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Sharks blow yet another 3rd period lead
Road
trip performance is simply average
by Mike
Lee
Mediocre teams find a way to be mediocre. The Sharks are a
mediocre team at best right now. As has become a troubling trend, the Sharks
failed to put a team away in the 3rd period in the last leg of their 5-game
road trip and end up losing 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon.
San Jose coughed up a 3rd period lead by allowing a pair of goals in the final
frame, losing for the third time in five tries on the trip.
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Sharks give away game to Rangers
New York
ties it late, then wins in OT
by Mike
Lee
Playing the fourth game of their five game road trip and third
time in four nights, the Sharks squandered a chance to grab two points from the
New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. San Jose held a
2-1 lead for the majority of the game before allowing the Rangers to tie it
with 2:39 left in regulation, then losing the game 37 seconds into
overtime.
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Offense explodes in Philly
SJ unloads on the
Flyers with 8 goals in win
by Mike Lee
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.
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Sharks take Columbus Day off
Islanders
welcome newcomers with spanking
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks hit the eastern seaboard with a stop in Brooklyn to
take on the New York Islanders at Barclays Center in a matinee match-up on
Columbus Day. The 1pm faceoff was essentially a morning start for the Sharks
who hit the snooze on the alarm, dropping an awful 4-0 decision to the host
Islanders. San Jose went toe-to-toe with the Islanders for 20 minutes, then
decided to go back to bed, with another disastrous 3rd period.
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Labanc spoils Kings home opener
Sharks win
first of the season in OT
by Mike Lee
The
Sharks kicked off a 5-game road trip with quick stop in Southern California on
Friday night, welcoming the Los Angeles Kings to the new season with a 3-2
overtime win. The Kings made their debut season debut at Staples Center, but a
Kevin Labanc goal 2:54 into the extra period ruined the party for the Kings
faithful.
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Thud
Sharks goaltending takes opening night
off
by Paul Krill
The table was set. The
Sharks would open at home Wednesday night in front of an enthusiastic sellout
crowd, with new star Erik Karlsson taking the ice and Joe Thornton returning to
action after nine months off. They would be facing off against the Anaheim
Ducks, the same team the Sharks swept in the playoffs last year, which would
play without one of its stars, Corey Perry.
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Opening night cobwebs costs Sharks
Ducks big
3rd period sinks San Jose
by Mike Lee
The
Sharks kicked of their 2018-19 campaign with a home affair, pulling back the
curtain on their shiny new defenseman in Erik Karlsson at SAP Center on
Wednesday night. The Karlsson unveiling was the highlight of the night for the
Sharks, who played 40 minutes of hockey before rolling over in the 3rd period.
Beset with injuries, the visiting Anaheim Ducks scored four unanswered goals
across the final 22 minutes of the game to spoil the party with a big 5-2 win.
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WCSF Game 5: Sharks late to the party
Martin
Jones leads Sharks to big 4-0 victory
by Mike
Lee
Like death and taxes, the Sharks once again find themselves
facing playoff elimination after the Vegas Golden Knights defeated them 5-3 at
T-Mobile Arena on Friday night. The Sharks didn't show up until the second half
of the 3rd period, but by then they trailed 4-0. that lead would prove
insurmountable, even though they scored three goals in the final period. Vegas
used their home-ice advantage and flat out beat the Sharks with quick and
timely scoring.
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WCSF Game 4: Sharks knot series with win
Martin Jones leads Sharks to big 4-0 victory
by Mike Lee
If the Sharks continue to play the way they
did on Wednesday evening at SAP Center, then the Vegas Knights have a tall
order to deal with. The Sharks morphed into a hard-hitting, quick skating,
forecheck commanding brute in Game 4 of San Jose's Western Conference Semi
Finals series with Vegas. San Jose kept a constant stream of pressure on a
Knights team that looked vulnerable for the first time in the series. The
Sharks rolled four lines that kept the Knights on their heels most of the game,
and received goal scoring from four different skaters. Martin Jones made 34
saves for his second shutout of these playoffs.
