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Up and down night in
Anaheim
Sharks overcome 3-1 3rd period deficit to wi
in the SO
The Sharks got back to work on Friday night after a
9-day layoff due to Vegas' COVID issues, continuing with their extended road
trip with a stop in Southern California. San Jose played a nice opening period,
then gagged up three goals in the middle period before storming back to take a
4-3 lead. The game would eventually make it to the shootout, where San Jose
converted twice for the 5-4 victory over the host Anaheim Ducks.
Up
and down doesn't do this one justice. The Sharks out-shot Anaheim 17-8 in the
opening frame, outclassing the Ducks through the first 20 minutes. Matt Nieto
scored 12:50 into the contest by a chip shot that beat Ducks goaltender John
Gibson for his 3rd tally of the season.
The game blew up on the Sharks
in what has become the nightmare middle period. Anaheim unloaded on the Sharks,
scoring three goals to erase all the good feelings that they had amassed after
that 1st period.
Adam Henrique scored from in tight, squeezing a puck
between Martin Jones' pads at the midway mark of that gory middle frame. Troy
Terry sniped a shot from the high slot on a 2-on-1 break less than 4 minutes
and just like that, the Sharks lead was gone.
Max Comtois converted on
a one-time chance with 1:38 left in the period to stun San Jose. Rickard Rakell
skated the puck around the end boards from left to right, before setting up
Comtois with a centering pass on the right side.
Per head coach Bob
Boughner's post game remarks, the Sharks coaching staff unloaded on the team in
the 2nd intermission break in an attempt to wake up the team. That proved to be
effective as San Jose came roaring back in the 3rd.
Logan Couture cut
into the Ducks lead just 39 seconds into the period on a put-back chance after
Evender Kane tried to drive the puck past Gibson from the left side. Couture
trailed on the play and beat a Ducks defender to the top of the crease for the
easy deposit.
A hooking penalty to defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov was set
to hamper the Sharks cause, but Kane responded with an empty net goal at the
2:06 mark. The Sharks forward carried the puck up the right side before
whipping a shot that beat Gibson to the stick side to knot the game at 3-3.
Brent Burns added his 3rd goal of the season 6 minutes later to help
the Sharks reclaim the lead. Gibson tried to wrap the puck around the end
boards, but Ryan Donato intercepted it and fed Burns on the right side. The
Sharks defenseman uncorked a blast from the top of the right circle, catching
twine and a lead.
Comtois added his second of the game at 11:33 to
help the Ducks salvage a point.
The Sharks dodged a bullet in the overtime when Donato
was whistled for high-sticking Comtois to give the Ducks a full 2-minute power
play in the extra frame. Anaheim tried to setup the perfect shot from the high
side, but ended up burning the man advantage.
In a peculiar move, the
Ducks elected to have the Sharks shoot first in the shootout. Donato atoned for
his overtime penalty by waiting out Gibson on his chance before burying the
puck. Jones stopped two Anaheim shooters, but his stop on Comtois was the Key.
The Ducks forward deeked Jones with a move that opened up the right side of the
net, but the Sharks goaltender got his left skate back to cover the space that
Comtois elected to shoot at.
Kevin Labanc ended things with a shot
from the top of the crease that squeezed past Gibson.
Game
Notes:
* The Sharks extended their perfect record in bonus hockey.
They are 2-0 in overtime and 3-0 in the shootout this season.
* The
Sharks struggled in the faceoff circle, dropping 31 of 54 draws (43%). Logan
Couture was an atrocious 5 of 16 (31%).
* In a "the universe is out of
alignment moment" San Jose out-hit Anaheim 31-17 in the game. MArio Ferraro led
San Jose with 7 hits. Patrick Marleau, Marcus Sorensen, Alexander Chmelevski
Nikoai Knyzhov and Brent Burns were the only Sharks who did not record a hit in
the game.
* Chmelevski made his NHL debut ad recorded an assist on
Matt Nieto's goal to record his fist NHL point. The rookie skated 10 shifts,
logging 6:11 of ice time, recording 2 shots and winning 2 of 6 draws.
* The Sharks will square off with the Ducks on Saturday night again at Honda
Center. They will wrap up their crazy 12th consecutive road game on Thursday in
LA, before playing in their home opener next Saturday afternoon against Vegas.
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2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
T |
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3 |
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1 |
5 |
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0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Nieto 3 (Sorensen, Chmelevski), 12:50. |
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| 2nd period - 2, ANA,
Henrique 2 (Grant, Terry), 10:03. 3, ANA, Terry 1 (Fowler, Grant), 13:48. 4,
ANA, Comtois 4 (Rakell), 18:22. |
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ,
Couture 4 (Kane, Burns), 0:39. 6, SJ, Kane 3 (unassisted), 2:06, (sh). 7, SJ,
Burns 3 (Donato), 8:04. 8, ANA, Comtois 5 (Rowney, Lindholm), 11:33. |
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| Shootout- SJ: Donato
(goal), Couture (miss), Labanc (goal). ANA: Rakell (miss), Comtois (miss).
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| 1st period - Henrique,
ANA (holding), 16:06. |
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| 2nd period - Labanc, SJ
(hooking), 0:27; Hutton, ANA (hooking), 2:46; Hakanpaa, ANA (tripping), 15:21.
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| 3rd period - Knyzhov, SJ
(hooking), 0:54. |
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| Overtime - Donato, SK
(high sticking), 2:33. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
37 |
33 |
| ANA - Gibson |
30 |
26 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| SJ |
17 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
30 |
| ANA |
8 |
13 |
11 |
5 |
37 |
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| Honda Center - attendance
unavailable |
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| Referees: Rehman,
St Pierre. Linesmen: Gawryletz, Gibbons. |
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