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Week off no advantage for
Sharks
Hiller stops 31 shots to shutout
SJ
If the Sharks didn't have an issue with the
schedule makers for their week long break between games to start the season,
they should. Playing in only their second game of the season, all the energy of
their opening night pounding of the Phoenix Coyotes was a distant memory, as
the host Anaheim Ducks stifled the Sharks en route to a 1-0 win at the Honda
Center.
In a complete about face from the season opener, San Jose
forgot how to put pucks on net, allowing Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller to
enjoy a relatively light work load. San Jose's offense looked lost and devoid
of any game plan or cohesion.
The Sharks enjoyed an early power play
after Brandon McMillan was sent off for interference, but Ducks netminder Jonas
Hiller was up to the task.
Maxim Macenaur gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead
with 6 minutes to play in the opening period. The Anaheim forward put a George
Parros pass past Thomas Greiss for his first NHL goal. Macenaur skated toward
the net as Parros was the first skater to track down a McMillan feed behind the
Sharks net. Parros chipped the puck out to the front of the net just as
Macenaur arrived on scene for the redirect into the Sharks goal.
Joe
Thornton just missed knotting the score at 1-1 3 minutes into the 2nd period,
when he snapped a one-time chance into Hiller's midsection from point blank
range.
San Jose outshot Anaheim 11-4 in the middle period, but the
Ducks had the meaty chances early. Ryan Getzlaf put a pair of shots off the
posts, keeping the Sharks close.
A phantom tripping call against
Torrey Mitchell early in the 3rd period, put the Ducks on their second power
play of the evening. San Jose did a great job to kill off the penalty, but
Thornton tried to get cute with the puck as Mitchell's penalty expired. He
skated the puck back into his own zone after a turnover, then coughed it up
right in front of his own net for a Ducks scoring chance.
The disjointed play cost the Sharks later in the
period when a 3-on-2 break resulted in a turnover after the two lead Shark
skater s got tangled up with each other as they tried entering the Anaheim
zone.
A holding infraction against Lubomir Visnovsky with 6:27 left in
regulation gave the Sharks a much needed power play. San Jose spent too much
time trying to gain the zone, and would only muster two shots on goal.
Ryane Clowe had the Sharks best chance to score all night hook wide of the
right post with 3:40 to play. The burl forward took a pass through the crease
as he was parked unattended on the right side, but his one-time chance missed.
Game Notes:
Jason Blake sustained a laceration to his arm
after getting cut by a skate blade midway through the 3rd period.
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| 1st period - 1, ANA,
Macenaur 1 (Parros, McMillan), 13:59 |
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| 1st period - McMillan,
ANA (interference), 5:17; Smith-Pelly, ANA (holding), 9:44; Boyle, SJ
(interference), 10:9; Boyle, SJ (roughing), 17:45; Perry, ANA (roughing),
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| 2nd period - Brookbank,
ANA (tripping), 18:35. |
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| 3rd period - Mitchell,
SJ (tripping), 4:11; Visnovsky, ANA (holding), 13:33. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Greiss |
23 |
22 |
| ANA - Hiller |
31 |
31 |
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| ANA |
4 |
13 |
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23 |
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| Referees: LaRue,
Dwyer. Linesmen: Heyer, McElman. |
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