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Rebounding in LA
SJ solid in 5-2 win
1/11/07 - by Mike
Lee
After faltering on special teams on Wednesday night,
the Sharks turned things around against the Los Angeles Kings 24 hours later
with a solid 5-2 win over
the Pacific Division cellar dwellers. Five different
Sharks scored, including Patrick Marleau, who passed
Owen Nolan for the franchise record for goals scored
all-time. Marleau’s 207th career tally late in the
2nd period turned out to be the game winner.
San Jose continued to struggle out of the gate,
failing to score in the opening period, and
surrendering the game’s first goal five minutes into
the middle period. Mike Cammalleri converted on this
16th of the season on a put-back after Sharks
goaltender Vesa Toskala got caught out of position
making a stop on Anze Kopitar.
Mark Bell would get sent off for holding 30 seconds
after Cammalleri’s goal to setup one of two power play
chances for the Kings on the night. The penalty was
significant, because Bell would exit the box just as
the Scott Hannan gained control of the puck, before
sending it up ice to Bell. The Sharks forward would
skate in on Kings netminder Mathieu Garon and fire the
puck home, using a teammate to draw the lone defender
away from the play.
Milan Michalek would convert on the power play with a
nifty backhand shot from outside the right post at
12:19 to give the Sharks the lead for good.
Los Angeles would try to out-play the Sharks with
physical play, but rather than knocking the puck into
the net, it would knock out two Sharks. Mark Smith
had his bell rung when he was sent into the boards
head first after being checked from behind by Craig
Conroy. Marc-Edouard Vlassic would leave the game
after having his head bounced off the end-board glass
by Kopitar, who brought his elbow up on the hit.
Vlassic would miss the entire 3rd period.
Marleau would bag his record setting goal with a
minute remaining in the period after Joe Pavelski
bounced a shot of Garon. The Shaks captain grabbed
the rebound and snapped a shot diagonally through the
crease as Garon tried to cover the strong side.
The Kings would turn up the heat in the final period,
but it would be San Jose that draw blood first in the
period to extend their lead to 4-1. Ryane Clowe would
follow up his Saturday hat-trick with his 9th goal of
the season. Douglas Murray fired a shot that found the back of the net for what
would have been his 1st NHL goal, but scorekeepers ruled that Clowe tipped the
shot.
Kopitar would follow up with his 12th of the season 34
seconds later to cut the Sharks lead to two-goals, but
it would be too little, too late.
Patrick Rissmiller would score an empty-net goal late
to cap the scoring. Kings defenseman Rob Blake didn’t
care for Rissmiller’s goal, taking a poke at him as
the two skated back to their respective benches.
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| 2nd period -
1, LA, Cammalleri 16 (Kopitar, Brown), 5:02. 2, SJ, Bell 6
(Hannan), 7:48. 3, SJ, Michalek 12 (Cheechoo), 12:19, (pp). 4, SJ, Marleau 20
(Pavelski, Rissmiller), 18:58 |
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ, Clowe 9 (Murray,
Marleau), 7:28. 6, Kopitar 12 (Pushkarev), 8:02. 7, SJ, Rissmiller 3
(Pavelski), 18:34, (en). |
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| 1st period - Conroy, LA (tripping), 14:32;
Avery, LA (high sticking), 18:38. |
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| 2nd period - Ehrhoff, SJ (hooking), 0:57;
Bell, SJ (tripping), 5:39; Avery, LA (slashing), 12:04. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Toskala |
24 |
22 |
| LA - Garon |
30 |
26 |
| LA - empty net | 1 | 0 |
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14 |
7 |
31 |
| LA |
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10 |
24 |
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| Referees: Marc Joannette, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen:
Vaughan Rody, Dan Schachte. |
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