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Penalty killing holds, timely
scoring wins it Marleau has two goals in 4-2 win in
Dallas
Another long break in the schedule provided the
Sharks with an opportunity to re-energize in preparation for their Pacific
Division match-up with the Dallas Stars on Monday night. Having an extra step
in their skates allowed the Sharks to overcome a 5-0 disparity on the power
play and take a 4-2 win in Texas . Patrick Marleau scored a pair of goals in
the victory and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 36 shots in the victory.
San
Jose leaned on a solid penalty kill and some timely scoring to break a two game
losing streak to the Stars, who have taken both games in San Jose this season.
A little luck late in the contest also contributed to the win.
Both
teams would play tentatively in the opening period, feeling the opposition out
for cracks in the armor. San Jose would make things easier for the Stars by
taking three penalties in the period that resulted in Dallas power plays.
Niklas Grossman clanked a shot off the left post five minutes into the
game.
Joe Pavelski threw the puck over the glass for an early delay of
game infraction, then captain Rob Blake would be sent off for slashing at
14:51. Blake would take another slashing penalty at the horn to put the Stars
back on the power play to start the 2nd period, but once again the San Jose
penalty kill denied the Stars again.
The penalty bug continued to bite
the Sharks in the 2nd period. Marc-Edouard Vlasic was singled out for roughing
after the two teams started to mix things up behind the Sharks net 5:28 into
the period. Once again San Jose killed off the penalty, but it meant more time
skating a man down.
That penalty kill seemed to energize the Sharks
and they would capitalize at 9:43. Ryane Clowe picked off a clearing attempt
near the right corner, then curled around the back of the Stars net from right
to left, before backhanding a pass through the crease to Pavelski on the off
post. The Sharks centerman easily tapped home his 6th goal of the season past
Marty Turco for the 1-0 lead.
Tom Wandell elected to forgo a pass to
Steve Ott, opting to put a shot on goal from the left win at 8:30 that just
missed. The sharks immediately countered and Jed Ortmeyer missed on his own
chance after skating in on Turco from the right side.
Ott hit the post
with 6 minutes in the period to cap a wild back and forth sequence that seemed
devoid of any defense.
The Sharks top line got a goal late in the
period to extend the lead to two-goals. Marleau took a feed from Joe Thornton
near the top of the left circle before lifting a shot that beat Turco to the
near side.
Nabokov stoned Jamie Benn with his right leg pad, after the
Stars forward beat a defender around the right side, then cut across the top of
the crease.
The 3rd period couldnt have started worse for
San Jose . Benn cut the Sharks lead in half with his 7th goal of the season
just 18 seconds in. Brendan Morrow put a shot on goal from the right side, but
Sharks netminder Evgeni Nabokov allowed the puck to deflect right to Benn for
the easy put back.
Marleau would grab the momentum right back just
over two minutes later with his second of the game. Dany Healtey sent a bullet
from the right side to Marleau on the off wing, just as the forward hit the
Stars blueline. Marleau took a single stride then unloaded on Turco, catching
the top right side of the net for the 3-1 Sharks lead.
Heatley would
find himself in the box at 5:33 for tripping, and the Stars would take all of 5
seconds to convert on the ensuing power play. Stephan Robidas would send a shot
in from the point that pin-balled off a Shark, then hit Olui Eriksson in the
skate, deflecting again past Nabokov. The play would be reviewed, but the
officials ruled there was no distinct kicking motion by Eriksson, so the goal
would stand.
The Sharks thought they had their first power play chance
of the night when Thornton was chopped across the left arm while he carried the
puck in on net, but the on-ice officials kept their whistles in their pockets.
Devin Setoguchi missed on a golden chance to push the lead back to
two-goals after he intercepted a Stars pass right in front of the Dallas net
with just under ten minutes to play. The Sharks forward took a step toward
Turco and tried to snap a shot by the Dallas netminder, but his shot was turned
aside.
Stars head coach Marc Crawford would pull Turco with 1:30 to
play, but that would backfire on Dallas . A faceoff win by the Stars would chip
back into their own zone, but rookie defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy mishandled the
puck and actually pushed it toward his own net. Vishnevskiy tried to track it
down, but the momentum carried it across the goal line to seal the win for San
Jose . Clowe was credited with the goal, his 8th of the season.
Game Notes:
It was the first time in seven years that the Sharks
failed to draw a power play against an opponent.
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
DAL |
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0 |
2 |
2 |
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2nd period - 1, SJ,
Pavelski 6 (Clowe), 9:43. 2, SJ, Marleau 22 (Thornton, Heatley), 18:01. |
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3rd period - 3, DAL,
Benn 7 (Morrow), 0:18. 4, SJ, Marleau 23 (Heatley, Boyle), 2:43. 5, DAL,
Eriksson 12 (Robidas, Richards), 5:38, (pp). 6, SJ, Clowe 8 (unassisted),
19:10, (en). |
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1st period - Pavelski,
SJ (delay of game puck over glass), 1:39; Blake, SJ (slashing), 14:51;
Vlasic, SJ (cross checking), 16:21; Modano, DAL (cross checking), 16:21; Blake,
SJ (slashing), 20:00. |
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2nd period - Vlasic, SJ
(roughing), 5:28. |
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3rd period -
Heatley, SJ (tripping), 5:33. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Nabokov |
38 |
36 |
DAL - Turco |
31 |
28 |
DAL - empty net |
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0 |
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2 |
3 |
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SJ |
7 |
11 |
13 |
31 |
DAL |
13 |
17 |
8 |
38 |
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Referees: Watson,
Auger. Linesmen: Cvik, Driscoll. |
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