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Offense explodes in
Philly
SJ unloads on the Flyers with 8 goals in
win
If the Sharks loss in Brooklyn on Monday afternoon
was a case of missed opportunities, then they figured out how to capitalize on
them in short order. Playing a day after their ugly 4-0 loss to the Islanders,
the Sharks pummeled the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night 8-1 at the Wells
Fargo Center. Evander Kane had a pair of goals, and Kevin Labanc added 4
assists on the night to propel the Sharks, who draw to an even 2-2-0 record.
The game was the home opener for the Flyers who entered the contest at
1-1-0. Both Shark wins this season have come at their opposition's home opener.
San Jose beat Los Angeles 3-2 in overtime last Friday night.
San Jose
landed the first punch, scoring 3:17 into the contest when Logan Couture
grabbed a deflection at his own blueline then racing up ice in a 2-on-1 break.
Rather than passing the puck to Tomas Hertl on his left wing, Couture sent a
wrist shot that beat Brian Elliott for his 1st goal of the season.
The
Sharks stunned the sellout crowd by converting just 11 seconds later. Kevin
Labanc gathered a Marc-Edouard Vlasic pass of the faceoff and raced in on
Elliott on the right side. The young Sharks forward ripped a shot that was
stopped by Elliott, but the rebound kicked over to the left side where Joe
Pavelski was crashing for the put back. It was a nifty piece of stick work by
the Sharks captain, who had to get his blade on a puck that was floating across
the crease.
A steady stream of pressure in front of the net resulted
in a third Sharks goal at 12:21 of the period when Pavelski slid a rebound past
Elliott from the right post. The on ice officials did not see the puck cross
the goal line but a video replay clearly showed the goal.
Elliott was
not credited with his best save of the game on the same sequence when he bent
his right leg while laying face down on the ice to stop a puck that was
floating toward the goal mouth. Elliott didn't receive credit for the save,
because it came after Pavelski's goal and time and stats were reverted after
the review showed that play should have stopped on the goal.
A Mikhail
Vorobyev hooking penalty added insult to the Flyers injury later in the period.
San Jose converted on the ensuing power play when a Justin Braun pass hit
Evander Kane in the skate, deflecting into the Philadelphia goal. The tally was
the first power play goal of the season for San Jose in 12 attempts.
The period ended with the Sharks holding a 23-11 advantage on the shot counter,
but the Flyers had their chances in the period. Sean Couturier missed on a wide
open chance midway through the period, ringing a point blank shot off the cross
bar. Claude Giroux missed on a wide open chance in the first 5 minutes of the
game when he lost the handle on the puck.
A Joonas Donskoi
interference penalty setup the Flyers second power play of the game 4:05 into
the 2nd period. Philadelphia converted when Shane Gostisbehere one timed a shot
from the slot after the Flyers tried jamming the puck home off a scrum in front
of Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell. Dell made the initial save from in tight, but
Wayne Simmonds fished the puck out of the scrum and slid it over to Giroux on
the left side. Giroux could have forced the matter, but opted to feed
Gostisbehere for the higher percentage shot.
Kane pushed the Sharks lead back to 4 goals when he
roofed a shot from the slot past Elliott right after a Radko Gudas interference
penalty expired. Kane gathered a Marc-Edouard Vlasic feed, then had the time to
size up his shot, electing to go high. The shot caught the bottom of the
crossbar for Kane's 4th goal of the season.
Travis Sanheim didn't help
his team's cause by taking a tripping penalty 3:19 into the 3rd period, which
setup the 2nd power play score for San Jose on the night. Hertl punched home a
rebound while parked on the right post. Brent Burns fired a shot from the point
that Elliott blocked, but the puck landed softly on Hertl's stick for the each
punch out.
Timo Meier added his 2nd goal of the season at 15:21 of the
period, by splitting two Flyer defenders before cutting to his left and sliding
the puck past Elliott.
A Brendan Dillon holding penalty late resulted
in a pair of goals. San Jose scored short-handed when Marcus Sorensen carried
the puck up the left side before whipping a shot through the slot to Barclay
Goodrow for the winger's 1st goal of the season.
Wayne Simmonds
converted the 2nd power play goal of the night for Philadephia later in the
penalty, punching home a shot from the doorstep. The Flyers finished the game
2-for-6 on the man advantage, which was the only rough spot in the Sharks game.
Game Notes:
* Erik Karlsson finished the game a +2 with
a pair of assists, 3 shots and 4 hits on 27 shifts and 23:34 of ice time.
* The Sharks recorded 48 shots on goal, led by Evander Kane and Antti
Suomela who had 7 shots each. Every Shark skater recorded a shot with the
exception of Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Joakim Ryan and Melker Karlsson. Karlson was
the only forward with out a shot.
* Kevin Labanc tied a career high in
points (4) and set a career high with assists (4) in the game.
* 13
Sharks skaters recorded points in this game. San Jose finished the game a +29
plus/minus.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Couture 1 (unassisted), 3:17. 2, SJ, Pavelski 1 (Labanc, Vlasic), 3:28. 3, SJ,
Pavelski 1 (Labanc), 12:21. 4, SJ, Kane 3 (Braun, Donskoi), 16:42, (pp). |
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| 2nd period - 5, PHI,
Gostisbehere 1 (Giroux, Simmonds), 4:56, (pp). 6, SJ, Kane 4 (Vlasic, Labanc),
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| 3rd period - 7, SJ,
Hertl 2 (E. Karlsson, Burns), 3:27, (pp). 8, SJ, Meier 2 (Labanc, E. Karlsson),
15:21. 9, SJ, Goodrow 1 (Sorensen), 18:01, (sh). 10, PHI, Simmonds 3 (Voracek,
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| 1st period - Giroux, PHI
(cross checking), 4:06; Meier, SJ (delay of game - puck over glass), 6:33;
Vorobyev, PHI (hooking), 14:47. |
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| 2nd period - Donskoi, SJ
(interference), 4:05.; Hagg, PHI (tripping), 7:39; Braun, SJ (delay of game -
puck over glass), 10:14; Gudas, PHI (interference), 13:40. |
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| 3rd period - Dillon, SJ
(slashing), 0:31; Sanheim, PHI (hooking), 3:19; Braun, SJ (tripping), 4:13;
Dillon, SJ (holding), 17:00. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Dell |
33 |
31 |
| PHI - Elliott |
48 |
40 |
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8 |
17 |
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| PHI |
11 |
10 |
12 |
33 |
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| Referees: Hebert,
Dwyer. Linesmen: Sericolo, Suchanek. |
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