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Plenty of home
offense
Sharks win 2nd straight at HP
Pavilion
12/13/07 - by Mike Lee
So
much for killer whales hunting shark. The Sharks feasted on Canuck for the 3rd
time this season with a 5-2 win at HP Pavilion. Ten different players
contributed points for San Jose, who won two consecutive games at home for only
the 2nd time this season. Vancouver limped into town without goaltender Roberto
Luongo, Brad Isbister, and Brendan Morrison.
Milan Michalek opened the
game's scoring with one of the prettiest goals of the season. With Jason
Jaffray in the box for hooking Christian Ehrhoff, Michalek took a pass from Joe
Thornton at the Canucks blueline, then raced past Willie Mitchell on the right
wing. Michalek then cut across the slot and roofed a shot past Vancouver
goaltender Curtis Sanford as Mitchell tried stopping the scoring chance with a
two handed slash.
Sanford was in goal, because Roberto Luongo suffered
a rib injury against the Minnesota Wild almost to weeks ago.
Patrick
Marleau stung the Canucks with 26 seconds remaining in the period on a goal
that was almost identical to Michalek's. The only difference was that Marleau
scooted up the left wing. He took a feed from Marcel Goc then steamed up the
left wing boards, before cutting to his right across the slot and lifting
another shot that sailed past Sanford.
Sanford's night got worse at
12:42 of the 2nd period when Joe Pavelski one-timed a shot from the high slot,
scoring his 7th goal of the season. Curtis Brown fed Pavelski from the right
wing boards, but it looked as if Sanford had a good look at the shot and had
time to react. That wasn't the case as the puck slipped between Sanford's pads
for the 3-0 Sharks lead.
Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault would pull
Sanford in favor of rookie Drew MacIntyre, who wouldn't fare much better.
Both teams would trade penalties late in the period, setting up a
4-on-4 situation for the final minute of play. Kyle McLaren just missed giving
the Sharks a 4 goal lead, when his shot from the point rang off the left post.
MacIntyre was able to get a piece of the shot with his pad, pushing it just
wide of the goal mouth.
Henrik Sedin would finally get the Canucks on
the board at the 5:09 mark of the 3rd period with a shot from point blank
range. Lukas Krajicek feathered a pass through the slot, that just slipped past
Sandis Ozolinsh. Sedin easily put the shot into a wide open Sharks goal.
Nabokov would make life tough for himself when he
kicked the puck into his own net, after he made the save on a shot by Trevor
Linden. As the puck sat under his left pad, Nabokov panicked and tried to shift
in order to find the puck, but in doing so, his pad pushed it over the goal
line.
Thornton would respond 41 seconds later after the Canucks turned
the puck over at their own blueline. Devin Setoguchi chipped at a pass that was
intended for Alex Burrows, pushing to Thornton who had nothing but open ice
between he and MacIntyre. Thornton skated in 15 feet past the blueline then
ripped a slap shot past MacIntyre.
The Canucks would shoot themselves
in the foot a minute later when Krajicek turned the puck over in front of his
own net. Steve Bernier pounced on the loose puck and swatted home his 8th goal
of the season.
Game Notes:
Defenseman Matt Carle sat for eh
second straight game. The ongoing battle between Matt Cooke and Thornton failed
to bubble over. Both players recorded hits against the other player, but the
chippiness failed to materialize. Thornton spent several minutes in the 3rd
period debating with referee Mick McGeogh after taking a stick to his jaw.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Michalek 10 (Thornton), 11:40, (pp). 2, SJ, Marleau 6 (Goc, Ehrhoff),
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| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Pavelski 7 (Brown, Rivet), 12:42. |
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| 3rd period - 4, VAN, H.
Sedin 6 (Krajicek, Raymond), 5:09. 5, VAN, Linden 3 (Burrows, Edler), 10:06. 6,
SJ, Thornton 13 (Setoguchi), 10:47. 7, SJ, Bernier 8 (unassisted), 11:47. |
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| 1st period - Jaffray,
VAN (hooking), 10:25; |
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| 2nd period - D. Sedin,
VAN (holding), 18:58; Michalek, SJ (high sticking), 19:05. |
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| 3rd period - Jaffray,
VAN (hooking), 16:57; Ehrhoff, SJ (holding, 18:55. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| VAN - Sanford |
12 |
9 |
| VAN - MacIntyre |
11 |
9 |
| SJ - Nabokov |
17 |
15 |
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4 |
6 |
7 |
17 |
| SJ |
6 |
7 |
10 |
23 |
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| Referees: Marc
Joannette, Michael McGeogh. Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Tony Sericolo. |
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