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Mikkel Boedker found
alive
Sharks forward records hat trick in 5-3 over
Oil
Brace yourselves, but Mikkel Boedker has been
found. After going missing right after the Sharks signed him, the forward
surfaced in Edmonton on Tuesday night and brought his game to Rogers Place as
the Sharks squared off with the Oilers. The forward went crazy by recording a
hat-trick to pace the Sharks to a 5-3 win as San Jose kicked off a brief
two-game road trip through Alberta. The Sharks have gone hog-wild on the
offensive zone all of a sudden, scoring 11 goals in their past two games.
The offense came to life early and often and goaltender Martin Jones
muzzled the Oilers young group of superstars with a 33 save performance to help
the Sharks maintain control of the Pacific Division.
Boedker opened
the game's scoring 1:39 into the contest by collecting a rebound at the top of
the crease and lifting a shot over Cam Talbot. The Sharks whipped the puck
around the perimeter to Micheal Haley on the right point, for a long shat
through traffic hat Talbot blocked but did not control. Boedker gain the puck
by drawing the puck in tight and waiting out Talbot before lifting a shot over
the sprawling netminder.
Drake Caggiula tied the game at 15:53 of the
period after taking a stride from behind the sharks net and jamming a shot
under Jones' right pad. Defensemen Dylan DeMelo and Brenden Dillon were late to
react to Caggiula, allowing the youngster to get position on Jones.
San Jose regained the momentum right before the first intermission when Brent
Burns rifled a shot from the blueline, beating a screened Talbot. A holding the
stick penalty to Patrick Maroon has just expired, but the shot was a seeing eye
variety that wasn't influenced by a lack of defense in front of Talbot.
Boedker made it a 3-1 game 2:24 into the 2nd period after chasing a
loose puck and snapping into a wide open net. Melker Karlsson took a feed from
Brent Burns while parked in front of the left post, then tried to draw the puck
from his backhand to his forehand, but he lost the handle. Boedker raced in
from the right wing and punched home his 5th goal of the season.
The
snake-bitten forward completed his hat trick 6 minutes and change later by
redirecting a Marc-Edouard Vlasic shot past Talbot. With Boedker parked outside
the left post, Vlasic fired the puck wide of the net, right at his teammate.
The puck's trajectory shifted 45 degrees to slip past Talbot for a 4-1 Sharks
lead.
Keeping teams off the score sheet has been an issue for San Jose
the past few weeks, and that trend continued in Edmonton. Matthew Benning made
it a 2-goal game just 22 seconds into the 3rd period by snapping a shot from
just inside the right circle after barring down on Jones with speed.
Edmonton made things interesting 3 minutes later when Oscar Klefbom ripped a
shot from the left point, catching the crossbar for his 7th goal of the season.
The shot snapped past Justin Braun, who may have screened his own goaltender on
the play.
The Sharks stopped the bleeding when Logan Couture
scored a highlight reel goal at 5:06 of the period. Keving Labanc lofted a puck
out of the Sharks zone to Benning who gloved it and dropped it to his feet.
Couture was all over the Oilers defenseman and picked his pocket before
streaking to the Edmonton net. The Sharks centerman crashed in on net trying to
jam the puck past Talbot, but the puck bounced back out to the crease just as
Couture went into the splits as he flew past the goal mouth. His trailing right
skate pushed the puck over the goal line for his 13th goal of the season.
The goal also took the wind out of the Oilers, who tried to make a
push over the last 10 minutes of the contest, but Jones went to work and shut
the door. The Oilers out-shot the Sharks 28 15 over the final 40 minutes and
12-7 in the 3rd period, but Jones wouldn't capitulate to the Edmonton comeback
attempt.
Game Notes:
* The game marked the Sharks
first trip to the new home of the Oilers, which is a state of the art facility.
The ice was fast and the boards bouncy which plays right into the hands of the
quick, young Oilers.
* The Sharks held Oilers captain Connor McDavid
in check all night. McDavid got off to a bad start, taking a hooking penalty
early in the game. His night was limited to a pair of shots on goal and a -1 in
the game.
* Micheal Haley made the most of his 17 shifts, recording a
pair of assists and a +3 night. Melker Karlsson and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also
finished the night +3
* The Sharks were especially strong in the
faceoff circle where they won 35 of 56 draws (63%).
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Boedker 4 (Karlsson, Burns), 1:39. 2, EDM, Caggiula 3 (Pouliot, Gryba), 15:53.
3, SJ, Burns 16 (Vlasic, Pavelski), 19:42. |
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| 2nd period - 4, SJ,
Boedker 5 (Karlsson, Burns), 2:24. 5, SJ, Boedker 6 (Vlasic, Haley), 8:55.
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| 3rd period - 6, EDM,
Benning 2 (Lucic), 0:22. 7, EDM, Klefbom 7 (Nugent-Hopkins), 3:45. 8, SJ,
Couture 13 (unassisted), 5:06. |
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| 1st period - McDavid,
EDM (hooking), 3:47; Braun, SJ (tripping), 6:57; Maroon, EDM (holding the
stick), 17:38. |
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| 2nd period - Marleau, SJ
(high sticking), 4:27. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
36 |
33 |
| EDM - Talbot |
28 |
23 |
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8 |
16 |
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36 |
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| Referees:
O'Halloran, Rehman. Linesmen: Rody, Knorr. |
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