber would use a Scott Hartnell screen to slip his second goal of the evening
by Nabokov for the 4-0 lead.
David Legwand would redirect a shot from Erat while skating through the slot to
cap the scoring. Erat simply threw the puck toward the slot from the right
point, hitting Legwand 10 feet in front of the net. The puck changed
directions, fooling Nabokov for this 20th goal of the season.
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
NSH |
2 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
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1st period - 1, NSH, Dumont 12 (unassisted),
6:22. 2, NSH, Weber 9 (Arnott), 10:02 |
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3rd period - 3, NSH, Erat 13 (Fiddler),
1:13. 4, NSH, Weber 10 (Hamhuis, Smithson), 6:27. 5, NSH, Legwand 20 (Erat,
Timonen), 12:29. |
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1st period - Grier, SJ (double minor - cross
checking), 14:00. |
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2nd period - Cheechoo, SJ (boarding), 3:57;
Michalek, SJ (hooking), 10:39; Radulov, NSH (hooking), 11:40; Erat, NSH
(high
sticking), 18:53. |
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3rd period - Ehrhoff, SJ (kneeing), 3:35;
Sullivan, NSH (hooking), 13:48. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Toskala |
5 |
3 |
SJ - Nabokov |
28 |
25 |
NSH - Vokoun | 22 | 22 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
9 |
5 |
8 |
22 |
NSH |
12 |
9 |
12 |
33 |
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Referees: Gord Dwyer, Kelly Sutherland.
Linesmen: Thor Nelson, Tony Sericolo. |
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