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WCSF Game 3: Sharks let home ice slip through their
fingers
Knights grab series lead with 4-3 overtime
win
by Mike Lee
The Sharks grabbed the
home ice advantage on Saturday when they beat the Vegas Golden Knights in Game
2 of their Western Conference Semi Final series. They promptly handed that
advantage back to Vegas on Monday night, after losing 4-3 in overtime at SAP
Center. The Sharks battled back from a 3-1 deficit by scoring a pair of goals
in the 3rd period, but William Karlsson took advantage of a defensive miscue by
the Sharks to score 8:17 into the extra period.
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WCSF Game 1: Sharks embarrassed in opener
Vegas pounds SJ 7-0
by Mike
Lee
The Conference Semi-Finals kicked off in Las Vegas on Thursday
night, but somebody forgot to tell the Sharks. San Jose showed up for an ice
cream social, but instead got punched in the mouth, kicked in the groin and
spit on by the expansion Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in a lop-sided 7-0
loss. So much for sweeping the Anaheim Ducks. The Sharks quick disposal of
Anaheim meant nothing to the Knights, who scored at will, and simply
man-handled San Jose in a game that set an ominous tone.
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Round 2 Schedule Announced
Conference
Semi-Finals
| Round 2 Schedule (times
PDT) |
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| Game 1 - SJ @ VGK (4/26
7:00pm) |
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| Game 2 - SJ @ VGK (4/28
5:00pm) |
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| Game 3 - VGK @ SJ (4/30
7:00pm) |
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| Game 4 - VGK @ SJ (5/2
7:00pm) |
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| Game 5 - SJ @ VGK (5/4
7:00pm) |
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| Game 6 - VGK @ SJ (5/6
Time TBD) |
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| Game 7 - SJ @ VGK (5/8
Time TBD) |
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This Should be Fun!!
Two paths to the next
round
by Ryan Hall
Wednesday night, with
a deft flick of his wrist, Tomas Hertl sent the puck into the net, and drove a
dagger into the heart of the Anaheim Ducks. While it's easy to get caught up in
the emotion of the event, what happened in San Jose was simply the latest
counter-move in a season long contest between the Sharks and Las Vegas Golden
Knights. Now, after 86 games, these two teams will have a chance to settle
things definitively, with the Pacific Division crown on the line.
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WCQF Game4: Sharks sweep Ducks out of the playoffs
Martin Jones and Tomas Hertl lead Sharks to series
win
by Mike Lee
With a little more than
five minutes remaining in regulation of Wednesday night's series deciding Game
4 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals series with Anaheim, Jakob
Silfverberg was faced with the biggest paradox of his season. Silfverberg was
mixing it up with Sharks defenseman Brent Burns as a whistle sounded stopping
play. Burns stood there with his arms planted at his side, smirking like a
school boy on the first day of summer vacation. Silfverberg wanted to put his
stick through Burns' god awful beard, but he couldn't. The Ducks were slowly
dying as time was slowly ticking away on their season and Silfverberg couldn't
pull the trigger like all his Duckish instincts had taught him to do. He
couldn't because his team was trailing by a goal. What a glorious moment for
Burns.
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WCQF Game 3: Duck mauling at the Tank
SJ
looks past Anaheim shenanigans for big win
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals series with the
Anaheim Ducks shifted to San Jose on Monday night, and by the time the smoke
cleared the Sharks are on the verge of ending the series within the next 48
hours. San Jose's offense responded to the Ducks low-brow approach to hockey by
putting a bushel full of pucks into the Anaheim net in a an 8-1 win to grab a
stranglehold on the series.
