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Sharks blow late heroics in
return home
Tomas Hertl's last second goal
squandered in shootout loss
San Jose returned home from an arduous three game
road trip on Tuesday night, and played a flat game until the waning minutes of
their rematch with the New York Rangers. The Sharks lost to New York in
overtime back on October 11th, and were looking to exact a little revenge. Only
problem is, they played an uninspiring game on home ice, only to lose 4-3 in
the shootout. Tomas Hertl played hero by scoring a game-tying goal with 1.3
seconds left in regulation, but that was the last puck that would get by Henrik
Lundqvist.
Hertl allowed the Sharks to salvage a point from the loss
by potting the equalizer as time was expiring. San Jose forced a face off in
the Rangers zone with 13 seconds left in regulation. After working the puck
over to the right corner, Logan Couture fed Hertl who was sliding toward the
slot from the end line outside the right post. Hertl pivoted to his right then
whipped a shot that tucked inside the left post for the dramatic goal.
A questionable tripping penalty to Kevin Labanc in the overtime setup the
Rangers to win in the extra period, but Chris Kreider was called for slashing
after San Jose had killed all but 23 seconds of the penalty.
The
Rangers won it in the shootout with a single shot.
The Sharks grabbed
the early lead, 3:22 into the game when Brent Burns snapped a shot from the
right wing boards that eluded Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvit. Burns
one-timed a Marcus Sorensen feed out of the right corner, tucking just inside
the right post for the defenseman's 3rd goal of the season.
If the
Sharks planned on building off the momentum of Burns's goal, they took a
peculiar path, allowing Mats Zuccarello to score 59 seconds later. The Rangers
forward sent a mundane shot in on net from the top of the right circle, but the
puck seemed to knuckle on Sharks goaltender Martin Jones. The shot sailed over
Jones left shoulder for Zuccarello's 3rd tally of the season.
The
Rangers dominated the rest of the period, out-shooting San Jose 17-6. San Jose
looked like they had just returned from a 10-game road trip, with static legs
and plenty of reaching rather than skating.
Neither team could
generate any offense in the middle period, although San Jose did finally find
their legs. The Sharks out-shot the Rangers 14-6 in the period, but they could
not generate any quality scoring chances to challenge Lundqvist.
Kreider gave the Rangers their first lead of the night 1:13 into the 3rd period
when he one-timed a Brady Skjei feed through the slot. Kreider sat at the
bottom of the right circle, taking advantage of Erick Karlsson's lack of
defensive awareness in the zone, pumping a shot that hit Jones in the right arm
but it wasn't enough to prevent it from crossing the goal line.
Timo Meier converted for his 9th goal of the season at
the 8:14 mark to tie the game at 2-2. Meier skated up ice 2-on-1 with Melker
Karlsson on his left flank. The Sharks forward shipped a host over Lundqvist's
left shoulder for the equalizer.
The tie would last all of 121 seconds
after Kreider scored his 2nd goal of the period at 10:05 right off the faceoff.
Kreider chased a puck to the left corner and fished it out to Mika Zibanejad
along the left wing boards. Zibanejad sent a pass to Zucarello who was left
unattended in the slot. As the Sharks tried in desperation to get to Zucarello,
Kreider slipped to the left post where his linemate set him up for a tap in.
In the skills competition, Hertl, Couture and Joe Pavelski all missed
badly on their shot attempts. Kevin Shattenkirk bailed out Zuccarello and
Zibanejad who had both missed by putting a shot past Jones to snap the Sharks
2-game winning streak.
Game Notes:
* Several Sharks
were reported to be at a concert on Monday night, which didn't exactly look
great considering how flat the team played.
* Joe Thornton made his
return to the ice after missing the last 9 games after his surgically repaired
knee contracted an infection. Thornton skated 19 shifts, logging 14:19 minutes
of ice time. He was a -1 with 1 shot and went 2 of 5 on draws.
* Dylan
Gambrell was re-assigned to the san Jose Barracuda to make room for Joe
Thornton
* Erik Karlsson continues to stink it up defensively. The big
off season acquisition was a -1 plus/minus on the night, which would have been
a -2 had he not been on the ice for Tomas Hertl's last second goal.
*
Rourke Chartier was rewarded for his first goal on Sunday night with a seat in
the press box. Chartier was scratched in place of a much slower Joe Thornton.
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2 |
3 |
OT |
SO |
T |
| NYR |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| SJ |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Burns 3 (Sorensen, M. Karlsson), 3:22. 2, NYR, Zuccarello 3 (Shattenkirk),
4:21. |
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| 3rd period - 3, NYR,
Kreider 5 (Skjei, Hayes), 1:13. 4, SJ, Meier 9 (Burns), 8:14. 5, NYR, Kreider 6
(Zuccarello, Zibanejad), 10:05. 6, SJ, Hertl 5 (Couture, Meier), 19:59. |
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| Shootout - SJ: Hertl
(miss), Couture (miss), Pavelski (miss). NYR: Zuccarello (miss), Zibanejad
(miss), Shattenkirk (goal). |
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| 1st period - M.
Karlsson, SJ (tripping), 13:01; Meier, SJ (high sticking), 15:45. |
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| 2nd period - Zibanejad,
NYR (holding), 0:56. |
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| 3rd period - Bench, SJ
(too many men), 15:06. |
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| Overtime - Labanc, SJ
(tripping), 1:39; Kreider, NYR (slashing), 3:16. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| NYR - Lundqvist |
33 |
30 |
| SJ - Jones |
37 |
34 |
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2 |
3 |
OT |
T |
| NYR |
17 |
6 |
11 |
3 |
37 |
| SJ |
6 |
14 |
12 |
2 |
34 |
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| Referees:
Schlenker, Sutherland. Linesmen: Gawryletz, Gibbons. |
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