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Champs give lesson in
winning SJ embarrassed at the Joe 12/18/08 - By Mike Lee
The Detroit Red Wings made it
clear on Thursday night that they're not exactly ready to concede their title
as Stanley Cup Champions just yet. More importantly, the Sharks received a
not-so subtle reminder that if they plan on unseating the defending champs,
they'll need to earn it. That reminder came in the form of a 6-0 white-washing
at the hands of the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.
Pavel Datsyuk scored
two goals and added a pair of assists to lead the Red Wings, and goaltender Ty
Conklin turned aside all 24 shots he faced to earn his 6th career shutout.
Both Datsyuk and Conklin had a considerably easy go of things against
a Sharks roster that had dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to the Columbus Blue
Jackets less than 24 hours earlier.
Missed chances early in the game
by San Jose were magnified by the shaky goaltending turned in by Evgeni
Nabokov. The Red Wings scored on back-to-back shots late in that opening frame,
and the rout was on.
Johan Franzen converted at 14:31 with a benign
wrist shot from the high slot that slipped past the Sharks netminder.
Datsyuk would snap a routine shot past Nabokov 1:27 later. San Jose would never
rebound from the two back-breakers.
Nothing would seem to go right for
the Sharks from that point forward.
The 2nd period would expose the
fatigue of playing for the 3rd time in four nights. San Jose would only
generate 5 shots on goal, and would fall behind 3-0 on Marian Hossa's 17 goal
of the season midway through the period.
Trailing Datsyuk, the Red
Wings forward took a setup in the slot and ripped a shot over Nabokov's right
shoulder.
Detroit would add to Nabokov's misery with three more goals
in the 3rd period. A defensive lapse by the Sharks allowed Valteri Filppula to
tap home a Dan Cleary feed from the doorstep. Filppula slipped underneath the
Sharks coverage and easily redirected Cleary's delivery from the slot.
Datsyuk made it 5-0 at 12:29 after intercepting a
questionable clearing pass from Marcel Goc at the Sharks blueline, then ripping
a shot that Nabokov partially deflected. The puck would trickle over the
blueline as Nabokov's goals against average continued to balloon.
Former Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart would cap the scoring at 16:29 with his
1st goal of the season. Taking a feed from Niklas Kronwall at the point, Stuart
fired the puck on net, slipping it past a screened Nabokov.
Game
Notes:
Joe Pavelski and Jonathan Cheechoo returned to the Sharks
lineup, but neither provided much support for the lackluster
Sharks.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DET |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
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1st period - 1, DET,
Franzen 14 (Lebda, Draper), 14:31. 2, DET, Datsyuk 9 (Kopecky, Hossa),
15:58. |
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2nd period - 3, DET,
Hossa 17 (Datsyuk, Lebda), 9:18. |
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3rd period - 4, DET,
Filppula 5 (Cleary, Hudler), 7:25. 5, DET, Datsyuk 10 (unassisted), 12:29. 6,
DET, Stuart 1 (Kronwall, Datsyuk), 16:29. |
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1st period - Draper, DET
(elbowing), 5:48; Ehrhoff, SJ (hooking), 19:05. |
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2nd period - Cheechoo,
SJ (holding), 2:20; Holmstrom, DET (slashing), 14:53. |
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3rd period - Marleau, SJ
(holding), 11:52; Filppula, DET (holding), 11:52; Blake, SJ (roughing),
13:14. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Nabokov |
28 |
22 |
DET - Conklin |
24 |
24 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
9 |
5 |
10 |
24 |
DET |
7 |
9 |
12 |
28 |
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Referees:
Joannette, MCCauley. Linesmen: Arnell, Cherrey. |
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