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WCQF Game 2: Sharks grab two on the road
SJ
wins 3-2 in Ahaeim to take big series lead
by Mike
Lee
In a matter of 72 hours, the Sharks have grabbed the Ducks by the
throat and hold a commanding 2-0 series lead in their Western Conference
Quarter Finals match-up after San Jose knocked off Anaheim 3-2 at the Honda
Center on Saturday night. San Jose received scoring from three different goal
scorers and Martin Jones made 28 saves in a feisty affair that was purely
playoffs.
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WCQF Game 1: Sharks take care of business
SJ
opens the series with a 3-0 win in SoCal
by Mike
Lee
Evander Kane played in 574 career regular season NHL games
without having the opportunity to taste playoff hockey. He finally got his
chance in Game 1 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals match up with
the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, and he made the most of his chance by
scoring a pair of goals in the Sharks 3-0 victory at the Honda Center in
Southern California. Many of his Shark teammates played like it was their first
chance at playoff redemption.
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2018 Playoffs - Quarter Finals Predictions
We call it like we see it
by LGS
Staff
Playoff time! For those of us who were seeing the Sharks all
season long as a “meh” team that might or might not make the
post-season, the late acquisitions of Evander Kane and Eric Fehr were a wake
up. They also woke up the team that never seemed to put more than three good
games in a row.
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Sharks hold serve in 3rd period
SJ subdues
desperate Avalanche late for 4-2 win
by Mike
Lee
A desperate Colorado Avalanche hockey team made its way to SAP
Center on Thursday night in an attempt to gain on the St Louis Blues for the
last playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Sharks rained on the
Avalanche's party by scoring three goals in the 3rd period to take a 4-2
decision. San Jose was motivated by the fact that they will earn home ice in
the first round of the playoffs if they can hold off the Anaheim Ducks and Los
Angeles Kings.
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No show Sharks giveaway a win
3rd period
implosion costs San Jose
by Mike Lee
If
there was ever an example of checking out early, Tuesday night's Sharks game
versus the Dallas Stars was it. After grabbing a commanding 2-0 lead in the
opening period, the Sharks lulled themselves to sleep in the middle frame,
before imploding in the third period. Dallas scored four unanswered goals,
including three in that fateful final period to sink the Sharks. The loss also
meant that the Los Angeles Kings climb to within two points in the standings
with two games to play.
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Sharks hand Vegas division crown
Botched
power play ends in disaster
by Mike
Lee
All those visions of catching the Vegas Knights and overtaking
them for the Pacific Division crown can be silently swept under the rug. The
Sharks dropped their last regular season match up with the Knights at T-Mobile
Arena in Nevada on Saturday night on a botched power play, ending any thoughts
of division title. The 3-2 loss to Vegas also extended the Sharks losing streak
to three games. San Jose needs two points to secure a playoff spot, with three
games to play.
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New Day Dawning
Playoff field playing
out
by Ryan Hall
The NHL playoffs begin
in 2 weeks. When they kick off on April 11th, the league will shift into
overdrive with the usual flair that accompanies the start of the post-season
festivities. For nearly 2 months a field of 16 teams will be whittled down to a
single champion, who will stand alone atop the NHL mountain. Along the way,
teams will choke, over achieve, and perhaps even astound. We don't really know
the how's and why's, but one thing has become abundantly clear to those who
have been paying attention: It's a new day in the NHL.
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Sharks extend win streak to 8
SJ takes 4-3
shootout decision in Chitown
by Mike
Lee
The Chicago Blackhawks have nothing to play for except pride.
After being eliminated from playoff contention last week the Blackhawks are
trying to close out their season. The Sharks got a taste of a prideful team
that played beyond their situation, and fought tooth and nail with San Jose.
Chicago tied the game in the last 2:22 of regulation and turned in one heck of
an overtime period, but the Sharks grabbed their 8th consecutive win with a
Kevin Labanc goal in the shootout en route to a 4-3 victory.
