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Losing streak reaches 3
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First shootout loss for SJ
11/12/05 - by Mike Lee
The Sharks should be grateful
they escaped Saturday night's match up with the visiting Dallas Stars with
a
point. After digging themselves into 2-0 hole in the opening period, they
scratched their way back to tie the game, almost give away in overtime,
then
eventually lose in the shootout. After defenseman Sergai Zubov and rookie
Jussi Jokinen converted in the shootout for Dallas, Marty Turco snuffed out
Patrick Marleau and Jonathan Cheechoo to send the Sharks to their third
straight defeat.
After a four day break to think about the shellacking they took in Denver on
Tuesday night, the Sharks failed to skate with any gusto in the 1st period
against Dallas. The Stars seemingly beat the Sharks to every loose puck in
the
period, and took full advantage.
Bill Guerin narrowly missed on scoring chance in the game's opening minute, but
the play set the tempo for the Stars in the period. The Stars wouldn't
miss on
the power play four minutes later after Milan Michalek took a poor
interference
penalty deep in the Stars zone.
Phillipe Boucher converted at 5:59 of the period on a blast from the point that
was tipped by Sharks defenseman Rob Davison. The shot was on a trajectory
to
find the net anyway and it was unlikely that Nabokov would have covered the
opening anyway after failing to read the play.
Davison would contribute to the Stars second goal at 13:19 of the opening
period after he tripped over himself after coughing up the puck at his own
blueline. Jason Arnott swooped in on the puck then crossed Davison up by
switching directions as he crossed into the Sharks zone. With nothing but
open
ice, Arnott skated in a rifled a shot past Nabokov for a 2-0 Stars lead.
The Sharks would counter in the 2nd period with a pair of goals themselves.
Rookie Steve Bernier scored his first NHL goal midway through the period
after
Mark Smith bounced a shot off Turco's pads. Bernier scooped up the rebound
at
the top of the left circle, then backhanded a shot that slipped inside the
right post.
Alyn McCauley would bag his second goal of the season less than two minutes
later after Stephane Robidas was sent off for a delay of game penalty after
firing the puck out of play. McCauley redirected a wrist shot from Patrick
Marleau while standing just outside the right post.
The Sharks clamped down n the Stars in the 3rd period, only allowing two shots
on goal, but they failed to generate any quality scoring chances
themselves.
Their offense reverted back into a catatonic state. Turco was never
challenged in the final period or overtime.
Notes:
- Loss aside, defenseman Scott Hannan will probably like to forget the game for
personal reasons. He took two high sticks to the face and was sent
headfirst
into the boards after after Robidas checked him from behind. Of the three
infractions, Dallas was only called for one, a high sticking penalty to
Arnott
in the 2nd period.
- San Jose didn't generate a shot on goal until after the ten minute mark of
the 1st period.
- Nabokov retured to the ice for the first time
since
suffering a shoulder injury on
October 21st in Columbus.
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2 |
3 |
OT | SO |
T |
| DAL |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 1 |
3 |
| SJ |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
2 |
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| 1st period - 1, Dallas, Boucher 4 (Modano,
Zubov), 5:59, (pp). 2, Dallas, Arnott 5, 13:19. |
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| 2nd period - 3, San Jose, Bernier 1 (Smith,
Stuart), 11:19. 4, San Jose, McCauley 2 (Marleau, Sturm), 13:09. |
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| Shootout - Zubov
(DAL), Robidas (DAL). | |
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| 1st period - Tjarnqvist, DAL (interference),
2:07; Michalek, SJS (interference), 5:04; Jokinen, DAL (hooking), 9:44;
McLaren, SJS (hooking), 16:22; Langfeld, SJS (delay of game), 17:51 |
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| 2nd period - Robidas, DAL (delay of game),
11:50; Arnott, DAL (high-sticking), 17:10; Zubov, DAL (elbowing), 18:55;
Hannan, SJS (interference), 19:50 |
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| 3rd period - Turco, DAL (served by Miettinen
delay of game), 5:32; Boucher, DAL (high-sticking), 7:43; Marleau, SJS
(tripping), 7:43 |
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Shots |
Saves |
| DAL - Turco |
29 |
27 |
| SJ - Nabokov |
22 |
20 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| DAL |
10 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
22 |
| SJ |
5 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
29 |
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| Referees: Dennis LaRue, Mike Leggo. Linesmen:
Angelo D'Amico, Brad Lazarowich. |
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