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Sloppy start and PK doom
Sharks
SJ comes back from 3-0 deficit, but still
loses
Slow start would have been an understatement on
Tuesday night. The Sharks took one on the chin in the opening period of their
game in Phoenix, surrendering 3 goals, before battling back to tie the game in
the 3rd period. That comeback would go by the way side when an interference
penalty to Jonathan Cheechoo in the last 33 seconds of the game, gave the
Coyotes the crack they need to finish what they started in a 4-3 win over San
Jose at Jobbing.com Arena.
It wasn’t the start anyone was looking
for. It was the opening period anyone was looking for. A soft goal in the
opening minute and two power play goals had the Sharks facing a 3-0 deficit
after the opening 20 minutes.
Shane Doan fired in a shot from outside
the blueline that Nabokov tried gloving, but the puck deflected straight up
into the air. Nabokov lost sight of it, but Kyle Turris crashed the net and
jammed it in for the lead 21 seconds into the game.
An Alexei Semenov
holding penalty put the Coyotes on the power play at 13:32, the Coyotes would
capitalize. Once again Turris took advantage of a Doan feed, although his shot
took a fortuitous bounce after it hit defenseman Dan Boyle’s stick and
redirected into the wide open net.
Dan Boyle went down late in the
period after a Daniel Winnik check sent the Sharks defenseman face first into
the glass. Rob Blake tried sending a message by engaging Winnik on the next
shift, but it turned into more of a disrobing than a fight.
Patrick
Marleau would take an interference penalty in the offensive zone with 47
seconds late in the period and the coyotes would make the Sharks pay once
again.
Dmitri Kalinin would convert on the power play with 16 seconds
left in the period to put the Coyotes up 3-0. The Phoenix defenseman took a
pass through the slot from Kyle turris, then snapped a shot that beat Nabokov
to the stick side.
Todd McLellan tried shaking his roster up by
pulling Nabokov to start the 2nd period.
Things turned physical with
several fights breaking out in the period. Jody Shelley and Brian McGrattan
would lock horns, then Brad Staubitz and Brandon Prust would engage a minute
later.
A Martin Yandle slashing penalty put the Sharks on the power
play and San Jose would finally beat Ilya Bryzgalov. Joe Thornton scored his
21st goal of the season after taking a Jonathan Cheechoo feed, then circling
around the net and lifting a shot past the Coyotes goaltender.
San Jose came out firing to start the 3rd period.
Their forecheck established some pressure deep in the Coyotes end, resulting in
a flurry of shots on Bryzgalov. Rob Blake sent a puck in from the right circle,
but a Coyotes defender blocked the shot. The puck deflected across the slot to
Thornton, who sent a backhander into the Phoenix net. Bryzgalov was caught out
of position, and Zbynek Michalek attempted to block the shot by squatting on
the goal line, but Thornton’s shot slipped through to cut the Coyotes lead
to a single goal.
Martin Hanzel had a chance to push the Phoenix
cushion back to 2-goals with a breakaway attempt with 13:35, but Boucher made
the save.
Thornton setup the equalizer by grabbing a Rob Blake rebound
in front of the right post, then sending a blind backhand pass back into the
slot where Patrick Marleau was there to deposit his 36th goal of the season.
Jonathan Cheechoo was called for interference with 33 ticks left in
the 3rd period, and the call would erase the comeback in a flash.
Shane Doan would grab the faceoff in the right corner then carry the puck in on
net and backhand a shot under Boucher’s pad as he cut across the slot from
right to left. It took all of 7 seconds to wipe out one of the better comebacks
of the season.
Game Notes:
Christian Ehrhoff was
scratched again after it was revealed that he suffered a lower body injury on
Saturday in the Sharks 2-1 shootout win over Los Angeles. Ehrhoff was given a
clean bill of health on Tuesday but he hasn’t skated since Saturday, so he
was given his second consecutive game off.
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| SJ |
0 |
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| 1st period - 1, PHO,
Turris 7 (Doan, Mueller), 0:21. 2, PHO, Turris 8 (Doan, Kalinin), 15:21, (pp).
3, PHO, Kalinin 2 (Turris, Doan), 19:44, (pp). |
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| 2nd period - 4, SJ,
Thornton 21 (Cheechoo, Blake), 8:01, (pp). |
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ,
Thornton 22 (Blake, Moen), 4:05. 6, SJ, Marleau 36 (Thornton, Blake), 8:20. 7,
PHO, Doan 26 (Turris, Upshall), 19:33, (pp). |
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| 1st period - Semenov, SJ
(holding), 13:32; Blake, SJ (fighting major), 18:09; Marleau, SJ
(interference), 19:13. |
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| 2nd period - Murray, SJ
(tripping), 2:13; Kalinin, PHO (interference), 3:16; Shelley, SJ (fighting
major), 5:24; McGrattan, PHO (fighting major), 5:24; Staubitz, SJ (fighting
major), 6:42; Prust, PHO (fighting major), 6:42; Yandle, PHO (slashing), 7:50;
Klee, PHO (tripping), 19:29. |
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| 3rd period - Cheechoo,
SJ (interference), 19:27. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Nabokov |
9 |
6 |
| SJ - Boucher |
11 |
10 |
| PHO - Bryzgalov |
36 |
33 |
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| SJ |
10 |
9 |
17 |
36 |
| PHO |
9 |
6 |
5 |
20 |
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| Referees:
Hasenfratz, Pochmara. Linesmen: Cameron, Heyer. |
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