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Sharks trip in
overtime
PP chances squandered in loss
San Jose finished off their NHL Premier trip to
Stockholm with a disappointing overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on
Saturday. The Sharks can take solace in the fact that grabbed three of four
points on their Swedish tour, but they have to be kicking themselves for not
finishing off the Blue Jackets on the 8 power play chances afforded them in the
2nd game of the mini-series.
The Sharks did score two goals on the
man-advantage, but a handful of other chances were the difference in the game.
Columbus was led by a strong performance by goaltender Steve Mason, who made 33
saves.
An early penalty to Antoine Vermette put the Sharks on the
power play just 6 seconds into the game. Joe Thornton missed on a nice chance,
bouncing a shot off the left post. Devin Setoguchi wouldn’t miss after
taking a centering pass from Ryane Clowe in the slot. Setoguchi cranked an 18
foot shot past Steve Mason for his first goal of the season. It was
Clowe’s 3rd assist in less than 24 hours.
Rick Nash would answer
just 1:11 later by squeezing a shot from the right corner past Antero
Niittymaki, who was making his Sharks debut in net. The Nash goal came from a
tight angle, but it found a hole, slipping through the Sharks goaltender for
his first of the season.
San Jose would fall into a defensive shell
for a 12 minute span, allowing the Blue Jackets to dictate play in the Sharks
end.
A Kneeing call on Jamie McGinn put the Sharks on the penalty kill
for the remaining 1:52 of the period, but the Sharks became the aggressors when
Patrick Marleau slipped the Columbus defense and skated in on Mason. A shot
from 12 feet out would be stopped by Mason to keep the game tied heading into
the 1st intermission.
The Sharks would kill off the period at the
start of the 2nd period, but McGinn would head right back to the box for
hooking 7 seconds after getting back on the ice.
The Blue Jacket got
themselves into penalty trouble in the 2nd period, including a high sticking
penalty Jan Hejda, which put the Sharks on the power play for the 4th time in
the period. Mason was stung by a Marleau shot on that power play, after the
shot shattered Mason’s throat guard. The Columbus netminder and his
teammates were able to kill off all four to keep the game tied, largely due to
11 blocked shots in the period.
Niittymaki had to make a pair of tough
saves to open the 3rd period, after Columbus started to buzz the Sharks net.
Dany Heatley would just miss on his own chance moments later after cutting back
to the slot, slipping Chris Russell along the way.
Devin Setoguchi
would be sent off for interference at 4:40, putting the Blue jackets on the
power play. They would make quick work of the Sharks, converting on a Kristian
Huselius shot from the inside of the right circle, beating Niittymaki to the
high stick side for the 2-1 lead.
Mike Commodore would give the Sharks the man advantage
23 second after the Huselius goal for hooking, and San Jose would answer.
Thornton would snap a cross ice pass from Joe Pavelski past Mason for his 2nd
goal in as many games. The Sharks captain was lurking near the let dot, when
Pavelski spotted him and sent the pass through the slot for the one-timer.
Ethan Moreau would put the Sharks back on the power play at 10:23,
giving the Sharks a great chance to grab the lead as they had done in the
opener on Friday. Marleau had a chance to bag the go-ahead goal, but his shot
hit the right crossbar.
Scott Nichol would follow that up with a
2-on-1 chance moments after the Moreau penalty expired, but his shot would also
hit the post to keep the game knotted at 2-2.
San Jose would get one
more crack on the mad-advantage with 1:53 remaining in regulation after
Rostislav Klesla was sent off for boarding Thornton. San Jose failed to
generate any scoring chances, sending the game to overtime.
Moreau
would end it with a goal at 2:56 of the extra period after Dany Heatley made a
poor play to enter the Columbus zone. He coughed the puck up along the left
wing boards, allowing the Blue Jackets to send the puck back up ice on a quick
counter attack. Fedor Tyutin sent a 100 foot pass to Moreau on the left wing,
where the Columbus assistant captain skated in to the left dot and snapped home
the game winner.
Game Notes:
San Jose continued to be
out hit by the Blue Jackets on Saturday. Columbus applied 30 hits, 6 from Sammi
Pahlsson alone. Columbus blocked 25 shots in the game.
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| CBJ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| SJ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Setoguchi 1 (Demers, Clowe), 2:02, (pp). 2, CBJ, Nash 1 (Vermette, Huselius),
3:13. |
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| 3rd period - 3, CBJ,
Huselius 2 (Filatov, Stralman), 5:08, (pp). 4, SJ, Thornton 2 (Heatley,
Marleau), 7:05, (pp). |
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| Overtime - 5, CBJ,
Moreau 1 (Tyutin), 2:56. |
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| 1st period - Vermette,
CBJ (holding the stick), 0:06; Demers, SJ (slashing), 5:52; McGinn, SJ
(kneeing), 18:08. |
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| 2nd period - McGinn, SJ
(hooking), 0:15; Vermette, CBJ (slashing), 0:49; Moreau, CBJ (roughing), 3:22;
Stralman, CBJ (hooking), 9:08; Hejda, CBJ (high sticking), 11:22. |
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| 3rd period -
Setoguchi, SJ (interference), 4:40; Commodore, CBJ (hooking), 5:30; Moreau, CJB
(tripping), 10:23; Klesla, (boarding), 18:07. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Niemi |
32 |
30 |
| CBJ - Mason |
28 |
25 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| CBJ |
12 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
25 |
| SJ |
7 |
12 |
16 |
0 |
35 |
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| Referees: Auger,
Furlatt. Linesmen: Rody, Schachte. |
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