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Bounce back in
Vancouver
Sharks route Canucks after stinker in
Calgary
The Vancouver Canucks have played the Sharks tough
this season, so it was refreshing to see San Jose dismantle them on Thursday
night, especially after sleep walking through their game in Calgary 24 hours
prior. San Jose jumped the Canucks with goals in each period to take a 5-1
decision at Rogers Arena in British Columbia.
Balanced scoring was the
secret to San Jose's success, as they received offensive contributions from 11
players. Two of those players were rookies Chris Tierney and Daniil Tarasov,
who had milestone performances.
Tierney scored his 1st NHL goal,
tipping a Brent Burns shot from the right point to blow open the game in the
3rd period. Tierney got his stick blade on a thigh high shot, changing the
trajectory of the shot, skipping the puck past Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller.
Tierney credited getting into Vancouver at a reasonable hour and
getting some rest before the game. The rookie had to jump on a plane on
Wednesday morning to make San Jose's game with Calgary later than night. He was
able to settle in to a regular routine on Thursday.
Daniil Tarasov
also had a game suitable for the memory bank. The young Russian forward made
his NHL debut and contributed with his 1st career point, assisting on a late
goal by Andrew Desjardins. The youngster was also was welcomed to the league
with a stick to the face that opened up a cut right under his left eye. Tarasov
missed a pair of shifts while getting stitched up, but would return to get on
the score sheet a period later.
With so few players contributing in
Calgary, it was imperative that the Sharks received some scoring help from up
and down the lineup.
San Jose staked themselves to a 1-0 lead at the
end of the 1st period, when Matt Irwin rifled a shot from the outside of the
left circle past Miller. The goal clipped the crossbar for Irwin's 4th tally of
the season.
The Sharks threw 16 shots at Miller in the opening period,
but the netminder turned aside all but Irwin's in that 1st frame.
Tierney may have been mimicking Melker Karlsson, who socred almost an identical
goal early in the 2nd period. Once again, Burns fired the puck in, but it was
Karlsson who tipped the puck, bouncing it past Miller for the 2-0 Sharks lead.
Dan Hamhuis was sent off for tripping Karlsson with 1:44 left in the
middle frame, but Henrik Sedin saiid something to referee Chris Rooney, who
tacked on another penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
The ensuing
5-on-3 power play setup Joe Pavelski's 28th goal of the season to push the
Sharks lead to 3-0 with 15 seconds left in the period.
Tierney's goal
made it 4-0 which sent some of the 18,508 in attendance heading for the exits.
Radim Vrbata earned a trip to the sin bin after
running into Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi. That drew a round of boos from the
crowd, who were still a little perturbed by the call on Sedin earlier in the
game.
Vrbata broke up Niemi's shutout bid with 1:57 left in the game,
by blasting a shot from the right circle, that crossed up Niemi. The netminder
slid to far to cut off the near post, allowing Vrbata's shot to tuck inside the
far post.
With the game widing to a close, San Jose worked the puck
into the Vancouver zone, when Tierney sent a backhand pass to Desjardins near
the right dot. Desjardins lifted a shot over Miller's right shoulder with 5
seconds left in the game for his 3rd goal of the season.
Game
Notes:
* Patrick Marleau played in his 1300th NHL game.
*
Brent Burns 2 assists leave him one shy of his career high in assists for a
season (29). Burns set that mark with the Minnesota Wild in 2010-11.
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The Sharks played 6 rookies, which is a season high. Tierney, Karlsson, Matt
Tennyson and Tarasov combined for 5 points (2 goals, 3 asssits).
* The
loss was only the 3rd in Miller's career against the Sharks. He is now 9-2-1
all time.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Irwin 4 (Tennyson, Couture), 17:43. |
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| 2nd period - 2, SJ,
Karlsson 9 (Burns), 6:24. 3, SJ, Pavelski SJ 28 (Couture, Marleau), 19:45,
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| 3rd period - 4, SJ,
Tierney 1 (Burns, Vlasic), 3:55. 5, VAN, Vrbata 20 (Stanton), 18:03. 6, SJ,
Desjardins 3 (Tierney, Tarasov), 19:55. |
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| 1st period - Stanton,
VAN (interference), 6:00. |
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| 2nd period - Desjardins,
SJ (boarding), 0:57; Goodrow, SJ (hooking), 7:44; Hamhuis, VAN (tripping),
18:16; H. Sedin, VAN (unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:16. |
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| 3rd period - Vrbata, VAN
(goaltender interference), 9:37; Karlsson, SJ (hooking), 14:09. |
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33 |
| VAN - Miller |
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14 |
8 |
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9 |
12 |
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| Referees: Rooney,
Walsh. Linesmen: Barton, Mach. |
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