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Couture's OT winner gains ground
Sharks
chasing Knights for Pacific Division crown
by Mike
Lee
If the Sharks were going to make a run for the Pacific Division
title, they had to beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. They did
that, taking a thrilling 2-1 decision in overtime, but the fact that they
needed extra hockey may have cost them in the end. The extra session resulted
in two points in the standings for the Sharks, but by virtue of the Knights
recording a point for their overtime loss, San Jose still trails Vegas by 7
points with 8 games to play.
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Offense keeps rolling in win over NJ
Six
Shark skaters score in 6-2 victory
by Mike
Lee
The New Jersey Devils are scrambling to hold on to the last
playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. With the Florida Panthers breathing
down their necks just one point behind, the Devils should have been motivated
to battle on Tuesday night as they visited SAP Center. Problem is, they ran
into a Sharks team that has been firing on all cylinders as of late. San Jose
continued to pound the opponent's net, as they outscored the Devils 6-2 to
extend their winning streak to five games.
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Post-Thornton, Post-Marleau Sharks look good, but good
enough?
The team still looks like a runner-up when it
comes to the Stanley Cup
by Paul
Krill
For years, Sharks fans wondered what the world would be like
once the Sharks no longer had Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton on the ice. With
Marleau having left via free agency after last season and Thornton out with an
injury since late-January, we've finally gotten a glimpse of that world. And it
hasn't been so bad.
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Timo Time secures sweep in Western Canada
Sharks forward scores two goals including game
winner
by Mike Lee
The Sharks completed
their swing through Western Canada with a gritty 5-3 win in Vancouver on
Saturday night, less than 24 hours after their big 7-4 win in Calgary. San Jose
overcame three Canuck power play goals, when Timo Meier scored his second goal
of the game 6 minutes into the 3rd period to stake the Sharks to the lead that
mattered most. Aaron Dell made 28 saves to earn his first win in over a
month.
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Kane's career night leads Sharks
Forward
scores 4 goals in 7-4 win
by Mike
Lee
Evander Kane was a game time decision on Friday night as he
fought a bout with the flu. As it turns out, playing him was the right
decision. The Sharks forward scored a career high 4 goals to lead the Sharks to
a 7-4 win over the host Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday
night. The Sharks needed every bit of Kane's epic performance, as they try to
keep a hold of their spot in the standings. The Sharks keep a 3-point lead over
the Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division with 11 games to play.
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Hertl's heroics nets the Sharks 2 points
SJ
ties the game three times before winning in OT
by
Mike Lee
With 13 games remaining in the regular season, every game is
a must win for the Sharks. With the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings
breathing down their necks, the Sharks don't have any more room to miss. They
gutted out a tough game in Edmonton on Wednesday night as San Jose kicked off a
three-game road trip through Western Canada, taking a 4-3 overtime decision
from the underachieving Oilers. Tomas Hertl buried a shot in the extra period
to help San Jose maintain their 2nd place position in the Pacific Division.
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Five goals propels San Jose over Wings
Sharks spread the scoring love in win over Detroit
by Mike Lee
The Sharks concluded a 6-game home stand with
a crucial 5-3 win over the visiting Detroit ed Wings at SAP Center on Monday
night. San Jose rebounded from their lethargic 2-0 loss to the Washington
Capitals on Saturday afternoon by spreading the scoring around as they avenged
a 2-1 shootout loss to the Red Wings back in late January. Five different
skaters scored for San Jose who extended their lead over the Anaheim Ducks in
the Pacific Division, and held their 2-point lead over the Los Angeles Kings.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings
A Dream of
Spring Edition
by Ryan Hall
Ahh…
Spring! Here in Canada, you can tell the seasons are changing by the foot of
snow that got dropped on us over the weekend. Even though that was rude of
Mother Nature, at least we can shovel and clean things up, all the while
reminding ourselves that in a few weeks it'll be melted away. We have something
to look forward too, unlike many of the teams currently inhabiting the NHL's
Westernmost Division.
