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Sharks avoid trap and extend
home winning
Oilers push but can't crack Sharks at
SAP
It wasn't pretty, but it was a win. That's the best
perspective following the sharks 4-3 win over the lowly Edmonton Oilers at SAP
Center on Thursday night. The Sharks fell behind, grabbed a lead, then fell
behind again before rallying for a pair of 3rd period goals to beat the
league's 2nd worst team in a see-saw battle. The win was the 8th in the last 9
games for San Jose and their 7th in a row on home ice. Barclay Goodrow had a
goal and an assist to lead the Sharks.
Goodrow was one of trio of
Sharks youngsters who upstaged the Oilers young stars as the Sharks got back
into the swing of things after a 4-day break. Rookie Melker Karlsson added a
pair of assists for his 1st multi-point game as an NHLer, and Matt Tennyson
became the first player to come out of the Jr Sharks program to score a goal
for San Jose.
"Resilent game," said Sharks forward Tommy Wingels.
"When we got down, we had confidence enough to come back. Like I said, there is
a reason we play sixty minutes here. if we don't get it done in the first. we
will try the second, if we don't get it done in the second, we will try in the
third. Our team fought back pretty good. i thought the special teams were
good."
The Oilers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the middle of a particularly
lethargic opening period, when Boyd Gordon flipped a backhand shot past Antti
Niemi from the bottom of the right circle. Gordon came upon the puck after it
kicked out of the right corner following a scrum between several players.
Goodrow helped the Sharks tie the game at 1-1 5:51 into the 2nd period
by sliding a perfect pass to James Sheppard from behind the Oilers net.
Sheppard split two defenders and sent a quick one-time shot that slipped
between Ben Scrivens pads.
Logan Couture put the Sharks up less than 2
minutes later. Brenden Dillon carried the puck toward the Oilers zone, drawing
a pair of defenders to the left side before sliding a pass to Couture on the
off wing. Couture charged up the right side, before switching the puck to his
forehand and lifting a puck past Scrivens for his 13th goal of the season.
"Our line was buzzing there in the early going," said Couture.
"Marleau and Wingels were looking for me a lot so I was touching the puck and
shooting the puck. You always feel good when you're shooting the puck early,
the puck seems to follow you around. I kind of had a feeling I was going to get
one tonight, but it was just good to win."
The good cheer lasted less
than a minute when the Oilers decided to get their acts in gear.
Steven Pinizzotto tied the game 47 seconds after Couture's goal. Edmonton
worked the puck to the front of the net, where it bounced off several skates
before ending up on Pinizzotto's tape. The Oilers forward swiped at the puck,
which slid through Niemi's pads for his 2nd goal of the season, both coming
against the Sharks.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins sniffed out a rebound at the
midway point of the period. Jordan Eberle threw a shot on net that Niemi tried
to swallow with his jersey and arms, but the puck squirted for Nugent-Hopkins
to punch home.
The Sharks spent the rest of the period trying to kick
start their offense, but the Oilers did a nice job to suppress San Jose's
offensive aspirations. It was a bit of a momentum builder for the Oilers who
fired head coach Dallas Eakins on Monday.
Shark killer David Perron
entered the 3rd period with a pair of assists on the night, but his illegal
check on Patrick Marleau 7:26 into the final frame setup the Oilers collapse.
Tennyson, the Pleasanton native, converted on the power play by rifling a shot
from the right wing to tie the game at 3-3.
"Matty feels more
comfortable because he is playing a little bit more," said Sharks head coach
Todd McLellan. "His goal tonight was a really special goal for our organization
actually for the city because I know when Mr. Gund was still alive, one of his
dreams was to have a San Jose bred player, someone who played in the Junior
Sharks system, actually play for the Sharks and score a goal. Hopefully he is
looking down and is really proud of bringing the team here and it finally
happened after twenty three, twenty four years."
Goodrow put the
Sharks up 34 seconds later, when Brent Burns sent a lead pass to the Sharks
rookie at the Oilers blueline. Goodrow raced up ice with Justin Schultz draped
all over him, before putting a backhand shot past Scrivens for his 2nd goal of
the season.
"I didn't have any speed when I got the puck so I figured
one guy would end up catching me," said Goodrow. "I tried to fend him off as
best I could, and the goalie slid over a bit so I thought I'd have a bit of
room on the far side. It was great vision [from Burns]. It was a great pass."
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| 1st period - 1, EDM,
Gordon 5 (Perron, Petry), 14:43. |
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| 2nd period - 2, SJ,
Sheppard 4 (Goodrow, Karlsson), 5:51. 3, SJ, Couture 13 (Dillon), 7:36. 4, EDM,
Pinizzotto 2 (Hendricks, Schultz), 8:23. 5, EDM, Nugent-Hopkins 9 (Eberle,
Perron), 9:59. |
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| 3rd period - 6, SJ,
Tennyson 1 (Wingels, Vlasic), 8:29, (pp). 7, SJ, Goodrow 2 (), 9:03. |
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| 1st period - Yakupov,
EDM (interference), 18:22. |
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| 2nd period - Tierney, SJ
(holding), 2:53; Klefbom, EDM (high sticking), 14:26. |
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| 3rd period - Perron. EDM
(illegal check to head), 7:26. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| EDM - Scrivens |
30 |
26 |
| SJ - Niemi |
28 |
25 |
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8 |
13 |
7 |
28 |
| SJ |
8 |
9 |
13 |
30 |
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| Referees: Devorski,
Joannette. Linesmen: Lazarowich, Cvik. |
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