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3rd period miscues doom Sharks
in Brooklyn
Thomas Greiss beats his former team for
the second time this week
So much for the brief two-game winning streak.
After dropping a 3-1 decision to the New York Islanders last Saturday night at
SAP Center, the Sharks repeated another mistake filled performance to drop a
5-3 decision at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. Logan Couture led the Sharks
with his 2nd career hat trick, but the mistake prone Sharks gave up stoppable
goals that dropped them back below 500 on the season.
The chances were
there, but San Jose couldn't get the meaningful goaltending they required and a
pair of 3rd period lapses sealed their fate on a night that should have
celebrated Couture's accomplishment.
Logan Couture tipped a Brent
Burns blast from the right point at 6:26 of the 2nd period. The goal came on
the power play after Brock Nelson was sent off for hooking Kevin Labanc. The
Sharks acted quickly with the mad advantage as Couture sat perched in the high
slot. The angle required to beat former Sharks goaltender Thomas Greiss wasn't
an easy one, but Couture's deflection was placed perfectly to the high corner
just inside the right post.
The lead would be short lived as Anders
Lee put a puck past Aaron Dell 67 seconds later. Lee parked himself in front of
the Sharks net and redirected a Nick Leddy feed from behind the end boards.
Christ Tierney and Joakim Ryan got lost in space and failed to cover Lee who
had all day to pick his spot.
Josh Bailey put the Islanders up 2-1
less than a minute later after Joe Thornton sent an ill-advised pass from the
left wing boards inside his own zone to the high slot and his teammate Joe
Pavelski. Bailey stepped in front of the pass and put a pair of moves on Dell
before sliding it past the goaltender's right pad.
Couture knotted the
game at 2-2 at 12:44 by threading the needle with a shot from just inside the
left circle that beat Gress between the left post and his right shoulder.
Jannik Hansen chipped the puck into the Islanders zone while spinning away from
a check in front of the penalty box. The forward regained control of the puck
and whipped a pass to the off wing where Couture was streaking toward the New
York goal.
Mistakes and rookie misjudgment did the Sharks in during
the 3rd period.
Ryan and Burns got tangled up chasing Mathew Barzal to
a puck behind the Sharks goal, which opened up space for the Islanders to setup
a shooting gallery on Dell. Barzal skated around the end boards near the left
corner then slid a pass to Andre Ladd for a one-time form the high slot.
Pavelski was floating on the play, covering open air which allowed Ladd to
shoot freely without any interference.
Ryan's inexperience put the
game out of reach when he pinched in the Islanders zone, leaving his partner
Brent Burns by himself. The Islanders gained control of the puck and John
Tavares raced up ice on a 2-on-1 chance. Burns committed to neither Tavares or
Lee on the left side, which forced Dell to cover the right side of the net with
the Islanders captain closing in. Tavares waited out both Dell and Burns before
sliding a pass to Lee on the left wing for the easy tap in.
Couture
converted his second career hat trick with a goal at the 18:08 mark, but it was
too little, too late.
Tavares iced the game for New York with an empty
net goal with 56 ticks left to send the Sharks to their second consecutive loss
to the Islanders and their 4th of the season.
Game
Notes:
* The paid attendance was a paltry 11,877, which has to be a
troublesome count for a Saturday night game in October. Division races aren't
even starting to form but fans are shying away from the product.
* Joe
Pavelski, Joe Thornton, Joakim Ryan and Brent Burns were all a -3 on the night.
Ryan has an excuse as a rookie, but the other three are being paid mightily to
lead this franchise. All three were on the ice for 4 of New York's 5 goals.
* San Jose out-shot the Islanders 16-6 in the 3rd period, but were
outscored 3-1 in the period. Dell was particularly porous on the night,
surrendering 4 goals on 22 shots.
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| 2nd period - 1, SJ,
Couture 4 (Burns, Thornton), 6:26, (pp). 2, NYI, Lee 4 (Leddy, Tavares), 7:33.
3, NYI, Bailey 3 (unassisted), 8:31. 4, SJ, Couture 5 (Hansen, Dillon), 12:44.
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Ladd 2 (Barzal, Bailey), 3:12. 6, NYI, Lee 5 (Tavares, Clutterbuck), 11:47. 7,
SJ, Couture 6 (Burns), 18:08. 8, NYI, Tavares 3 (De Haan), 19:04, (en). |
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| 1st period - Karlsson,
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| 2nd period - Nelson, NYI
(hooking), 5:59; Pelech, NYI (tripping), 13:17; Beauvillier, NYI (delay of game
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| 3rd period - Leddy, NYI
(hooking), 5:40; Kalrsson, SJ (interference), 8:47. |
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Shots |
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| NYI - Greiss |
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| Referees: Morton,
StLaurent. Linesmen: Miller, Shewchyk. |
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