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Offense unloads on
Wings
San Jose last team in NHL to record 5 goals
this season
After stinking it up for three straight games, the
Sharks paid homage to the California Golden seals of the 60's and 70's by
scoring like it was the NHL's golden era. San Jose scored bushels of goals in
the 1st and 3rd period to run roughshod over the visiting Detroit Red Wings at
SAP Center on Saturday night. Joe Pavelski led all scorers with a pair goals to
spark a Sharks offense in dire need of unloading on an opponent.
Big
goal games have been non-existent for the Sharks this season. San Jose became
the last team in the NHL to record 5 goals in a game this season. That came in
the 40th game of the season. Doing against the Red Wings also helped the Sharks
avenge a 3-0 loss to Detroit back in October.
Things looked dicey for
the Sharks early in the contest after they failed to convert on a pair of power
play chances, then they allowed the Red Wings to take an early 1-0 lead. Tomas
Vanek tried to hit Nick Jensen with a pass from the top of the left circle, but
the puck clipped defenseman Justin Braun's skate, changing the trajectory of
the puck to slip past Martin Jones.
Rather then fold, San Jose pinned
their ears back and went to work, scoring three goals to close out the period.
Joonas Donskoi was the beneficiary of a pin-balling puck at 15:59 of
the period, getting credit for a goal that started as a Tommy Wingels shot. The
puck hit Donskoi in the slot, before deflecting 90 degrees to the left, where
it hit Riley Sheahan and then taking a right turn and into the Red Wings net.
Mirco Muller made the most of his limited time on the ice by firing a
shot from the left point less than two minutes later that found a seam and beat
Red Wings goaltender Jared Coreau.
Coreau didn't do himself any favors
when he allowed an unscreened Patrick Marleau shot knuckle past him with 31
seconds left in the period to push the Sharks lead to 3-1. Red Wings defenseman
Danny Dekeyser had position on Marleau, but when he tried to deflect Marleau's
shot, the puck changed direction enough to fool Coreau.
The Red Wings
wouldn't get a chance to redeem himself, as Petr Mrazek was inserted in net for
Detroit to start the 2nd period.
The middle frame was a spirited
exchange of scoring chances between the two teams, but neither team would
score.
With the 3rd period implosion against Minnesota still fresh in
their minds, the Sharks decided to go on the offensive. Pavelski scored the
first of his two goals 1:50 into the period by deflecting a Brent Burns shot
past Mrazek as he skated in the high slot. The Sharks cycled the puck from
behind the Red Wing's net out to Burns on the right point.
Mikkel
Boedker scored for the first time in 28 games by simply getting in the way of a
Burns shot from the right wing boards. Boedker was lurking in front of Mrazek
when Burns shot came flying at his chest. It hit the Sharks forward and bent
right to slip past Mrazek for the Shark's 5th goal.
Anthony Mantha cut the Sharks lead to 5-2 at 4:43 when
he beat Joe Thornton to a rebound on the right side and sent a backhand chance
into a wide open net.
Joe Pavelski recorded his 600th point and 15th
goal of the season with 9:29 to play by chipping a rebound on net from the high
slot. Dylan DeMelo cranked a shot from the left point that bounced off
Thornton. Pavelski got a shot off that Dekeyser tried to knock down with his
own stick blade. Dekeyser's interference ended up deflecting the puck past
Mrazek for the 6-2 Sharks lead.
Andreas Athanasiou scored his 7th goal
of the season at 13:46 to cap the game's scoring, but the Sharks had the game
firmly in control. Jones finished with 32 saves to earn his 20th win of the
season.
Game Notes:
* The Sharks honored several
former California Golden Seals, the NHL expansion franchise that made its debut
50 years ago. The group included Dennis Maruk, who scored 36 goals for the
Seals in 1997-78.
* Six Sharks recorded multiple points including Joel
Ward who assisted on two of the 1st period goals for San Jose. Paul Martin,
Dylan DeMelo and Brent Burns all had a pair of assists.
* Danny
Dekeyser had a rough night. In addition to deflecting a pair of pucks past his
own goaltenders, the defenseman recorded a -4 on the night.
* Joonas
Donskoi played one of his strongest games of the season. The forward was flying
all over the ice and recorded 6 shots on net.
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| 1st period - 1, DET,
Vanek 10 (Nielsen, Athanasiou), 12:49. 2, SJ, Donskoi 6 (Wingels, Ward), 15:59.
3, SJ, Mueller 1 (DeMelo, Ward), 17:29. 4, SJ, Marleau 12 (Ward, Martin),
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| 3rd period - 5, SJ,
Pavelski 14 (Burns, Meier), 1:50. 6, SJ, Boedker 3 (Burns, Martin), 4:11. 7,
DET, Mantha 11 (Miller, Glendening), 4:43. 8, SJ, Pavelski 15 (Thornton,
DeMelo), 10:31. 9, DET, Athanasiou 7 (Ouellet, Vanek), 13:46. |
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| 1st period - Nielsen,
DET (high sticking), 1:23; Glendening, DET (hooking), 8:59. |
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| 3rd period - DeMelo, SJ
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Shots |
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| DET - Coreau |
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| DET - Mrazek |
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| SJ - Jones |
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| Referees:
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