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Quick home pit stop nets a
win
Shark split season series with Carolina with 5-1
victory
The Sharks returned home after their abysmal 5-game
road trip on Wednesday night with a quick 1-game homestand against the Carolina
Hurricanes. Much like their win in Montreal, the Sharks returned to a focus on
defense and goaltending which resulted in a victory. San Jose also balanced
their scoring with five skaters potting goals in a 5-1 win over the Hurricanes
at SAP Center.
Martin Jones followed up is 40-save performance in
Montreal with a 39 save effort in the win over Carolina. The netminder was
forced to make saves in bushels on several occasions as the Hurricanes were
trying to work themselves out of a scoring slump. Jones was up to the test
earning the game's first star with his yeoman's performance.
Barclay
Goodrow staked the Sharks to the early 1-0 lead at the 3:44 mark of the opening
period. The Sharks forward took a drop pass from Kevin Labanc near the top of
the right circle, then snapped a shot past Curtis McElhinney for his 4th goal
of the season. Goodrow started the sequence by intercepting a clearing attempt
around the right wing boards.
Phillip De Giuseppe was sent off for
hooking at 9:14, setting up a second power play chance for San Jose. Tomas
Hertl made the Hurricanes pay, when he tapped home a pretty feed from Labanc.
Logan Couture sent a pass to Labanc on the right side that opened up things in
the front of the net where Hertl was parked. Labanc earned his 2nd primary
assist of the game with a placed the puck perfectly in front of the net for
Hertl.
Carolina out-shot the Sharks 16-9 in the frame, but Martin
Jones picked up where he left off in Montreal, by denying everything that was
thrown at him.
Unlike their 4-3 shootout loss to the Hurricanes back
in late October, San Jose held on to their 2-goal lead. In the Hurricanes win,
they overcame a 2-0 first period deficit to force the game to overtime and then
eventually the shootout. San Jose stuck to their guns on Wednesday night and
extended their lead rather than letting Carolina back in the game.
Timo Meier made his return to the Sharks lineup and immediately paid dividends
when he scored his 14th goal of the season 8:42 into the 2nd period. The Sharks
forward tipped a Radim Simek shot that fooled McElhinney after it changed
directions. The primary assist was Simek's 1st career NHL point.
Joe Pavelski got in on the act with a Minnesota Fats
shot that was all about the angles. Pavelski tried to throw a pass through the
slot parallel to the goal mouth, but the puck hit Jordan Staal in the stick
blade before hitting him the shin guard. The puck flew off Staal's shin guard
at a 90 degree angle and directly into the Hurricanes net for Pavelski's 18th
goal of the season.
Lucas Wallmark finally got the hurricanes on the
board with 1:29 left in the period after Evender Kane was sent off for
tripping. The Carolina centerman whipped a shot from the left dot that Jones
had to guess on with a screen in his face. The Sharks netminder got a glove on
the shot, but couldn't control it.
Marcus Sorensen made it a 5-1 game
with a tap in off a deflection at 15:43 to put the game fully out of reach. The
Sharks forward was lurking near the left post, and simply stabbed at the puck
after a Meier shot bounced off McElhinney.
Game Notes:
* Joe Thornton had three assists to move 2 helpers shy of tying Marcel Dionne
for 10th on the NHL's all time assist leader board.
* Jordan Staal
suffered an upper body injury in the 3rd period and missed the final 10 minutes
of play.
* Hurricanes leading scorer Sebastian Aho was contained by
the Sharks for the most part. The Carolina forward did lead all skaters with 6
shots on goal, but he was a non-factor after couple of grade A scoring chances
in the 1st period.
* Calvin De Haan and James Van Reimsdyk were the
only Hurrcianes skaters without registering a shot on goal against Martin
Jones.
* Timo Meier and Joe Thornton finished the night a +3.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Goodrow 4 (Labanc, M. Karlsson), 3:44. 2, SJ, Hertl 7 (Labanc, Couture), 10:10,
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| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Meier 14 (Simek, Thornton), 8:42. 4, SJ, Pavelski 18 (Meier, Thornton), 15:02.
5, CAR, Wallmark 2 (Hamilton, Slavin), 18:31, (pp). |
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| 3rd period - 6, SJ,
Sorensen 5 (Meier, Thornton), 15:43. |
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| 1st period - Staal, CAR
(delay of game - puck over glass), 0:19; Di Giuseppe, CAR (hooking), 9:14.
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| 2nd period - Kane, SJ
(hooking), 11:38; Kane, SJ (tripping), 17:25. |
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| 3rd period - McGinn, CAR
(tripping), 7:50; Sorensen, SJ (interference), 7:50; Dillon, SJ (elbowing),
19:50. |
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| CAR - McElhinney |
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18 |
| SJ - Jones |
40 |
39 |
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12 |
11 |
40 |
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9 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
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| Referees: Dwyer,
Rank. Linesmen: Miller, MacPherson. |
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