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Ducks strangle Sharks in 3-2
win No fight in Sharks following ASG
break
The post All Star break blues were in full effect
in Southern California as the Sharks stumbled to a 3-2 loss, snapping their a
10 game streak in which they scored at least a point in the standings. The host
Anaheim Ducks trudged through a stifling game that was more about grinding
clock than emphasizing any form of finesse. The Ducks skated away with a 3-2
win over the Sharks in what best described as a snooze fest at the Honda
Center.
When the Sharks were able to wriggle out of the Ducks
stranglehold and score, Anaheim had an answer. When the Sharks needed to
generate a game tying goal, the Ducks had an answer.
Rickard Rakell
opened the games scoring 16:09 into the 1st period snapping a 25-foot shot over
Martin Jones right shoulder after Brenden Dillon gambled with a check at the
blueline and missed. Rakell sent his wrist shot from the outside of the right
circle, zipping it past the Sharks goaltender.
Dainius Zubrus tied the
game 2:43 into the 2nd period, redirecting a Brent Burns shot past Frederik
Andersen from the high slot. Zubrus failed to put a pair of shots past Andersen
from the front of the net, but when Burns uncorked a shot from the right point,
the Sharks forward simply got his stick on the puck, altering its path from 40
feet away from the goal mouth.
Rakell put the Sharks on the power play
30 seconds later, but the Sharks committed the game's kiss of death by allowing
a short-handed goal on the ensuing power play. With five Sharks chasing the
puck in their own end, Ryan Getzlaf found Hampus Lindholm cutting down the slot
for a one-time chance that beat Jones. Burns started a series of miscues by
turning the puck over in front of his own net. Three San Jose players stood and
watched as Lindholm skated in unscathed and got his shot off.
Standing
and watching was the theme of the night for the Sharks defense. Ryan Garbutt
made it a 3-1 lead by punching home a long rebound while the Sharks parked
themselves in their own end and watched the centerman swoop in and score in the
same fashion as Lindholm.
Tommy Wingels helped San Jose draw to within a single
goal with 6:48 to play in the period by sweeping home a rebound from the left
side after Joonas Donskoi bounced a shot off Andersen.
The Sharks did
themselves no favors early in the 3rd period by taking a pair over overlapping
penalties. Paul Martin flipped a puck over the glass for a delay of game
penalty, then Matt Nieto took a careless high sticking penalty with Martin
still in the box. that essentially erased 4 minutes from the period, and when
Anaheim turned up the heat, the Sharks were left with few opportunities to
challenge Andersen.
Cam Fowler gift wrapped one last opportunity for
San Jose by taking a hooking penalty with 2:07 to play. Sharks head coach Peter
DeBoer pulled Jones for the extra skater, but the Sharks couldn't capitalize.
Joe Pavelski came closest to evening things up when a puck deflected to him in
the slot, but his shot was deflected by a Ducks stick.
It was a big 4
point swing against a division foe that's resurrected their season after a
sluggish start. The Ducks sit a mere 3 points behind the Sharks for the 2nd
spot in the Pacific Division.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
ANA |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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1st period - 1, ANA,
Rakell 11 (Maroon, Perry), 16:09. |
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2nd period - 2, SJ,
Zubrus 2 (Burns, Martin), 2:43. 3, ANA, Lindholm 4 (Getzlaf), 4:19, (sh). 5,
SJ, Wingels 5 (Donskoi, Vlasic), 13:12. |
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1st period - Lindholm,
ANA (interference), 6:54. |
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2nd period - Rakell, ANA
(tripping), 3:00; Wingels, SJ (interference on goaltender), 14:41. |
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3rd period - Martin, SJ
(delay of game - puck over glass), 5:10; Nieto, SJ (high sticking), 6:48;
Fowler, ANA (hooking), 17:53. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Jones |
25 |
22 |
ANA - Andersen |
32 |
30 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
SJ |
14 |
9 |
9 |
32 |
ANA |
10 |
8 |
7 |
25 |
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Referees:
Joannette, Skilliter. Linesmen: Gibbs, Heyer. |
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