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Sedin's OT goal ends
streak
Nabokov sets new franchise shutout
record
3/9/07 - by Mike Lee
The
Sharks used a late power play goal from Patrick Marleau to salvage a
point
after Vanocouver Canucks forward Henrik Sedin took a 3rd period hooking
penalty. Sedin made amends for his gaff by slipping past the Sharks
defense in
overtime to beat Evgeni Nabokov and steal two points at HP Pavilion on
Friday
night.
The two teams played cat and mouse for two periods,
exchanging limited chances in the opening period, but neither team could
muster
any real scoring chances. The Sharks squandered 24 seconds of 5-on-3
power play
time, when the three Canucks defenders wrestled the puck away from the
Sharks
along the right wing boards, clearing away the two-man advantage.
Nabokov held the Canucks scoreless through two periods, setting a new
franchise
record for consecutive shutout minutes. The Sharks netminder deserved
better
after turning aside all 18 shots the Canucks threw at him in the 2nd
period.
Vancouver took
control of the game with extended pressure on Nabokov.
Taylor
Piatt
just missed on a chance in the closing seconds of the middle period. The
Canucks forward would make up for his miss, 1:06 into the 3rd period with
his
18th goal of the season, ending Nabokov's shutout streak at 166 minutes,
7
seconds. Pyatt scooped up a Denial Sedin rebound just outside the Sharks
crease
and lifted the puck into a wide open net.
Sedin was sent off at 12:07 of the 3rd to give the
Sharks power play opportunity. San Jose was 0-for-20 in their last three
games
on the man-advantage. Matt Carle setup Marleau's goal by finding Joe
Thornton
in the neutral zone on the breakout. Thornton skated across the blueline
then
held the puck before finding Marleau cutting in on goal. The Sharks
captain hit
the 30-goal mark for the season by putting the Thorton feed past Luongo
to tie
things at 1-1.
Markus Naslund was sent off with 3:25 to play in
regulation after he hit Marc-Edouard Vlasic with a high-stick in the
face. The
Sharks failed to match Marleau's power play goal with a late tally which
would
have likely give the Sharks the win in regulation.
San Jose
never put
a shot on Luongo in the extra period, and Sedin ended things when Kevin
Bieksa
sent a lead pass to Sedin, who had slipped past Kyle McLaren and Craig
Rivet.
Nabokov made the initial save on Sedin, but the Canucks winger
put the rebound past the Sahrks goaltender to end things.
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| VAN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| SJ |
0 |
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1 |
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| 3rd period - 1, VAN,
Pyatt 18 (D. Sedin, Mitchell), 1:06. 2, SJ, Marleau 30 (Thornton,
Carle),
13:02, (pp). |
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| Overtime - 3, VAN, H.
Sedin 9 (Bieksa), 3:30. |
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| 1st period - Salo, VAN
(tripping), 7:14; Luongo, VAN (delay of game - illegal goalie
play), 8:50. |
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| 2nd period - Clowe, SJ
(interference), 7:17. |
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| 3rd period - Rivet, SJ
(interference), 4:47; H. Sedin, VAN (hooking), 12:07; Naslund, VAN
(high
sticking), 16:35. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| VAN - Luongo |
26 |
25 |
| SJ - Nabokov |
37 |
35 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| VAN |
7 |
18 |
10 |
2 |
37 |
| SJ |
8 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
26 |
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| Referees: Gord Dwyer, Brad
Meier. Linesmen: Brad Lazarowich, Vaughan Rody. |
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