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Variety works for
Sharks SJ scores 5 goals to chase
dogs 11/12/07 - by Mike Lee
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are several ways to score a goal in hockey, and the Sharks dabbled with variety
to run the Phoenix Coyotes out of San Jose with a 5-0 pounding. San Jose scored
three even strength goals, a power play goal and a short handed tally to win
their second straight over Phoenix. They just missed on a penalty shot chance,
but made up for it with more than enough offense to win their second straight
game.
I can't address enough that's it's always a team effort, said
Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov. "We had no 2-on-1's today, we had really rare
3-on-2's if any
in the corners the defense was really strong. You know
sometime they had momentum, but it's going to happen in every game and we all
understand that, but I think with the score 1-0, we still played a patient game
and that's what we're looking for."
Joe Pavelski missed on his first
career a penalty shot attempt midway through the opening period after Ed
Jovanovski hauled him down from behind on a breakaway. Coyotes goaltender
Mikael Tellqvist made a nice save on Pavelski's freebie, stuffing the Sharks
winger and preserving a 0-0 tie.
Milan Michalek appeared to injure his
shoulder on the game's opening shift after getting hit in front of the Phoenix
bench. Michalek left the ice hunched over in obvious pain, and headed straight
to the Sharks locker room with a strained left elbow. He would return later in
the game.
Both teams seemed more interested in expressing their
dislike for each other, rather than focus on putting the puck in the opposing
goal. Steve Bernier and Derek Morris squared off in a decent fight after
Bernier leveled Shane Doan.
The Sharks drew first blood late in the
period after defenseman Christian Ehrhoff was sent off for golfing the puck
over the glass. On the Phoenix power play, rookie forward Torrey Mitchell
intercepted a pass, then sent the puck up ice to a streaking Mike Grier who
beat Tellqvist
Things continued to get testy into the middle period.
Daniel Carcillo mixed it up after the Coyotes missed on a 4-on-2 break, which
ended up with Carcillo caught in the Sharks net. The Phoenix winger took
exception to Nabokov's play and took a swing at the Sharks netminder with his
stick.
Joe Thornton added another back-breaker with his 7th goal of
the season with just 1:09 left in the period on a put back on his own shot.
Patrick Marleau setup the play by feeding Thornton after circling around the
back of the Coyotes net and along the right wing boards. Thornton sent a shot
on goal from 25 feet that Tellqvist stopped, but the puck kicked off
Tellqvist's stick, back out to Thornton. The Sharks center easily slipped the
rebound into the Coyotes net for the 2-0 lead.
Mitchell took a roughing penalty with 12 seconds
remaining in the period to setup the Coyotes with a power play to open the 3rd
period, but the Sharks killed the threat.
Devin Setoguchi tacked on a
third straight goal for San Jose two minutes after the Mitchell penalty expired
with a pretty shot from the bottom of the right circle. Setoguchi whipped the
puck back at the goal as he was falling forward while skating toward the right
wing boards.
Setoguchi would add another tally at 15:12 on rush up ice
that ended with a nifty move at the net that left Tellqvist shaking his head.
After Thornton chipped the puck up the right wing boards, Jonathan Cheechoo
grabbed the pass and slid a feed to Setoguchi in the slot. In the blink of an
eye, Setoguchi made a quick cut to the right before slipping the puck into the
net.
"We had a good forecheck. Cheech was first in and the Joe came
back and he was pressuring from behind and I came over the top," said
Setoguchi. "It was a combination of forechecking that led to a goal."
The Coyotes frustrations boiled over after Setoguchi's goal. After Shane Doan
took a hooking penalty, Nick Boynton decided to go after Bernier, hauling him
to the ice as he threw several punches. Boynton earned an instigator penalty, a
fighting major and a10-minute misconduct.
Thornton would add his
second goal of the night on the ensuing 5-on-3 power play, with a shot from his
usual position in the right corner. Using Keith Ballard as a screen, Thornton
whipped a shot that beat Tellqvist top shelf to the left corner.
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only thing that remained was Nabokov's shutout, which came courtesy of the
Sharks commitment to keep the offensive pressure on the Coyotes. Phoenix
mustered only 6 shots on goal in the final period. Only a Peter Mueller chance
in tight would test Nabokov.
"The 1st period was ok, 2nd period I
thought they played pretty well and we weren't very good, and the 3rd period we
found our game," said Sharks head coach Ron Wilson. "We relaxed a little bit
once we scored the second goal and our offense really started to flow."
Game Notes:
Nabokov made his 25th consecutive start
dating back to last season, setting a new franchise record, which was
previously held by Chris Terreri. This was Setoguchi's second two goal game.
Matt Carle, Marcel Goc and Alexei Semanov were scratches for San Jose.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
PHO |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SJ |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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1st period - SJ,
Pavelski (unsuccessful penalty shot), 8:22. 1, SJ, Grier 2 (Mitchell, McLaren),
18:24, (sh). |
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2nd period - 2, SJ,
Thornton 7 (Marleau, Brown), 18:51. |
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3rd period - 3, SJ,
Setoguchi 4 (unassisted), 4:06. 4, Setoguch 5 (Cheechoo, Thornton), 15:12. 5,
SJ, Thornton 8 (Ozolinsh, Marleau), 16:33, (pp). |
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1st period - Morris, PHO
(instigator), 3:50; Morris,, PHO (fighting major), 3:50; Morris, PHO (10 min
misconduct), 3:50; Bernier, SJ (mighting major), 3:50; Jovanovski, PHO
(slashing), 14:38; Ehrhoff, SJ (roughing), 14:38; Ehrhoff, SJ (delay of game -
puck over glass), 17:49; Mitchell, SJ (interference), 19:43. |
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2nd period - WInnik, PHO
(hooking), 3:54; Mitchell, SJ (roughing), 19:48. |
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3rd period - McLaren, SJ
(tripping), 11:13; Doan, PHO (hooking), 15:50; Boynton, PHO (instigator),
15:50; Boynton, PHO (fighting major), 15:50; Boynton, PHO (10 min misconduct),
15:50; Bernier, SJ (fighting major), 15:50; Bernier, SJ (10 min misconduct),
15:50. |
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Shots |
Saves |
PHO - Telqvist |
28 |
23 |
SJ - Nabokov |
25 |
25 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
PHO |
11 |
8 |
6 |
25 |
SJ |
8 |
7 |
13 |
28 |
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Referees: Ian
Walsh, Paul Devorski. Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Jonny Murray. |
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