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Shootout win extends
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Boyle saves the day
The Sharks continued their abridged road trip with
a stop in Columbus , Ohio on Wednesday night and in the process extended their
winning streak to six games. Dan Boyle converted the only goal in the shootout
to help propel the Sharks to their 11th win of the season. The win kept the
Sharks on the heels of the Colorado Avalanche for the best record in the
Western Conference. San Jose trails Colorado by a single point in the
standings.
The Sharks outlasted a spirited Columbus Blue Jackets squad
that refused to buckle after San Jose jumped out to two leads, countering with
goals in the first two periods.
Joe Thornton gave the Sharks their
first lead at 6:23 of the opening period on a fortuitous bounce after
defenseman Rob Blake wound the puck around the end boards from the right wing.
Thornton grabbed the puck behind the post and tried to center the puck to Dany
Heatley, but the puck appeared to deflect off centerman Antoine Vermette’s
stick, flicking past Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason.
The goal was
Thornton ’s 100th as a Shark.
Jason Chimera would knot the game
at 1-1 less than three minutes later after the Sharks failed to clear the puck
out of their own zone. With the puck changing hands three times near the right
circle, it finally kicked out to the point where Anton Stralmer threw it to the
left wing boards. Defenseman Fedor Tyutin cranked a shot from the blueline just
Chimera cut across the top of the crease for the redirect past Evgeni Nabokov.
Kent Huskins took exception to some rough stuff by Blue Jackets right
wing Jared Boll. The took would drop the gloves, but Huskins lost his balance
and had to be rescued by the linesman before Boll took advantage of the Sharks
defenseman’s precarious position.
Tyutin would take a tripping
penalty at 4:09 of the 2nd period, putting the Sharks on their second power
play of the evening. The San Jose would let 8 seconds tick off the clock before
converting. Patrick Marleau carried the puck in from the left point before pump
faking near the left dot. Marleau would then push the puck toward the goal
where Mason appeared to get a piece of Marlesu’s shot. Hovering near the
slot, Heatley stabbed at the rebound, scoring his 10th goal of the season.
An uncharacteristically bad decision would cost the Sharks late in the
period. Brad Staubitz drew an instigator penalty, trying to bait Boll into
another fight with 4:37 left before the 2nd intermission. Staubitz was tossed
with the automatic misconduct, putting the Blue Jackets on the power play.
Already down a man, defenseman Rob Blake came up lame
while the puck was circulating in the Sharks zone. The Blue Jackets took
advantage of the holes created by the Blake’s injury. Rick Nash gathered
an R. J. Umberger pass near the right corner, then sent a shot past a diving
Nabokov to tie the game once again.
San Jose would outshoot Columbus
13-6 in the 3rd period, but Mason stood tall.
Marleau gave the Sharks
their best chance in the overtime period by putting a one-time chance on net,
after Ryane Clowe chased down a puck in the right corner and put a perfect
centering pass on Marleau’s tape in the slot. Only a snaring glove save by
Mason would keep the game from ending in the extra session.
In the
shootout, Nikita Filatov would start things off with a backhand attempt that
sailed wide of the net. Mason would snare a backhand chance by Sharks rookie
Logan Couture to keep things even. Stralman would snap a shot that sailed over
the crossbar, before Boyle’s tally.
The Sharks defenseman took
his time on the approach to the goal, then put a series of shake-and bake moves
on Mason before cutting to his right and lifting a shot over the Blue Jackets
netminder.
Nash was Columbus ’ last hope, but his tip-in shot was
smothered by Nabokov.
Game Notes:
Blake did not return
after skating off, following the Nash goal. There were no reports on
Blake’s injury, although he did appear to be favoring one of his legs.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
T |
| SJ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| CBJ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1st period - 1. SJ,
Thornton 4 (Clowe, Blake), 6:32. 2, CBJ, Chimera 4 (Tyutin, Stralman),
9:18. |
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| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Heatley 10 (Marleau, Boyle), 4:17, (pp). 4, CBJ, Nash 10 (Umberger, Stralman),
16:45, (pp). |
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| Shootout - CBJ: Filatov
(miss), Stralman (miss), Nash (miss). SJ: Couture (miss), Boyle (goal). |
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| 1st period - Huskins, SJ
(fighting major), 13:42; Boll, CBJ (roughing), 13:42; Boll, CBJ (fighting
major), 13:42. |
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| 2nd period - Tyutin, CBJ
(tripping), 4:09; Staubitz, SJ (instigator), 15:23; Staubitz, SJ (fighting
major), 15:23; Satubitz, SJ (instigator misconduct), 15:23; Boll, CBJ (fighting
major), 15:23. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Nabokov |
28 |
26 |
| CBJ - Mason |
38 |
36 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| SJ |
7 |
16 |
13 |
2 |
38 |
| CBJ |
7 |
13 |
6 |
2 |
28 |
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| Referees:
Marouelli, Rooney. Linesmen: Heyer, Murray. |
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