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Canucks run wild on San Jose
ice
Vancouver puts 47 shots in Sharks in 4-3
win
More wishy-washy hockey in San Jose resulted in
another come from ahead loss for the Sharks on Monday night. After battling to
a 3-2 lead midway through the game, a lack of focus allowed one of the hottest
teams in the NHL to take another victory from the Sharks at HP Pavilion. A
non-call in the 3rd period would also give the Vancouver Canucks the game
winning goal and add the Sharks inconsistent results.
Vancouver has
only an overtime loss to show for their last ten games, having won 14 of 17 to
push themselves to the top of the Western Conference standings. Their 53 points
matches the Detroit Red Wings, who have played two more games than the Canucks.
Alex Burrows would score the game winner midway through the 3rd period
on one of 21 shots in the period by Vancouver. They would out-shoot San Jose
47-35, exposing a porous defense that had no answers for a Canucks offense that
roamed freely in the Sharks zone most of the evening.
The Canucks top
line took advantage of some sloppy stick work by the Sharks in their own zone.
Joe Thornton turned over the puck at his own blueline, opening up things for
Alex Burrows who made the feed to Henrik Sedin in the left corner. Sedin took a
step toward the net before sliding a pass to the slot to brother Daniel for the
easy tap in goal. Sharks netminder Antti Niemi was defenseless against the
tic-tac-toe passing by the Canucks.
Jamal Mayers dropped the gloves
with Tanner Glass midway through the period in an attempt to light a fire under
his bench. The Sharks forward did a yeoman's job against Glass.
The
fight would spark the Sharks, but they would not generate much in terms of
offense against Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider. Vancouver would outshoot the
Sharks 15-7 in the period.
A sniper's bullet in the form of Dan Boyle
stick would drop Alex Burrows with 1:45 remaining in the period to put the
Canucks on the power play. San Jose would get out of the period without any
further damage, but would be forced to play catch up against a red hot Canucks
lineup.
Henrik Sedin almost made it 2-0 on a breakaway four minutes
into the 2nd period, but Douglas Murray got back to cut off Sedin's path to the
net.
San Jose would strike on the ensuing rush. A puck was cycled
around to the right wing boards, where Jason Demers pounced on the puck and
whipped a shot to the left post, where Ryane Clowe was parked for the tap in.
It was Clowe's 11th tally of the season.
A hooking penalty to Logan
Couture would put the Canucks on the power play at 7:31, and it would prove
costly for the Sharks. Alex Edler snapped a one-timer past Niemi after former
Sharks defenseman Christian Ehrhoff sent a cross-ice pass from the left side.
The Sharks would counter with a power play goal of their own after
Henrik Sedin slashed Thornton to setup a San Jose power play. Patrick Marleau
would deposit his 15th goal of the season after Dan Boyle sent a shot in on
goal. Marleau was parked just off the left post and was able to grab Boyle's
rebound and lift it past Schneider to tie things up at 2-2.
San Jose would strike again three minutes later when
an odd-man rush by the Sharks fourth line turned into a goal. Jamal Mayers took
a Dany Heatly feed on the right wing and snapped a shot past Schneider, who
slipped on the play.
Jannik Hansen would tie the game with 1:25
remaining in the period, stuffing home a rebound after the Sharks got too
passive in their own zone. Ryan Kessler put a shot on net that Niemi couldn't
control. Hansen slipped past a Sharks defenseman, then jammed a shot past Niemi
from three feet out with Murray standing at the top of the crease.
Things got interesting in the 3rd period. Joe Thornton missed on a wide open
net 6 minutes into the period, then the Canucks would turn around and generate
a three-on-one chance that would end with a Jeff Tambellini shot on net.
San Jose would fall victim to a non-call right in front of the net.
Ehrhoff threw a puck on net that was deflected out of the air with a high stick
by Burrows. The puck bounced off Niemi who tried to glove the original shot,
and landed in the crease. Burrows swept it home for this 8th goal of the
season. The play should have been whistled dead, but the play was allowed to
continue, giving the Canucks the gift goal.
San Jose would pull Niemi
with 1:50 to play, but the extra skater did little to help the Sharks.
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3 |
T |
| VAN |
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| SJ |
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| 1st period - 1, VAN, D.
Sedin 21 (H. Sedin, Burrows), 6:09. |
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| 2nd period - 2, SJ,
Clowe 11 (Demers, Ferriero), 5:08. 3, VAN, Edler 3 (Ehrhoff, D. Sedin), 8:14,
(pp). 4, SJ, Marleau 15 (Heatley, Boyle), 12:18, (pp). 5, SJ, Mayers 2
(Heatley, Huskins), 15:21. 6, VAN, Hansen 5 (Kessler, Raymond), 18:35. |
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| 3rd period - 7, VAN,
Burrows 8 (Ehrhoff, Ballard), 8:57. |
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| 1st period - H. Sedin,
VAN (high sticking), 0:49; Glass, VAN (fighting major), 10:35; Mayers, SJ
(fighting major), 10:35; Boyle, SJ (high sticking), 18:15. |
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| 2nd period - Couture, SJ
(hooking), 7:31; H. Sedin, VAN (slashing), 11:18; Glass, VAN (fighting major),
15:24; Mashinger, SJ (fighting major), 15:24. |
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| 3rd period - Vlasic, SJ
(tripping), 1:40. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| VAN - Schneider |
35 |
32 |
| SJ - Niemi |
47 |
43 |
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| VAN |
15 |
11 |
21 |
47 |
| SJ |
7 |
15 |
13 |
35 |
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| Referees: Jackson,
StPierre. Linesmen: Rody, Wheler. |
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