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Pavelski & St Louis tally 7
goals
Sharks out score Tampa Bay in goal
fest
Joe Pavelski was establishing himself as "Two-Goal
Joe," for his propensity to bag goals in pairs. Up until Saturday afternoon,
Pavleski had never scored a hat trick though. He picked a fine time to turn in
a three goal performance, helping the Sharks overcome a 4-2 deficit in Tampa
Bay as San Jose stormed back from the big deficit to knock off the host
Lightning 5-4 at Tampa Bay Times Forum. The comeback win overshadowed a 4-goal
performance by Martin St Louis.
* Both Pavelski and St Louis recorded
natural hat tricks in the contest. St Louis scored 3 of his 4 goals in the 1st
period, while Pavelski potted all 3 of his in the 2nd period.
* Matt
Nieto went 28 straight games before scoring in Florida last Thursday night. The
Sharks rookie went back-to-back games by opening the games scoring on Saturday.
The forward threw a puck on net from the right dot midway through the 1st
period that was blocked by Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, but the puck kicked
back out to Nieto in the slot for the put back shot that found twine for
Nieto's 4th tally of the season.
* Tyler Kennedy was sent off for
hooking at 11:39 of the period, and St Louis sniped a goal from the right
circle 17 seconds into the penalty.
* San Jose regained the lead when
Patrick Marleau threw a puck at the net from the left wing boards, using a
Tommy Wingels screen to slip the shot past Bishop.
* St Louis made it
a 2-2 game 3 minutes later, taking a Jean-Phillipe Cote lead pass up the left
wing boards before racing in on Antti Niemi. The Sharks netminder stopped St
Louis on the initial shot from in tight, but the Lightning captain got a stick
on the puck just as defenseman Brad Stuart tried to sweep the puck out of the
crease. The confluence of both sticks pushed the puck over Niemi's right pad
and into the Sharks goal.
* St Louis recorded his hat trick with 30
seconds left in the opening period, benefitting from a series of deflections in
front of the Sharks net. Defenseman Mark Barberio fed JT Brown in the slot with
a pass from the blueline, creating an opening on the left for St Louis who
waved at the puck. St Louis' shot hit a Sharks defender before slipping past
Niemi. The Tampa Bay crowd had no idea St Louis had scored the goal, so there
was no hat trick celebration.
* Sharks rookie Eriah Hayes opened the
2nd period with an interference penalty which setup the Lightning's 2nd power
play of the game. They made it 2-for-2 on power play conversions with St Louis
capped his wild scoring outburst with his 25th goal of the season. St Louis
ripped a cross-ice feed from Teddy Purcell, beating Niemi from the right dot.
* Tampa Bay had a chance to put the game out of reach when Marleau was
pushed into Bishop, drawing a goaltender interference penalty. Marleau was not
amused by Bishop dressing up the play by flopping after being tapped by the
Sharks forward. The Sharks power play settled down to deny the Lightning of any
further damage.
* The Pavelski show kicked into gear at 12:48 of the
period, when the U.S. Olympian punched home a feed from Kennedy during a
delayed penalty. Kennedy circled out of the slot, curling back around the right
side before spotting Pavelski on the left side. Drawing two defenders to the
right, Kennedy slid a pass through the slot for the easy deposit by Pavelski.
* Eric Brewer setup Pavelski's 2nd goal by hooking
Matt Nieto at 13:01 of the period. Dan Boyle ripped a shot from the blueline
during the mad advantage, bouncing the puck off Bishop. Pavelski was parked at
the top of the crease where he was hammered by Victor Hedman with a cross
check, but he got a stick on the puck, lifting a shot past Bishop.
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Pavelski gave the Sharks the lead for good with a minute left in the middle
period. Matt Irwin rifled a shot from the blueline, but the puck was tipped by
Pavelski to give San Jose the 5-4 lead.
* The Sharks buckled down in
the 3rd period, limiting the Lightning to a paltry 6 shots in the period.
Things got a little dicey for San Jose 8 minutes into the final frame when
Irwin was sent off for holding. Andrew Desjardins and Cote had been sent off
for off-setting penalties a minute earlier, but the Lightning had a 4-on-3
after Irwin's infraction. San Jose killed the penalty to preserve their lead.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Nieto 4 (Marleau, Wingels). 2, TB, St Louis 22 (Johnson, Purcell), 11:56, (pp).
3, SJ, Marleau 21 (Nieto), 12:52. 4, TB, St Louis 23 (Cote, Bishop), 15:44. 5,
TB, St Louis 24 (Brown, Barberio), 19:30. |
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| 2nd period - 6, TB, St
Louis 25 (Purcell, Johnson), 2:07, (pp). 7, SJ, Pavelski 23 (Kennedy, Demers),
12:48. 8, SJ, Pavelski 24 (Boyle), 13:09, (pp). 9, SJ, Pavelski 25 (Irwin,
Thornton), 19:00. |
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| 1st period - Kennedy, SJ
(hooking), 11:39. |
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| 2nd period - Bishop, TB
(roughing), 6:29; Marleau, SJ (goaltender interference), 7:11; Brewer, TB
(hooking), 13:01. |
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| 3rd period - Desjardins,
SJ (boarding), 6:50; Desjardins, SJ (fighting major), 6:50; Cote, TB
(roughing), 6:50; Cote, TB (fighting major), 6:50; Irwin, SJ (holding),
7:57. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Niemi |
29 |
25 |
| TB - Bishop |
32 |
27 |
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14 |
13 |
5 |
32 |
| TB |
13 |
10 |
6 |
29 |
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| Referees:
Hasenfratz, Kozari. Linesmen: Cormier, Gibbs . |
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