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Wingels wings OT
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Sharks score enough to beat Stars
Scoring has not exactly been a strength of the San
Jose Sharks the past few weeks. Wednesday night was an opportunity to correct
that with the Dallas Stars in town. The Stars average almost 3 goals allowed
per game, but the Sharks continued to sputter. The good news is the Dallas
offense sputtered more. The Sharks put one more puck past the opposing
goaltender, the last coming in overtime as San Jose knocked off the visiting
Stars 2-1 at SAP Center.
* Tommy Wingels was the guy to send the
sellout crowd home with smiles on their faces. Wingels teamed up with Martin
Havlat and Scott Hannan on a triangle passing sequence that ended with Wingels
lifting the puck inside the right post. Wingels sent a pass to Hannan along the
left wings boards before heading to the net. Hannan sent the puck to Havlat
outside the left post where defenseman Kevin Connauton came barreling at him.
Havlat slid the puck around Stars blueliner to Wingels in the slot for the game
winner.
* Havlat finally made a noticeable appearance in a hockey game
since returning from his injury, adding to his game winning assist by scoring
his 4th goal of the season at 18:06 of the 2nd period. Scott Hannan setup
Havlat with shot-pass from the right point, putting the puck right on Havlat's
stick as the Sharks centerman cruised down the slot. All Havlat had to do was
change the trajectory on the pass, tipping it past Kari Lehtonen for the game's
first goal.
* TheSharks came within inches of making a 2-0 game
moments after the Havlat goal when a Patrick Marleau shot squeezed past the
Starts goaltender and floated toward the goal line. Defenseman Jordie Benn
swept the puck clear to keep the Stars within a single goal.
* The
Sharks surrendered yet another 3rd period lead, allowing the Stars to tie the
game up 6:27 into the final frame. Valeri Nichushkin pumped a Trevor Daley feed
home from the slot after Dallas beat the Sharks to loose puck after loose puck
in the San Jose zone. Tyler Seguin cycled the puck to Daley near the bottom of
the left circle, before Daley split the circles with the primary assist to
Nichushkin. The goal was the 12th of the year for the 18 year-old
Russian.
* Erik Cole took a slashing penalty at 12:12 of the 3rd period
to open the door for the Sharksk to jump back out in front. San Jose did
nothing with the man-advantage, continuing with an anemic attack on the power
play.
* Cole would head off a second time in the period, but once
again the Sharks failed to generate any chance on Lehtonen. The Sharks would
finish the period with a season low 2 shots on goal for the entire 20 minute
span. Two power plays in the period and they put 2 shots total on net in the
frame.
* In the overtime period Brent Burns put a shot on goal on a
2-on-1 break that Lehtonen stopped with a waving glove hand. The missed
opportunity would be moot when Wingels ended things a minute later.
* After his big two goal game on Monday night, Matt
Nieto followed his career performance up by getting hurt in the 2nd period. The
Sharks rookie suffered a lower body injury and did not return, missing the 3rd
period. Nieto dove in front of a Trevor Daley slap shot from the blueline that
may have caught him in the knee.
* Adam Burish made his season debut
after recovering from back surgery. Burish missed the first 57 games of the
season. He skated 17 shifts, logging 10:06 of ice time and recording 3 hits, a
blocked shot and a single shot on goal.
* Tyler Kennedy missed his 2nd
straight game as he nurses an undisclosed injury. Kennedy skated in warm-ups on
Monday but failed to answer the bell against Philadelphia.
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OT |
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| 2nd period - 1, SJ,
Havlat 4 (Hannan, Sheppard), 18:06. |
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| 3rd period - 2, DAL,
Nichushkin 12 (Daley, Seguin), 6:27. |
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| Overtime - 3, SJ,
Wingels 11 (Havlat, Hannan), 1:52. |
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| 1st period - Hannan, SJ
(hooking), 18:34. |
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| 2nd period - Peverley,
DAL (holding), 5:10. |
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| 3rd period - Cole, DAL
(slashing), 12:12; Cole, DAL (tripping), 16:13. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| DAL - Lehtonen |
21 |
19 |
| SJ - Niemi |
20 |
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6 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
| SJ |
9 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
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| Referees: Kimmerly,
Pochmara. Linesmen: Sharrers, Grandt. |
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