|
|
Sharks in a New York state of
mind
SJ scores 4 in big win over Rangers
The East Coast swing hit the midway mark with a
trip to Madison Square Garden on Monday night. The Sharks rebounded from their
uninspired loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday by smothering the
neighboring New York Rangers with a 4-1 in Manhatten. Four different Sharks
scored and Martin Jones provided a 33 save performance to help the Sharks even
their record at 4-4-0.
The visit to the New York metropolitan area
finished on a high note, with Jones returning to the net to help deny the
struggling Rangers. Penalties could have spelled doom for the Sharks, who took
6 consecutive minor penalties through the first two periods, setting up the
Rangers with optimal scoring opportunities. New York threw 16 shots at Jones in
the opening period, fueled by 8 minutes of power play time.
Jones was
up to the challenge.
Logan Couture opened the game's scoring with his
hot hand just 1:56 into the contest. With a delayed penalty about to be called,
the Sharks pulled goaltender Martin Jones for the extra attacker. That allowed
Mikkel Boedker to race up the right wing and swoop around the back of the net
and up the off wing boards before dropping a pass to Brent Burns at the
blueline. Boedker then cut to the front of the net where he ran interference
while Burns dropped the puck to Couture in the high slot. Couture ripped a shot
that beat Henrik Lundqvist to the low glove side.
Rookie defenseman
Tim Heed scored his first career NHL goal with 7:15 left in the period on a
shot from the right corner that squirted through his countryman Lundqvist's
pads. Heed carried the puck up the right wing and unleashed his shot from a
tight angle along the goal line. Lundqvist tried to seal off the right post,
but he didn't get his pads closed in time.
Heed became the second
Swede to score his first career goal against Lundqvist. Anaheim's Jakob
Silfverberg also recorded his first tally against the Swedish netminder.
San Jose got into a little penalty hot water in the period by taking
four separate infractions of the 2-minute variety. The last two were
questionable to say the least. Mikkel Boedker was called for a slash on a play
that had him reaching out with his stick with one hand. Tomas Hertl was
whistled for holding on a play that had him have a hand on Rick Nash's hip,
which setup a brief 5-on-3 power play opportunity for the Rangers.
The
penalty killers were on their game, snuffing out the threat with some timely
clears, and with textbook goaltending by Jones.
Barclay Goodrow made
his season debut less memorable by taking a hooking penalty early in the game.
He had a chance to make his mark during the Sharks penalty troubles later in
the period when his shorthanded breakaway chance was denied by Lundqvist.
Joonas Donskoi scored a backbreaking goal with 37.1
left in the period. Joe Thornton chipped a turnover up the left wing boards
past Rangers centerman Mats Zuccarello, springing Donskoi to skate in on net
uncontested. The Sharks winger snapped a shot from the left dot that beat
Lundqvist by ringing off the right post.
Donskoi appeared to clip
Lundqvist's outstretched leg as he skated past him, catching the goaltender in
the skate. Lundqvist rolled over in what appeared to be some discomfort, then
tried stretching it out before skating gingerly to the right corner before
continuing.
The goaltender would continue and finished the game, but
he seemed to nurse the leg throughout the 3rd period.
Melker Karlsson
made no doubt of the outcome of the game when he scored his 2nd goal of the
season 2:51 into the 3rd period. Lundqvist's night got worse after he tried to
play a puck behind his goal. Couture swooped in and picked his pocket before
sliding the puck out to the front of the net, where Karlsson tapped it into the
undefended goal.
Mika Zibanejad ended Jones shutout bid at 4:23 of the
period by snapping a shot after he stole the puck from Joel Ward out of the
left corner. The Rangers centerman took two strides toward the net and snapped
a shot that zipped past Jones' right arm for his 4th goal of the season.
San Jose was content to burn clock with their comfortable 3-goal lead.
That was aided by them staying out of the penalty box in the period. J.T.
Miller was whistled for hooking Ryan Carpenter with 4:33 left in regulation,
which helped expedite that process.
Game Notes:
* Logan
Couture was named the NHL's 3rd star of the week on Monday. He responded by
recording a goal and an assist, and finished the evening with a +3 plus/minus.
* 10 different Sharks recorded points, including Joe Thornton who
added an assist to sit one shy of Jari Kurri for 20th on the all time scoring
list.
* Joel Ward made is return to the Sharks lineup after missing
the last four games with an upper body injury.
 |
|
| What did you think of
this article? Post your comments on the Feeder Forums |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
What did you
think of this story? Post your comments on the
Feeder Forums |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
| SJ |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| NYR |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Couture 7 (Burns. Boedker), 1:56. 2, SJ, Heed 1 (Hertl, Vlasic), 12:45. |
|
|
| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Donskoi 2 (Thornton, Pavelski), 19:22. |
|
|
| 3rd period - 4, SJ,
Karlsson 2 (Couture), 2:51. 5, NYR, Zibanejad 6 (Buchnevich), 4:23. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1st period - Goodrow, SJ
(hooking), 4:31; Labanc, SJ (tripping), 10:16; Boedker, SJ (slashing), 16:52;
Hertl, SJ (holding), 18:27. |
|
|
| 2nd period - Pavelski,
SJ (tripping), 12:39; Hertl, SJ (high sticking), 15:53. |
|
|
| 3rd period - Miller, NYR
(hooking), 15:27. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
34 |
33 |
| NYR - Lundqvist |
24 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
| SJ |
8 |
9 |
7 |
24 |
| NYR |
16 |
8 |
10 |
34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Madison Square Garden -
18,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Referees: Romasko,
Rooney. Linesmen: Miller, Smith. |
|
|
|
|
|
