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Turco's gaff extends Sharks
home win streak
Boucher stops 23 of 34 for
win
11/8/08 - By Mike Lee
Dallas
Stars goaltender Marty Turco prides himself in his ability to stickhandle the
puck. He may want to rethink being so brash the next time he sees an opposing
player barreling in on him while he's trying to clear the thing, especially in
the last minute of a tie game. Turco's clearing attempt with 29 seconds left in
regulation hit Patrick Marleau right on the tape Saturday night, and the Sharks
captain promptly stuffed it into the Stars net to extend the Sharks home
winning streak to nine games in a 2-1 shocker.
The importance of the
goal can't be overstated, because it came out of nowhere, wiped out all the
momentum that Dallas had built in the period, and left the Stars with not time
to answer. Marleau hustled past two defenders and forced Turco into attempting
the pass away from his crease. For some reason the Stars netminder tried to
push the puck up the middle of the ice, rather to the safety of the side
boards. Marleau intercepted the pass and easily tucked it inside the left post
as Turco tried in vain to stop the puck.
Game over.
The Stars
had overcome a 1-0 deficit early in the 3rd period and had gained the momentum
in a game that seriously threatened the Sharks home win streak. With the Stars
stepping up the pressure, San Jose seemed to run out of gas during the last 10
minutes of the game. Sharks head coach Todd McLellan even called a timeout
after an icing call midway through the period in order to give his skaters
extra rest.
McLellan learned his lesson after failing to see that his
skaters were gassed in a similar situation against the St Louis Blues two
nights earlier. That situation resulted in a Blues goal. The same would not
happen on Saturday night.
The Stars tied the game at 1-1 on a Loui
Eriksson at 3:41 of the 3rd period. Eriksson stripped Sharks defenseman Brad
Lukowich of the puck near the Sharks end boards before dishing it out to the
slot. A Steve Ott one-timer missed wide, but Eriksson gathered the rebound and
slipped it past Brian Boucher.
The Sharks netminder had come out of
the crease area to cut the line on Ott's shot, which opened up the entire net
behind him. The goal broke Boucher's scoreless streak at 163 minutes or 8 plus
periods.
Ryane Clowe narrowly missed on a backhand chance in tight
midway through the 3rd. Getting a rare start in place of Jonathan Cheechoo,
Marcel Goc tried a wrap around attempt that slipped through the crease to Clowe
on the right side, but the Sharks forward bounced the puck off the outer
netting.
Both teams had locked horns throughout the game, including a
spirited 2nd period that almost saw Joe Thornton and Mike Ribeiro come to
blows. Thornton clipped the Stars center man on a faceoff, and when the
referees didn't call an infraction on the Sharks superstar, Ribeiro took
matters into his own hands. He took a shot at Thornton, who didn't appreciate
the retaliation and tried to engage Ribeiro, before the linesman separated the
two.
San Jose took a 1-0 lead at 7:13 of the opening period on a
pretty passing sequence that ended with Dan Boyle snapping home his 3rd goal as
a Shark. Marleau took a feed just inside the Stars blueline and fed Thornton
with a pass at the left dot. Thornton immediately dealt the puck across the
slot to Boyle on the right side as the Sharks defenseman pinched in. Boyle
hesitated to shoot for a split second, throwing off Turco's timing. When he did
uncork the shot, it sailed past Turco's glove had for the 1-0 Sharks lead.
Much like the playoff series between the two teams
last spring, the Stars tried to open the game with more physical play in order
to get the Sharks off their game. New agitator Sean Avery wasted no time
unleashing his antics. He wound up on top of Christian Ehrhoff behind the
Sharks net on an offensive chance for the Sharks three minutes into the game,
refusing to release the Sharks defender.
When the whistle blew,
referee Rob Shick immediately skated over to the Stars bench to warn Dallas
head coach Dave Tippet that Avery's shenanigans would not be tolerated. That
lasted all of five minutes when Avery was sent off for cross checking Jeremy
Roenick. Avery would also earn a slashing penalty before the period would end.
Game Notes:
Ryane Clowe repeated the first leg of his
Gordie Howe Hat Trick by engaging Brandon Crombeen in the 1st period. Clowe got
the upper hand when Crombeen's jersey came undone, allowing the Sharks forward
to get in a few rabbit punches with the fist that was clutching CRombeen's
jersey. Marleau and recent minor league call up Brad Staubitz both took pucks
to the ankle on shots from their own teammates. Marleau's came early in the
game, forcing Marleau to take treatment in the Sharks locker room during the
1st period. Jonathan Cheechoo was also a scratch after the Sharks listed him
with an upper body injury sustained on a check in the Blues game on
Thursday.
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3 |
T |
| DAL |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Boyle 3 (Thornton, Marleau), 7:13. |
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| 3rd period - 2, DAL,
Eriksson 6 (Ott), 3:41. 3, SJ, Marleau 7 (unassisted), 19:31 |
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| 1st period - Crombeen,
DAL (fighting major), 5:49; Clowe, SJ (fighting major), 5:49; Avery, DAL (cross
checking), 8:42; Ehrhoff, SJ (high sticking), 12:37; Avery, DAL (slashing),
18:20. |
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| 2nd period - Bench, SJ
(too many men), 6:44; Morrow, DAL (tripping), 10:54; Thornton, SJ (boarding),
12:04. |
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| 3rd period - Roenick, SJ
(hooking), 4:10. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| DAL - Turco |
33 |
31 |
| SJ - Boucher |
24 |
23 |
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5 |
7 |
12 |
24 |
| SJ |
8 |
11 |
14 |
33 |
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| Referees: Shick,
Pochmara. Linesmen: Cvik, Cherrey. |
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