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Iginla burns Sharks
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Another OT loss to the Flames
2/12/08 - by Mike Lee
Jerome Iginla and Dion Phaneuf
did it again. The pair knocked off the Sharks 3-2 in overtime at HP Pavilion
back on January 3rd, then returned on Tuesday night for a repeat performance,
stunning the 17,269 in attendance with another goal in the extra session. San
Jose outshot the Flames 43-18, but they failed to convert shots into scoring
chances. San Jose held a one-goal lead late, but Phaneuf scored with less than
a minute in regulation to send the game to overtime.
Iginla one-timed
a cross-ice feed past Evgeni Nabokov with 25 seconds remaining in the 5-minute
overtime. Three of the Sharks on the ice collapsed on Phaneuf as he carried the
puck in the Sharks zone, the defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic dropped back too
deep, leaving Iginla uncovered. Nabokov got over too late as Iginla's shot
rocketed into the Sharks net.
Damond Langkow gave the Flames a 1-0
lead just 4:20 into the game on an impressive deflection. Former Sharks captain
Owen Nolan tried firing the puck deep into the Sharks zone from the blueline.
Standing in the slot, Langkow stuck his stick blade out toward the left wing
boards, but when the puck hit his stick blade, the puck kicked back to the
right, beating Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.
Marcel Goc tied
things up 7 minutes later on a top shelf wrister from the right dot after
skating up the wing. Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff had a good look at Goc,
who skated into the zone uncontested, but the Sharks forward ripped a shot just
under the crossbar.
The Flames regained the lead 2:01 into the 3nd
period when former Shark Mark Smith knocked the puck into the goal with his
hip. San Jose gained control of the puck deep in their own zone, but Jeremy
Roenick tripped over himself while back-skating along the end boards. Mathew
Lombardi grabbed to the loose puck and threw it on goal. A scrum formed in
front of Nabokov as the puck arrived, but the shot kicked off the left post.
The puck bounced off of Smith, who was upended in front of the goal.
Referee Kerry Fraser went upstairs to the video judge to see if the puck
crossed the line before the net was upended. The goal was allowed after a
lengthy review.
The Sharks up beat tempo kept Flames on their heels
and helped to amass a 31-11 shot advantage through two periods.
An
interference penalty on Anders Eriksson gave the Sharks a power play at 8:16,
but Kiprusoff would dodge several bullets. Joe Pavelski tried going upstairs on
play in tight, but his shot sailed high. Milan Michalek just missed moments
later on a shot that fluttered through the crease.
Robyn Regehr would put the Sharks back on the power
play with 48 seconds left in the period, but this time San Jose would cash in.
Michalek bagged his 19th of the season with a nifty move in front of the net,
after Craig Rivet set him up with a pass from the point.
The Sharks
would finally take the lead at 8:33 of the 3rd period on a tip in from Patrick
Rissmiller. A strong forecheck created the chance down low. Torrey Mitchell
forced a turnover in the right corner, then slid the puck out to Mike Grier in
the high slot. Grier pumped a slapper from 40 feet out, but Rissmiller got a
stick on the puck , deflecting the waist high shot down toward the ice and past
Kiprusoff.
A delay of game penalty on Jonathan Cheechoo gave the
Flames a late power play and Calgary head coach Mike Keenan decided to pull
Kiprusoff with 1:30 to play. Rissmiller grabbed a loose puck in his own zone
and tried to clear it with a backhand move, but Dion Phaneuf intercepted it at
the blueline.
The Flames defenseman circled back toward the left wing
boards, then threw the puck on net wth 50 seconds remaining in regulation.
Nabokov never saw the shot, and just like the game was tied again.
In
the overtime period Lombardi had a chance to end things with a flash of speed
that setup a scoring chance in close, but Nabokov stacked the pads to deny the
Flames forward.
It didn't once Iginla and Phaneuf hooked up.
Game Notes:
Sharks captain was scratched in order to nurse the
groin injury he sustained in the 1st period of Saturday's game against
Nashville. Steve Bernier returned to the lineup.
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3 |
OT |
T |
| CGY |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
| SJ |
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| 1st period - 1, CGY,
Langkow 22 (Nolan, Huselius), 4:20. 2, SJ, Goc 4 (Shelley, Vlasic), 11:40.
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| 2nd period - 3, CGY,
Smith 1 (Lombardi), 2:01. 4, SJ, Michalek 19 (Rivet, Cheechoo), 19:27,
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ,
Rissmiller 7 (Grier, Mitchell), 8:33. 6, CGY, Phaneuf 11 (unassisted), 19:10,
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| Overtime - 7, CGY,
Iginla 35 (Phaneuf), 4:35. |
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| 1st period - Ehrhoff, SJ
(holding), 8:02; Tanguay, CGY (hooking), 8:55; Huselius, CGY (interference),
19:06. |
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| 2nd period - Hale, CGY
(tripping), 5:02; Eriksson, CGY (interference), 8:16; Aucoin, CGY (holding),
15:29; Regehr, CGY (hooking), 19:12. |
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| 3rd period - Lombardi,
CGY (slashing), 10:16; Thornton, SJ (tripping), 10:50; Cheechoo, SJ (delay of
game - puck over glass), 17:33. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| CGY - Kiprusoff |
43 |
40 |
| SJ - Nabokov |
18 |
14 |
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| CGY |
5 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
| SJ |
18 |
13 |
9 |
3 |
43 |
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| Referees: Fraser,
O'Halloran. Linesmen: Kovachik, Murphy. |
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