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Sharks continue Duck
dominance
SJ scores 6 straight goals in
route
The San Jose Sharks have owned the Anaheim Ducks
this season. It's one of those oddities given that the Sharks have struggled to
be consistent, and the Ducks are hands down the best team in the NHL this
season. In the 4 prior meetings between the two teams this season, the Sharks
have won 3 of those games. Thursday night's 5th matchup of the season wasn't
much different as the Sharks cruised to a 6-3 win at SAP Center.
Typically when a team scores the game's first goal, and then tacks on two more
to close out the game, things are probably looking up for them. That's what
Anaheim did, but those goals were simply bookends to the 6 straight goals San
Jose put past Ducks goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.
Andrew Cogliano staked
the Ducks to their lone lead of the evening 4:57 into the game, evading
defenseman Scott Hannan in front of the net before taking a pass from Rickard
Rakell out of the right corner and lifting a shot past Antti Niemi for his 6th
goal of the season.
That was it for Anaheim highlights. The Sharks
went on a run, and flat out embarrassed the Ducks.
A Kyle Palmieri
high sticking penalty put the Sharks on the power play a minute after
Cogliano's goal, the 1st of 5 man advantage chances for San Jose. The Sharks
put on a passing clinic with Patrick Marleau sending a pass to Joe Thornton
along the left wing boards. Thornton received the puck and put it in front of
the net in the blink of an eye, where Joe Pavelski tapped it home for the 1-1
tie.
Barclay Goodrow gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead 2:15 into the 2nd
period by snapping a shot from the bottom of the left circle after carrying the
puck up the left wing. It was a simple shot with a little stick flex that
caught Bryzgalov low to the stick side.
Marleau teamed up with Brent
Burns 4 minutes later, redirecting a pass that Burns dressed up as a shot from
the right point. Marleau was cutting through the high slot, getting a stick on
the puck and redirecting it perfectly past Bryzgalov for his 10th goal of the
season.
Cogliano had a chance to disrupt the Sharks momentum later in
the period with a breakaway chance while teammate Sami Vatanen sat in the
penalty box after incurring an interference penalty. Niemi stood tall, denying
the prime scoring chance.
Matt Irwin got in on the act at 12:37 of the
period, by sniping a shot from the slot after Logan Couture fed the trailing
defenseman as he crossed the blueline. Irwin skated in on net as teammate Matt
Nieto tied up Vatanen in front of the net. Irwin's shot at the high right
corner, scoring his first goal since October.
The Ducks simply imploded 2 minutes later, when they
got caught on a line change that allowed San Jose to skate up ice with the
numbers advantage. Goodrow skated up the right wing and fed James Sheppard for
his 5th goal of the season as the forward skated down the slot. Tomas Hertl led
the break and drew a Ducks defender to the right post, opening up a shooting
lane for Sheppard.
John Scott put the Ducks on the power play late in
the period after he was sent off for rouging, but even that turned sour for
Anaheim. Pressing in the Sharks zone on the subsequent power play, the Ducks
turned the puck over, allowing the Sharks to skate up ice on a partial 2-on-1
break. Matt Nieto controlled the puck as he skated up ice with defenseman
Brenden Dillon on his left. Nieto fed Dillon after crossing the blueline as
Francois Beauchemin tried cutting off the left side of the net. Dillon tried
returning the pass to Nieto, but Matt Beleskey dove in an attempt to cutoff the
pass. The puck hit Beleskey, redirecting it into the wide open net.
Dillon was credited with the goal, which pushed the Sharks lead to 6-1.
Beleskey added a goal 1:23 into the 3rd period to cut the Sharks lead
to 6-2. Both teams seemed unmotivated to attack the net, although Patrick
Maroon would score a 3rd goal for Anaheim with 70 seconds left in regulation to
put an end to the goal-fest.
Game notes:
* Joe Thornton
surpassed Phil Housley for sole possession of 37th place on the NHL's All-Time
Points List (1,233 points) with the pair of assists he recorded.
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Patrick Marleau recorded his 10th goal and 25th assist of the season. In his
past five games, Marleau has accumulated seven points (3G, 4A).
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3 |
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| ANA |
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5 |
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| 1st period - 1, ANA,
Cogliano 6 (Rakell, Silfverberg), 4:57. 2, SJ, Pavelski 25 (Thornton, Marleau),
7:23, (pp). |
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| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Goodrow 3 (Sheppard, Hertl), 2:15. 4, SJ, Marleau 10 (Burns, Thornton), 6:16.
5, SJ, Irwin 3 (Couture), 12:37. 6, SJ, Sheppard 5 (Goodrow, Hertl), 14:30. 7,
SJ, Dillon 2 (Nieto), 16:07, (sh). |
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| 3rd period - 8, ANA,
Beleskey 19 (Kesler, Palmieri), 1:23. 9, ANA, Maroon 6 (Lidholm), 18:50. |
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| 1st period - Palmieri,
ANA (high sticking), 6:00; Beauchemin, ANA (fighting major), 10:36; Desjardins,
SJ (kneeing), 10:36; Desjardins, SJ (fighting major), 10:36; Lovejoy, ANA
(tripping), 13:23. |
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| 2nd period - Kessler,
ANA (hooking), 3:55; Vatenen, ANA (interference), 6:32; Scott, SJ (roughing),
14:58. |
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| 3rd period - Maroon, ANA
(cross checking), 8:58. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| ANA - Bryzgalov |
25 |
19 |
| ANA - Andersen |
8 |
8 |
| SJ - Niemi |
28 |
25 |
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2 |
3 |
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| ANA |
14 |
9 |
5 |
28 |
| SJ |
9 |
17 |
7 |
33 |
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| Referees: Dwyer,
Kowal. Linesmen: MacPherson, Morin. |
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