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Old man Marleau bails out the
Sharks
SJ's senior statesman bags OT winner in
LA
By lacing up the skates on Monday night, Patrick
Marleau became the all-time leader as an opponent vs the Los Angeles Kings,
Arizona Coyotes and Anaheim Ducks. By jumping on the ice in the overtime,
Marleau scored his 42nd career goal against the Kings, helping the Sharks
survive a wild comeback by Los Angeles. After taking a 3-0 lead, San Jose let
Los Angeles sneak back into the game, forcing the overtime. Marleau ended
things with his 5th goal of the season on a shot from just outside the left
post to give the Sharks a 4-3 win, their third consecutive overtime win.
The Sharks had just killed off a penalty to start the extra period,
but when Kevin Labanc carried the puck up ice, his shot attempt trickled off
his stick enough to draw Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick out of his net to try
and poke the puck clear of the danger zone. That attempt failed, and when
Marleau swooped in on the follow up, the Sharks winger whipped the puck,
hitting the top of the net to propel San Jose.
It was Marleau's 14th
career goal against Quick, which tied a personal mark that he also holds
against John-Sebastien Giguere. The regular season overtime tally was the 11th
of Marleau's career.
Erik Karlsson staked the Sharks to the 1-0 lead
5:03 into the contest when he snapped a wrist shot from just inside the right
circle, catching the top right corner of the net. Kings goaltender Jonathan
Quick tried to glove the shot, but it was up over his left shoulder. The Sharks
were beneficiaries of a Kings turnover in the neutral zone, which allowed the
Sharks to attack.
The two teams traded penalties early in the 2nd
period, then the Sharks went to work. Timo Meier made it a 2-0 game at 6:19 of
the period when he finished a multi-pass sequence as the Sharks skated up ice
3-on-2. Erik Karlsson hit Kevin Labanc on the left wing, who promptly sent it
through the slot to Meier on the right wing for the snipe past Quick from
between the circles.
Meier added his 8th goal of the season just over
2 minutes later, when he slammed home a Brendan Dillon pass from the right
wing. Dillon skated the puck to the left dot before moving it through the
skates of a Kings defender to Meier, who was cutting behind the right post.
Adrian Kempe gave the Kings life late in the period when he worked a
give-and-go out of the right corner with Blake Lizotte, taking a feed from the
end boards and lifting a shot past a screened Martin Jones. The goal was
Kempe's 3rd of the season.
Things got interesting 8:31 into the 3rd
period when Sharks nemesis Dustin Brown chipped a puck over Jones left leg pad
after Aaron Iafallo sent a pass back door to the right post.
Penalties
played a big role in the game. San Jose took 5 minor penalties in the game,
including a Marcus Sorensen interference call at 10:50 of the period.
The Kings tied it up at 12:52 right after the Sorensen
penalty expired when Anze Kopitar pumped home a chance from the right side
after Kempe pumped a shot on goal from the left dot. Iafallo tipped Kempe's
shot into Jones leg pad, but the puck kicked out to Kopitar, who was cutting
toward the net. .
The Kings received the assist of the game from the
on-ice officials who called a questionable too many men penalty with 64 seconds
left in regulation. The Sharks killed the first part of the penalty in
regulation, but the Kings carried an additional 56 seconds of 4-on-3 power play
time as the overtime started. San Jose kept the puck away from the Kings in
that brief minute, extending their life in the extra frame.
Los
Angeles inability to cash in on the 4-on-3 cost them when Marleau converted 2
minutes later. Jones finished the game with 33 saves.
Game
Notes:
* Defenseman Erik Karlsson was hit in the side of his right
knee with a slapshot in the 3rd period. Karlsson continued in the game but it
will be interesting to see if the injury creates any issue later.
*
Tomas Hertl missed his 3rd consecutive game as he nurses his lower body injury.
* The Sharks scratched Lukas Radil and Noah Gregor. Tim Heed got a
rare chance to play as head coach Peter DeBoer's ire shifted to his young
forwards.
* San Jose has now won 9 of their last 10 games, yet they
still only sit 1 game over .500, which shows just how bad the month of October
was. San Jose has used their home-favorable scheduled in November.
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The Sharks are now tied for the NHL lead in total short-handed chances for with
93. Not a stat you want to lead.
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1 |
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4 |
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| 1st period - 1, SJ, E.
Karlsson 3 (Couture, Kane), 5:03. |
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| 2nd period - 2, SJ,
Meier 7 (Labanc, E. Karlsson), 6:19. 3, SJ, Meier 8 (Dillon, Labanc), 8:45. 4,
LA, Kempe 3 (Lizotte, Wagner), 18:59. |
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| 3rd period - 5, LA,
Brown 5 (Iafallo, Kopitar), 8:31. 6, LA, Kopitar 10 (Iafallo, Kempe), 12:52.
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| Overtime - 7, SJ,
Marleau 5 (Labanc), 2:35. |
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| 1st period - Bench, LA
(too many men), 7:31; Simek, SJ (hooking), 17:54. |
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| 2nd period - Doughty, LA
(slashing), 0:51; Dillon, SK (tripping), 3:38; Gambrell, SJ (hooking), 13:46.
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| 3rd period - Sorensen,
SJ (interference), 10:50; Bench, SJ (too many men), 18:56. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| SJ - Jones |
36 |
33 |
| LA - Quick |
25 |
21 |
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| SJ |
8 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
25 |
| LA |
11 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
36 |
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| Referees: L'Ecuyer,
McCauley. Linesmen: Tobias, Pancich. |
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