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Rebounding
SJ steam rolls Flames with 4-goal 1st
11/13/08 - By Mike Lee
Rebounds were the theme of
the night on Thursday at HP Pavilion. The Sharks rebounded from their 2-game
losing streak with a 6-1 pounding of the visiting Calgary Flames. They scored
four of those goals on the power play after Calgary gave up big juicy rebounds.
Milan Michalek rebounded from a scoring drought by scoring a pair of goals. The
Sharks defense set a franchise record by tallying 9 points, all assists. The
trio of Dan Boyle, Rob Blake and Christian Ehrhoff each had three helpers.
As has been a constant their last three games, the Sharks jumped out
to the early lead, but the question on everyone’s mind was if they could
hold that lead. They made it harder for a Flames comeback by scoring 4 times in
the opening period.
"Did we take our foot off the gas the other night?!
I think we were sloppy in a couple of situations and it came back to haunt us,"
Said Sharks head coach Todd McLellan. "The lesson was learned, it was taught to
us and I think we accepted the responsibility tonight when we had the
lead."
They started the bum rush with a power play goal by Joe Pavelski
8 minutes into the game and a mere 7 seconds after Flames defenseman Adam Pardy
was whistled for hooking. Pavelski started the scoring sequence with a big
faceoff win, and ended it by punching home a rebound from the top of the crease
after Rob Blake fired a blast in on Miikka Kiprusoff from the right point.
Michalek would score 27 seconds later on a rush up the left wing
followed by a fake shot that forced Kiprusoff to commit. The Sharks winger then
ripped a shot from the bottom of the left circle that hit nothing but net.
San Jose ’s power play was clicking and would capitalize after
Calgary was called for too many men on the ice with 7 minutes remaining in the
period. The Sharks would also take advantage of Kiprusoff’s inability to
control rebounds. Sharks captain Patrick Marleau would deposit one of those
rebounds after Blake put another shot on goal.
The power play was more
effective than it has been in earlier games this season," said Blake. "With the
traffic and some shots, you can get some rebounds."
A Todd Bertuzzi
high sticking penalty at 16:07 would give the Sharks another man-advantage and
once again they would capitalize. This time Joe Thornton slipped a deflection
past Kiprusoff from the same spot Marleau was positioned on his goal. Devin
Setoguchi and Dan Boyle earned assists on the play.
Curtis McElhinney
replaced Kiprusoff to start the second period. Dion Phaneuf and Brad Staubitz
drew offsetting penalties at the end of the prior period, so the teo teams
would skate 4-on-4 for the first 2 minutes of the middle period.
"It
was a barrage," said Flames head coach Mike Keenan. "I mean we gave up 20 shots
in the first period. So we made the change just for the sake of trying to
change some momentum of some kind."
Michalek would use the extra space
to bag his 2nd goal of the game by tapping in a crossing pass from Ehrhoff at
1:18 . Racing up the right wing, Ehrhoff drew the defense over to the right
side before backhanding a pass through the slot. Michalek deflected the puck
just wide of the left post, but McElhinney was too far forward, which allowed
the Sharks winger to pull the puck back and slide it into the empty net.
Penalties would continue to haunt the Flames in the
3rd period. Infractions to Pardy and Rene Bourque 1:14 apart gave the Sharks a
brief 5-on-3. Pavelski would poke home his 2nd of the game on yet another put
back on a rebound in front of the Flames net. Boyle and Blake would earn
assists, their 3rd each for the game.
Mike Cammalleri would snap Shark
goaltender Brian Boucher’s shutout bid at 10:13 after Jody Shelley was
sent off for interference. The former Los Angeles King’s forward punched
home his on rebound from 6 feet out.
The Flames would get no closer.
"You play a team like this and you wonder where you are in terms of
your own development," Keenan added. "You get a good sense of reality when you
end up quite not on the same level in terms of the beginning of this game. I
mean we played better in the third but that's part of your preparation and
being ready for the first part that you know is going to come at you very
quickly."
Game Notes:
Mike Grier sustained a lower body
injury in the 1st period and did not return after the 1st intermission. Marleau
tied Owen Nolan for the franchise record for most power play goals in Sharks
history with 75. The Sharks 46 shots on goal marked the ninth time this season
that they have recorded 40 plus shots in a game, which is also a franchise
record.
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3 |
T |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
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4 |
1 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Pavelski 6 (Blake, Ehrhoff), 8:04 , (pp). 2, SJ, Michalek 4 (Pavelski,
Ehrhoff), 8:31 . 3, SJ, Marleau 8 (Blake, Thornton), 15:02 , (pp). 4, SJ,
Thornton 3 (Setoguchi, Boyle), 17:42. |
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| 2nd period - 5, SJ,
Michalek 5 (Ehrhoff, Boyle), 1:18 ; Staubitz, SJ (interference), 7:05 ; Aucoin,
CGY (hooking), 17:27. |
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| 3rd period - 6, SJ,
Pavelski 7 (Boyle, Blake), 3:35 , (pp). 7, CGY, Cammalleri 5 (Aucoin,
Glencross), 10:13 , (pp). |
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| 1st period - Pardy, CGY
(hooking), 7:57 ; Bench, CGY (too many men), 13:05 ; Bertuzzi, CGY (high
sticking), 16:07 ; Phaneuf, CGY (cross checking), 20:00 ; Staubitz, SJ
(slashing), 20:00. |
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| 2nd period - Michalek,
SJ (hooking), 3:03 ; Cammalleri, CGY (tripping), 13:21. |
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| 3rd period - Pardy, CGY
(delay of game – puck over glass), 1:59; Bourque, CGY (hooking), 3:13;
Langkow, CGY (tripping), 6:06; Shelley, SJ (tripping), 7:18; Shelley, SJ
(interference), 9:50; Boyd, CGY (hooking), 13:11; Bertuzzi, CGY (roughing),
19:59; Staubitz, SJ (roughing), 19:59. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| CGY - Kiprusoff |
20 |
16 |
| CGY - McElhinney |
26 |
24 |
| SJ - Boucher |
24 |
23 |
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5 |
8 |
11 |
24 |
| SJ |
20 |
15 |
11 |
46 |
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| Referees: Fraser,
Pollock. Linesmen: Cherrey, Galloway. |
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