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Own goal in OT says it
all
Shooting barrage proves
fruitless
3/7/06 - by Mike Lee
Patrick Marleau scored the game winning goal in overtime on Tuesday
night in a crucial game versus the Might Ducks of Anaheim. That typically
great news, except for the fact that Marleau scored the goal for the Ducks,
sending San Jose to a third straight loss. The Sharks peppered Anaheim
goaltender Jean-Sebastian Giguere with 48 shots, but it was the single shot on
their own goal which drove a dagger into their playoff hopes.
Giguere made 44 saves in the 5-4 victory, none bigger than a stop on a
breakaway chance by Joe Thornton in the extra period to help preserve the game.
Even with the shot production, the Sharks failed to take command of the game
and had to battle back from deficits all night.
The usual suspects continued to provide San Jose with goals, while the rest of
the offense wallows in obscurity. Thornton, Jonathan Cheechoo, Christian
Ehrhoff and Steve Bernier scored for San Jose, but the sting of Marleau's gaff
erased any positives that the Sharks derived from the team's overall
performance.
Defensive woes continued to cost the Sharks. The most glaring indicator of
that was on Andy McDonald's second goal of the evening late in the 2nd period.
As Teemu Selanne started up ice with the puck, San Jose's defense decided to
pay more attention to Selanne, who had yet to get out of his own defensive zone
with the puck, than to McDonald who was streaking up the right wing in
anticipation of a breakout pass. Scott Hannan was a spectator as McDonald took
a Selanne pass and skated in alone before slipping the puck past Evgeni
Nabokov.
After Corey Perry staked the Ducks to a 4-3 lead with seven minutes remaining
in regulation, Bernier provided a spark by scoring his 2nd career goal a minute
later.
The Sharks power play was an abysmal 1 for 6, with the only tally coming on a
5-on-3 power play goal by Cheechoo at 7:16 of the 2nd period. Conversely, the
Ducks special teams unit converted on 2 of 4 chances on the man advantage.
Out-shooting the Ducks 18-4 in the 3rd period was overshadowed by the fact that
Anaheim was allowed to score. Ehrhoff scored his 3rd of the season just 2:43
into the 3rd period, but Perry forced the Sharks to rely on Bernier's goal to
salvage a point in the standings.
Former Shark Sandis Ozolinsh was credited with the game winner, a reward for
being the closest to Marleau on the ill fated shot that decided the game.
Anaheim moved to within three points of 8th seeded Edmonton, while the Sharks
sit 8 points behind the Oilers.
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3 | OT |
T |
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2 | 0 |
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| 1st period - 1, Anaheim, Lupul 22
(Vishnevski, Marchant), 10:01.
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| 2nd period - 2, San Jose, Thornton 24
(Ehrhoff, Cheechoo), 0:40.
3, San Jose, Cheechoo 36 (Preissing, Thornton), 7:16, (pp).
4, Anaheim, McDonald 21 (Niedermayer, Getzlaf), 15:35, (pp).
5, Anaheim, McDonald 22 (Selanne), 17:10.
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| 3rd period - 6, San Jose, Ehrhoff 3 (Hannan,
Stevenson), 2:43.
7, Anaheim, Perry 7 (Niedermayer, Kunitz), 12:51, (pp).
8, San Jose, Bernier 2 (McLaren), 13:53.
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| Overtime - 9, Anaheim, Ozolinsh 3 (Hedstrom,
Pahlsson), 0:58. |
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| 1st period - Preissing, SJS (hooking),
15:19; Niedermayer, ANA (hooking), 18:14. |
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| 2nd period - Marchant, ANA (interference),
5:14; Hedstrom, ANA (tripping), 5:39; Goc, SJS (interference), 13:41; Marleau,
SJS (tripping), 14:39. |
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| 3rd period - Salei, ANA (hooking), 4:26;
Fedoruk, ANA (holding), 8:18; McCauley, SJS (hooking), 11:46; Pahlsson, ANA
(boarding), 14:46. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Nabokov |
27 |
22 |
| ANA - Giguere |
48 |
44 |
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OT | T |
| SJ |
14 |
15 |
18 |
1 | 48 |
| ANA |
11 |
11 |
4 |
1 | 27 |
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| Referees: Dean Morton, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen:
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