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Old and new lead
Sharks
Marleau and Noesen lead San Jose over
Ducks
The Sharks have 30 games left in the season to
right their ship. With the post All Star Game portion of the season kicking off
on Monday night for San Jose, the Sharks received scoring from an old regular
and young newcomer to knock off the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 at SAP Center. Patrick
Marleau and Stefan Noesen each scored a pair of goals to pace the Sharks. The
struggling Ducks were just the team San Jose needed to start their home stretch
run.
Sitting just two points out of the Western Conference basement,
the Ducks are still searching for their identity. San Jose needed to return
from the break against a team that was lacking confidence. The Sharks jumped
out to an early lead, then worked to protect their lead.
Noesen staked
the Sharks to an early 1-0 lead when he tipped a Joel Kellman shot after
working inside body position on defenseman Cam Fowler. Kellman was positioned
at the top of the left circle when he whipped the puck toward the goal mouth.
Noesen fought off Fowler as he lifted his stick blade, pointing it at the net,
before clipping with the blade and changing the trajectory on Ducks goaltender
John Gibson.
Marleau made it a 2-0 lead less than three minutes later
when he carried the puck out of the right corner and jammed a shot past Gibson
as he drew even with the right post. The goal was Marleau's 1100th career point
as a Sharks player.
San Jose would finish the period by out-shooting
Anaheim 11-4, after dominating for most of the frame.
The Sharks went
on the power play for the game's first penalty at 8:16 of the 2nd period, and
it was apparent that the Sharks didn't spend much time working on the power
play during the break. San Jose accomplished exactly the opposite, when their
entry attempt was picked off by Erik Gudbranson. The Ducks defenseman pushed
the puck up ice to a breaking Ondrej Kase who deposited his 6th goal of the
season past Aaron Dell on the short-handed chance.
The Ducks used the
goal to motivate a push in the period. Anaheim briefly out-shot San Jose in the
period, but Marleau read a clearing attempt and got a step on Devin Shore and
Jacob Larsen after Brendan Dillon sent the puck up the right wing boards.
Marleau beat Shore to the puck then raced on Gibson, beating him low to the
stick side for the 3-1 lead.
Noesen liked scoring so much, that he did
it again to start the 3rd period. The Sharks forward took a feed from Erik
Karlsson in the slot, then snapped a shot that caught the top left corner of
the net. With the primary assist, Karlsson earned his 600th career NHL point.
Tomas Hertl was called for cross checking with just over 2 minutes
left in regulation, but when Nick Ritchie leveled Timo Meier with a punch,
everyone in the building expected offsetting penalties to be called. That
didn't happen and the Ducks found themselves on the power play.
Not only did Ritchie not head to the box, but he
cashed in on the subsequent power play to make it a 4-2 game.
Game
Notes:
* Patrick Marleau appeared in his 1,540th game in a Sharks
sweater, tying him with Shane Doan for games played with the same franchise.
* Marleau tied Mike Modano for 25th on the all-time goal scoring list
with 561, and 50th all-time with 1,184 points.
* Dylan Gambrell
finished thw game with a +3, had one shot on goal and an assist on Stefan
Noesen's second goal of the game.
* Evander Kane's 5 shots on goal led
all skaters , but his fight with Erik Gudbranson may have been the highlight of
his game.
* Aaron Dell made 25 saves and continues to solidify his
spot as the Sharks number one goaltender.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Noesen 3 (Kellman), 1:55. 2, SJ, Marleau 9 (unassisted), 4:35. |
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| 2nd period - 3, ANA,
Kase 6 (Gudbranson), 5:04, (sh). 4, SJ, Marleau 10 (Dillon), 15:32. |
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ,
Noesen 4 (E. Karlsson, Gambrell), 2:28. 6, ANA, Ritchie 4 (Steel, Lindholm),
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| 2nd period - Fowler, ANA
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| 3rd period - M.
Karlsson, SJ (interference), 5:13; Gudbranson, ANA (), 17:47; Hertl, SJ (crss
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| ANA - Gibson |
31 |
27 |
| SJ - Dell |
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25 |
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| SJ |
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| Referees:
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