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Burns bails out Sharks with OT
winner
Sharks return to work after short Xmas
break
The Sharks extended their Pacific Division lead by
beating a division foe on Tuesday night, as the league restarted things
following the Christmas Break. San Jose trekked to Southern California for a
brief one-game roadtrip, knocking off the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on an overtime goal
by defenseman Brent Burns. The Ducks deserved the 2 points, but the Sharks
aren't going to complain with the outcome, after they managed a way to pull out
the victory.
Burns channeled his inner Bobby Orr in the overtime
period, taking a Joe Pavelski feed in the slot and crashing the net and deeking
goaltender John Gibson with a nasty move before sliding the puck into the net.
The big defenseman decided to go to the net as Joe Thornton had things sealed
on the left side, and Pavelski placed the puck perfectly as the Ducks missed
coverage on the Burns.
The finish was a 180 degree about face from the
Sharks performance in the 3rd period, which saw them on their heels for the
majority of the frame. San Jose positioned things in the right direction early
in the game, which allowed them to withstand the Ducks late push.
Paul
Martin scored his 3rd goal of the season, matching his output from last season,
by depositing a shot from the left wing boards 6:30 into the opening period.
Martin had the luxury of shooting at a wide open net, because Ducks goaltender
John Gibson was wiped out of the play when Logan Couture was checked into him
by a Ducks defender. Couture was cutting across the top of the crease when
Mikkel Boedker tried making a feed to the goal mouth from the right wing.
Couture missed the puck, but it skipped to the far side of the ice, where
Martin was positioned for the deposit.
The Sharks had a pair of power
play chances to kick off the 2nd period, but as has been the case for much of
the month, San Jose's special teams has been non-existent.
The Ducks
went on the man-advantage 5:55 into the period after Kevin Labanc slashed Kevin
Bieksa. The Ducks didn't score, but they began to build on some momentum. That
momentum materialized at 8:22 of the period when Ondrej Kase swept a backhand
attempt from outside the right post past a fallen Martin Jones to tie the game
at 1-1. The Ducks had worked the puck in tight, forcing Jones to drop to his
pads to defend against the scrum in front of him. Kase gathered a deflection
and sent a blind backhand across the goal line for his 2nd career NHL goal.
Melker Karlsson helped San Jose regain the lead 6 minutes later on a
strange play. Joel Ward carried the puck into the Ducks zone along the right
wing boards, before trying to feather the puck to a spot in front of Karlsson
who was cutting down the slot. The puck hit the shaft of Karlsson's stick after
the forward tried stabbing at it. By virtue of Karlsson clipping the stick, the
puck changed it's trajectory, hitting the ice and bouncing under Gibson's right
arm pit and into the Ducks goal.
The Sharks decided to try and hang on for dear life in
the 3rd period, which was all Ducks. The only thing that impeded the Ducks
comeback was a high sticking penalty on Andrew Cogliano, who nicked Patrick
Marleau with an errant stick blade midway through the period.
After
swarming Jones and the front of the Sharks net for the majority of the period,
Jakob Silfverberg redirected a Ryan Kesler feed into the San Jose goal.
Silfverberg and Cogliano entered the Sharks zone flanking each other, then
dropped the puck back to Kelser who trailed on the play. Silfverberg floated to
the outside of the right post, positioning himself perfectly for the 45 degree
redirect that caught Jones on the inside of the right pad then into the net.
Game Notes:
* Davis Schlemko was scratched for a 4th
straight game, which has led to much speculation. Schlemko isn't hurt, and his
comments last week suggested that he's likely in Peter DeBoer's dog house.
* The Sharks faceoff woes were magnified in the 3rd period then the
Ducks won 13 consecutive faceoffs during at one point in the 20 minute span.
* Micheal Haley and Jared Boll dropped the gloves in the 1st period
after Boll laid a hit on Timo Meier behind the Ducks net. It was a spirited
bout, but neither could be declared winner.
* Every Sharks skater
recorded a shot on goal, with the exception of Mikkel Boedker and Justin Braun.
That was a remarkable stat considering the Sharks only had 25 total shots in
the game. Meier led the Sharks with 4 shots in the game.
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1 |
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3 |
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0 |
1 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Martin 3 (Couture, Boedker), 6:30. |
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| 2nd period - 2, ANA,
Kase 2 (Ritchie, Vermette), 8:22. 3, SJ, Karlsson 4 (Ward, Burns), 14:18. |
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| 3rd period - 4, ANA,
Silfverberg 10 (Kesler), 13:35. |
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| Overtime - 5, SJ, Burns
14 (Pavelski, Thornton), 2:46. |
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| 1st period - Haley, SJ
(fighting major), 8:49; Boll, ANA (fighting major), 8:49; Silvferberg, ANA
(hooking), 19:54. |
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| 2nd period - Theodore,
ANA (cross checking), 3:52; Labanc, SJ (slashing), 5:55; Lindholm, ANA
(hooking), 17:02. |
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| 3rd period - Cogliano,
ANA (high sticking), 10:24. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
36 |
34 |
| ANA - Gibson |
25 |
22 |
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3 |
OT |
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| SJ |
6 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
25 |
| ANA |
14 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
36 |
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| Referees: StPierre,
Chmielewski. Linesmen: Wheler, Murchison. |
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