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Rare power play goal sighted at SAP Center
Mikkel Boedker propels SJ on PP tally
by
Mike Lee
It wasn't an offensive masterpiece, but the Sharks mustered
enough to knock off the St Louis Blues 2-0 at SAP Center on Thursday night.
More importantly, San Jose scored a power play goal to break a franchise worst
0-for-29 streak that saw their 3rd ranked power play fall to 16th in the
league. Mikkel Boedker scored his 13th goal of the season to provide Sa Jose
with all the offense they would need as Martin Jones recorded his 19th career
shutout.
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Vegas gamble
Golden Knights could win it all
- in their first season
by Paul Krill
NHL
Commissioner Gary Bettman once called the Stanley Cup the hardest trophy to win
in sports. But thanks to a decision of the NHL hierarchy, his statement may
soon be rendered laughable. The Vegas Golden Knights, a first-year expansion
team, are in first place in their division, 10 points ahead of the second-place
Sharks at this juncture.
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Sharks rip Blackhawks with a 7 spot
Pavelski
leads SJ in rout of Chicago
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks missed out on a chance to beat a struggling Chicago
Blackhawks team six days ago in the Windy City. They wouldn't make the same
mistake Thursday night. The Sharks erupted for 7 goals to dispatch the
Blackhawks 7-2 at SAP Center. Joe Pavelski scored a pair of goals to lead San
Jose, who won for the fourth time in a row on home ice. Martin Jones made 32
saves to earn his 21st win of the season.
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Kane shines in his Sharks debut
San Jose
rolls Oilers in 5-2 win
by Mike
Lee
Evander made his Sharks debut on Tuesday night and made his
presence felt up and down the ice and all over the score sheet, as the Sharks
steam rolled the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-2 at SAP Center. Kane assisted on
the Sharks first two goals, and was a force, pestering Oilers goaltender Cam
Talbot all night. He endeared himself to the 17,327 in attendance midway
through the contest by scrapping with Oilers defenseman Matt Benning, and
showing some teeth in the Sharks win.
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Shoddy defense burns Sharks again
SJ gags up
3rd period lead, then losses in OT
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks wrapped up their four-game road trip by doing what
they did for most of the trip. Losing. San Jose tricked everyone by taking a
lead, but inevitably morphed back into a mediocre hockey club that has no
answers for any of the top teams in the Western Conference's Central Division
teams. The Sharks blew a third period lead, then gagged up a loss in overtime
on a defensive miscue involving Brent Burns. San Jose fell 3-2 to the Minnesota
Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
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Sharks fall flat in the Windy City
SJ drops
second straight
by Mike Lee
Chicago
Blackhawks backup goaltender J.F. Berube was making his first start for the
Chicago Blackhawks, in his 23rd career NHL game on Friday night. A no-name
goaltender in net automatically equates to Kryptonite for the Sharks and this
one was no different, as the Sharks fell 3-1 to the Blackhawks at the United
Center in Chicago. Berube made 42 saves against a lifeless Sharks offense that
simply made it easy for the career backup netminder.
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Predators outclass Sharks
SJ is the butt of
toothless jokes in loss to Nashville
by Mike
Lee
With the NHL trade deadline just 4 days away, the Sharks roster
either played like they wanted to be traded or don't belong in the NHL to begin
with after dropping an embarrassing 7-1 loss to the Nashville Predators in
Tennessee on Wednesday night. The Sharks were awful from opening faceoff to the
final buzzer, after they were torched by a superior roster that took them to
task at Bridgestone Arena.
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Dead Puck Mentality
Got the 90's on our
Minds
by Ryan Hall
Another day, another
series of comebacks. It's fair to say that leads have never been less safe in
the NHL than they are today. Whether it's the New York Islanders scoring 4
goals on a PP in the last 5 minutes, only to choke up the lead themselves,
before winning in overtime. Or else the Sharks both giving away leads (Las
Vegas, Edmonton), and staging their own comebacks (Edmonton, Anaheim), locking
down leads has suddenly become extremely difficult.
