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Toskala returns to blank
Jackets
35 save shutout extends win streak to
4
3/16/07 - by Mike Lee
Vesa
Toskala
got the nod in net for the first time in over a month and showed no signs
of
rust in a 35 save shutout performance over the visiting Columbus Blue
Jackets.
Joe Thornton, Ryane Clowe and Scott Hannan scored for San Jose. The
victory
was the 44th of the season, tying a franchise record for wins in a season.
Toskala got the call in net because the Sharks played in Phoenix the night
before, and Nabokov has carried the load in goal for the past month in
Toskala's absence. Sharks head coach indicated that he would rotate
goaltender's on back to back games next week.
The record book also needed revision after Toskala's shutout. The Sharks
netminder recorded his 4th goose egg of the season, which combined with
Evgeni
Nabokov's 7 shutouts set a new franchise mark for team shutouts in a
season.
Thornton staked the Sharks to a 1-0 lead on his 19th goal of the season.
Thornton cut through the slot from the right wing boards as Craig Rivet
sent a
centering pass from the right point. Thornton gathered Rivet's pass and
swept
a 30-foot shot toward the net, bouncing it off the right post and into the
net.
Rick Nash opened the 2nd period by ringing a shot off the post moments after
Mark Bell missed on a one-timer at the other end of the rink. The period
turned physical with back and forth exchanges of big hits by both teams.
Clowe would pad the lead to 2-0 on a wrister from the top of the right circle
that seemed to fool Norrena. Clowe's shot seemed to hop off the ice right
as
it got to Norrena, skipping over the Blue Jackets stick.
Toskala capped the period with key saves as time expired on a pair of shots
from in close.
An ill-advised penalty by Steve Bernier with just over two remaining in
regulation. Blue Jackets head coach Ken Hitchcock pulled Norrena in favor
of
the two-man advantage. The Sharks worked off the first minute of the
penalty,
then Scott Hannan out-muscled Rick Nash for the puck behind the Sharks net
before sending a shot the length of the ice for the short-handed
empty-netter.
Notes:
Mike Grier was out of the lineup to be with his wife Anne, who gave birth to
the couple's second child on Friday. The couple's first daughter was named
Brooklyn Kendall.
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3 |
T |
| CBJ |
0 |
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3 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Thornton 19 (Rivet, Michalek), 16:58. |
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| 2nd period - 2, SJ,
Clowe 16 (Ceechoo, Pavelski), 18:54. |
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| 3rd period - 3, SJ, Hannan 2 (Michalek),
19:21, (sh, en). |
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| 1st period - Nash, CBJ (hooking), 3:59;
Federov, CBJ (hooking), 10:27. |
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| 2nd period - Methot, CBJ (hooking), 2:06;
Cheechoo, SJ (slashing), 2:52; Guerin, SJ (high sticking), 5:17; Chimera,
CBJ
(hooking), 7:50. |
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| 3rd period - Svitov, CBJ (high sticking),
6:01; Brule, CBJ (high sticking), 14:21; Bernier, SJ (holding), 17:50. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| CBJ - Norrena |
23 |
21 |
| CBJ - empty net | 1 | 0 |
| SJ - Toskala |
35 |
35 |
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3 |
T |
| CBJ |
7 |
15 |
13 |
35 |
| SJ |
6 |
11 |
7 |
24 |
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| Referees: Paul Devorski, Tom Kowal. Linesmen: Brad
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