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Weary Leafs blown away by
Sharks
Wingels' Gordie Howe hatr trick paces San
Jose
Fatigue is a relevant factor late in the NHL
regular season. After hammering on the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night, the
Toronto Maple Leafs dragged themselves to San Jose 24 hours later to complete
the second half of back-to-back games. San Jose took advantage of the Maple
Leafs fatigue factor and pasted the visiting Canadian club 6-2 at SAP Center on
Tuesday night. The Sharks scored multiple goals in all three periods to
knockout their visitors from Ontario.
* To frame how lopsided this
game was, Toronto was out-shot 48-21 and the Maple Leafs never recorded
double-digit shots in any one period. San Jose was up 4-1 on Toronto before the
halfway point in the game.
* Marc-Edouard Vlasic opened the game's
scoring with his 5th goal of the season 3:58 into the contest with a blast from
the high slot that slipped under Toronto goaltender James Reimer's right pad.
* Tommy Wingels appeared to score a goal midway through the opening
period, but the goal was overturned by referee Dave Jackson, who lost sight of
the puck. NHL Rule 31.2 gave Jackson to the leeway to rule the play dead at his
own discretion. The flow of the play clearly showed it crossing the line after
Wingels threw it on net. The hockey gods would make amends to the Sharks who
opened flood gates with 5 goals after the Wingels no-goal.
* San Jose
appeared to be on Jackson's naughty list when a Brent Burns goal was waved off
by the referee. Jackson would explain that the goal was waved off because he
didn't think it crossed the goal line, but video review confirmed the goal. The
tally was Burns' 18th of the season, which is a career high.
* Karma
would respond favorably for Wingels 6:54 into the 2nd period. The Sharks
forward blew up David Clarkson with a perfectly legal hit against the side
boards to force a Maple Leafs turnover. San Jose moved the puck into the Maple
Leafs zone and where Justin Braun sent a shot on goal from the right point. The
puck clipped Wingels who was skating through the slot, changing the shot's
trajectory before floating past Reimer. Clarkson partially screened his own
goaltender as he was pursuing Wingels with a flurry of cross-checks in response
to Wingels big hit moments earlier.
* Joe Pavelski put the Sharks up
4-1 less than 2 minutes later. Joe Thornton carried a Patrick Marleau pass into
the left circle before whipping a pass to the right wing, where Pavelski
snapped his 33rd goal of the season past Reimer.
* James Van Riemsdyk
was forced to skate to the dressing roam early in the 3rd period after his
teammate Dion Phaneuf missed a check on Patrick Marleau and ended up catching
his teammate up high. Van Riemsdyk would return later in the game.
*
Pavelski deposited his 2nd goal of the game at 4:26 of the 3rd period after
Jason Demers set him up with a pretty cross-ice pass from the right side.
Demers did all the work on the goal, keeping a clearing attempt from crossing
the blueline, then skating the puck to the top of the right circle, before
sending a laser pass to Pavelski on the far side. Pavelski received the puck
then lifted a shot over Reimer who was falling forward.
* San Jose let
complacency bite them in the backside late in the game while skating on a power
play. Van Riemsdyk intercepted a puck in his own zone and moved it up to Mason
Raymond. Gardiner bagged his second of the night on a feed from Raymond after
Marleau failed to hustle back on the back check.
* Martin Havlat put the dagger in the Maple Leafs
corpse with a goal at 16:33. Havlat cleaned up on a flurry in front of Reimer
after Wingels and James Sheppard tried punching home goals from the doorstep.
Reimer was displeased with the lack of an interference call on the play, but it
was his own teammate who fell into him before Havlat lifted a backhand shot
home for his 6th goal of the season.
* Dion Phaneuf tried to take out
his frustration on Havlat on the next shift, but several Sharks came to the
veteran forward's aid. Wingels engaged Joffrey Lupul ina spirited scrap that
game Wingels his first career "Gordie Howe" hat trick. The Sharks are
remarkably 14-0 all time when a San Jose player records a hat trick of the
Gordie Howe variety.
* San Jose moved to within two points of the Ducks
in the Pacific Division standings. San Jose had trailed Anaheim by as many as
13 points in January.
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T |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Vlasic 5 (Nieto), 3:58. 2, TOR, Gardiner 7 (Raymond), 4:23. 3, SJ, Burns 18
(Thornton, Pavelski), 11:04. |
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| 2nd period - 4, Wingels
15 (Braun, Sheppard), 6:54. 5, SJ, Pavelski 33 (Thornton, Boyle), 8:13. |
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| 3rd period - 6, SJ,
Pavelski 34 (Demers, Thornton), 4:26. 7, TOR, Gradiner 8 (Raymond, Van
Riemsdyk), 14:56, (sh). 8, SJ, Havlat 6 (Sheppard, Wingels), 16:33. |
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| 1st period - Bodie, TOR
(fighting major), 4:26; Brown, SJ (fighting major), 4:26; Van Riemsdyk, TOR
(holding), 14:36. |
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| 2nd period - Braun, SJ
(hooking), 10:15; Clarkson, TOR (fighting major), 15:04; Desjardins, SJ
(fighting major), 15:04; PAvelski, SJ (cross checking), 15:13; Phaneuf, TOR
(interference), 17:46; McClement, TOR (interference), 18:12. |
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| 3rd period - Gleason,
TOR (interference), 14:12; Gleason, TOR (fighting major), 14:12; Desjardins, SJ
(fighting major), 14:12; Lupul, TOR (fighting major), 16:56; Phaneuf, TOR
(unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:56; Phaneuf, TOR (roughing), 16:56; Phaneuf, TOR
(10 min misconduct), 16:56; Wingels, SJ (fighting major), 16:56. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| TOR - Reimer |
48 |
42 |
| SJ - Niemi |
21 |
19 |
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2 |
3 |
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| TOR |
6 |
6 |
9 |
21 |
| SJ |
14 |
17 |
17 |
48 |
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| Referees: Jackson,
Pochmara. Linesmen: Lazarowich, Sharrers. |
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