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Sharks don't forget New Year's Eve loss
SJ
jumps on Dallas early in 5-2 win
by Mike
Lee
2017 ended with a thud for the Sharks when they fell flat in
Dallas and were pummeled 6-0 by the Stars. They exacted some retribution on
Sunday night, stunning the Stars with five goals to open the game en route to a
5-2 win SAP Center. Mikkel Boedker led San Jose with a pair of goals, and Joe
Pavelski chipped in a goal and two assists. Martin Jones kept the high-powered
Stars at bay early to earn his 18th win of the season.
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Late heroics propel Sharks after lethargic start
Timo Meier ties the game in last minute
by Mike Lee
Sometimes you deserve to win a game and the
result falls short. The Sharks didn't deserve to win their game in Anaheim on
Sunday night, but they skated away with two points after stunning the host
Ducks with a tying goal late in regulation before stealing the win in the
shootout. Timo Meier helped the Sharks earn a point with his tying goal with 54
seconds left in the 3rd period, before Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture buried
their chances in the shootout to seal the victory for San Jose.
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Ryan's big night leads to comeback win
Sharks overcome tough 2nd period to beat Edmonton
by Mike Lee
The Sharks defensive woes have been
spotlighted the past few games and Saturday's match up with the Edmonton Oilers
was not devoid of errors that led to goals, but the Sharks found a way to
bookend those mistakes with bushels of goals in a 6-4 win at SAP Center. San
Jose came out of the gate like gang busters, grabbing a 3-0 lead, only to watch
that lead turn into a deficit. Rather than roll over, the Sharks countered with
three goals in a wild 3rd period that help them knock off their division rivals
from Alberta.
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Defensive circus nothing to laugh at
Vegas
takes 5-3 decision with three 3rd period goals
by
Mike Lee
The Vegas Golden Knights have been the NHL's biggest
surprise this season, and they showed everyone in San Jose why on Thursday
night. The visitors from Southern Nevada scored three unanswered 3rd period
goals to knock off the Sharks 5-3 at SAP Center. The game was a mini-recap of
both the Sharks and Knight's seasons. Vegas played hard nosed hockey land
scored late to win a game, while the Sharks floundered on defense to drop a
game they could have won.
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Sharks limp home after falling 3-1
SJ fails
to take advantage of ailing Avalanche
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks have embarked on three 5-game road trips this season.
They concluded the second trip on Tuesday with a disappointing 3-1 loss to the
Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver. After going 3-2-0 in the
first trip, then followed that up with a 1-2-2 disaster as the new year kicked
off. With the loss on Tuesday, San Jose capped their third trip 2-2-1, or 6-6-3
spanning all three trips. That's 15 points out of a possible 30, which seems
apropos for a team that isn't bad enough to throw in the towel, but isn't
really good enough to be taken seriously.
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Sharks second straight win is super
San Jose
leans on puck possession to knock off Hurricanes
by
Mike Lee
San Jose built on their win in Columbus on Friday night, by
dispatching the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 at PNC Arena on Sunday morning in a
pre-Super Bowl matinee. The Sharks grabbed a lead late in the 1st period and
held the Hurricanes in check for the last 40 minutes. San Jose looked spry
against the young and fast Carolina roster that has several up and coming
offensive threats. The win put San Jose into a position to finish their
current-5-game road trip with more wins than losses.
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Jones solid as Sharks get back to winning
Sharks snap 4-game losing streak with 3-1 win in
Columbus
by Mike Lee
The Sharks righted
the ship for a game, as their current 5-game road trip hit the middle point
with a stop in Columbus. San Jose scored three goals and Martin Jones reverted
to his old self to take a 3-1 decision over the Blue Jackets at Nationwide
Arena. Jones made 28 saves to lead San Jose who broke a 4-game losing streak.
The Sharks turned in solid performances on special teams, which turned out to
the storyline for the struggling club.
