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Pavelski's heroics get Sharks
back on winning track Joe Thornton scores in his
1000th game.
Long road trips have always been good opportunities
to settle the Sharks down and help them focus on the task at hand. Given that,
San Jose's six-game road trip couldn't have come soon enough. The Sharks kicked
off their second longest trip of the year in New Jersey on Friday night and
turned in a gritty performance in a 4-3 shootout win. Joe Pavelski scored with
33 seconds left in regulation to get the game to the overtime, then Ryane Clowe
wrapped things up with a goal in the shootout to help San Jose double their win
total.
The game also marked Joe Thornton's 1000th career NHL game.
Thornton factored into the game's scoring his 1st goal of the season.
The game may be one that Douglas Murray chooses to forget, or may not have the
ability to remember. The Sharks defenseman squared off with Devils winger Eric
Boulton in a one-punch fight that saw Murray dropped after taking a right to
the chops.
Murray would then take a roughing minor soon after stepping
back on the ice. New Jersey converted on the power play, when Patrick Elias
snapped a shot from outside the right circle on a one-time from the outside of
the right circle.
Joe Thornton took a cross checking penalty shortly
thereafter, but Antti Niemi made a clutch save on a Devils chance.
Jacob Josefson took a spill later in the period an went head first into the end
boards. The Devils announced later in the game that Josefson had broken his
clavicle.
Brent Burns hooked Zach Parise early in the 2nd period,
drawing a penalty shot that he converted on with a backhand shot between Antti
Niemi's pads.
R Thornton finally got the Sharks on the scoreboard, by
converting at 15:18 of the middle period. The Sharks captain snapped a shot
from between the dots, beating Hedberg though the 5-hole.
Ryan Clowe tied the game 63 seconds later. The Sharks
forward jammed home a rebound from just inside the right post, after Logan
Couture forced a turnover in the New Jersey zone.
New Jersey regained
the lead with 6:42 to play when Clarkson redirected a shot past Niemi.
Pavelski was forced to wield his magic late in regulation, pumping a shot past
Hedberg from 20 feet out. Pavelski only had a small window of open space to
shoot out, but he managed to thread the needle with this shot that caught the
back of the net high right.
Ilya kovalchuk converted in the first
round of the shootout, but that's all the Devil's would see. Michal Handzus
converted, then Clowe put another puck past Hedberg to end the game.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
T |
SJ |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
NJ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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1st period - 1, NJ,
Elias 2 (Kovalchuk, Clarkson), 13:53, (pp). |
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2nd period - 2, NJ,
Parise 3 (penalty shot), 0.36, (sh). 3, SJ, Thornton 1 (Pavelsk, Boyle), 15:18.
4, SJ, Clowe 2 (Thornton, Pavlski), 16:21. |
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3rd period - 5, NJ
Clarkson 2 (Tedenby, Greene), 13:18. 6, SJ, Pavlski 3 (Thornton, Clowe),
19:27. |
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Shootout - NJ: Kovalshuk
(goal), Parise (miss), Elias (miss). SJ: Pavelski (miss), Handzus (goal), Clowe
(goal). |
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1st period - Palmieri,
NJ (illegal check to head), 0:59; Winchester, SJ (goaltender interference),
3:27; Murray, SJ (fighing major), 7:21; Boulton, NJ (fighting major), 7:21;
Murray, SJ (roughing), 12:49; Thornton, SJ (cross checking), 15:22; Larsson, NJ
(holding the stick), 19:29. |
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2nd period - Burns, SJ
(penalty shot - hooking on a breakaway), 0:36; Salvador, NJ (interference),
6:34; Palmerri, NJ (interference on goaltender), 9:55; Boyle, SJ (high
sticking), 17:49. |
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3rd period - Pelley, NJ
(tripping), 7:03. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Niemi |
19 |
16 |
NJ - Hedberg |
41 |
38 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
SJ |
7 |
20 |
13 |
1 |
41 |
NJ |
6 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
19 |
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Referees: Furlatt,
Auger. Linesmen: Racicot, Champoux. |
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