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Sharks drop 4th straight
Doormat Red Wings
take shootout win
by Mike Lee
The Sharks
are starting to show some consistency. In their last four games, they've
consistently played losing hockey. After their defense failed them in
Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, San Jose limped into Detroit where they let the
offense fail them against a poor Detroit Red Wings squad. The Red Wings broke a
4-game losing streak against a Sharks team that is struggling to do anything
right.
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Sharks continue to hemorrhage goals
Penguins
put another 5-spot on defensively challenged SJ
by
Mike Lee
After their 5-day respite for the All Star Break, the Sharks
hit the ice fully rested in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The re-energized
Sharks looked like a rested team, moving well at PPG Paints Arena, but a series
of miscues cost them in what ended as a lopsided 5-2 loss to the Penguins. San
Jose held a 2-1 lead late in the 2nd period, before allowing 4 unanswered goals
to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Penguins.
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Rangers exploit jumbo defensive hole
SJ
surrenders 6 goals in ugly loss to New York
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks started the Jumbo-less period of their schedule as Joe
Thornton begins his rehabilitation following knee surgery earlier in the day.
San Jose got a bit of a reprieve in the schedule by having the struggling New
York Rangers to cut their teeth on the new roster situation. They responded by
playing a sloppy defensive game that resulted in 6 Rangers goals and a 6-5 loss
at SAP Center. If Thursday night's game is an indication of things to come, the
Sharks can't get Thornton back soon enough.
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Sharks play well enough to lose
Gutsy
comeback overshadowed by little mistakes
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks seemed to be headed in the right direction after their
last two games, but a top performing Winnipeg Jets team set them straight on
Tuesday night at SAP Center. The Sharks gave up three goals in the opening
period, before battling back to tie the game. They would lose the lead in the
3rd, before tying it again late, only to lose 18 seconds into overtime.
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Sharks feast on more poultry
Ducks follow
same fate as Penguins
by Mike Lee
The
back-to-back game gods are not typically sympathetic with the San Jose Sharks.
San Jose told the gods to buzz off on Sunday night as they followed up their
big 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night, by blitzing the
Anaheim Ducks for 6 goals in a 6-1 roasting of their hosts in Southern
California. San Jose created a little distance between themselves and their
Pacific Division rival by chasing starting goaltender John Gibson with a bucket
of goals.
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Dell corrals Penguins in 2-1 win
Netminder
makes 31 saves in big Sharks win
by Mike
Lee
It wasn't a Stanley Cup Championship, but the Sharks will take a
regular season win over the Pittsburgh Penguins any day of the week. In the
only visit of the year by San Jose's Stanley Cup Finals tormentors, the
Penguins fell to a Sharks team that stifled them defensively and used a 3rd
period power play goal to knock off Pittsburgh 2-1 in an action packed affair
at SAP Center.
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| SHARK SNAPSHOT |
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| Western Conf |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
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| (1) Nashville (C) |
4 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
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| (2) Chicago (C) |
3 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
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| (3) Colorado (C) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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| (4) Anaheim (P) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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| (5) Dallas (C) |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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| (6) Calgary (P) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
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| (7) Vancouver (P) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
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| (8) Los Angeles (P) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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| (9) San Jose (P) |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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| SJ Home |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| SJ Road |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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| Next Game: |
10/18 - 7:30pm |
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3-2 L |
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| LEADERS |
| Scoring |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
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| Kane |
6 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
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| Labanc |
6 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
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| Meier |
6 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
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| Burns |
6 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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| Pavelski |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
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| Goaltending |
W |
L |
OTL |
Sv% |
GAA |
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| Jones |
1 |
3 |
0 |
.880 |
3.05 |
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| Dell |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.917 |
2.49 |
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| Special Teams |
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Eff% |
Rnk |
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| Power Play |
2/21 |
9.5% |
26th |
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| Penalty Kill |
6/28 |
78.6% |
17th |
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