San Jose Sharks @ Anaheim Sucks 4-1 - 10/26

Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Tommy Wingels scored and San Jose snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 win against Anaheim at Honda Center on Sunday. The Sharks, coming off a 2-1 home loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday, controlled play for most of the game and ended the Sucks' seven-game winning streak. Goalie Antti Niemi made 33 saves and shut out Anaheim for nearly 55 minutes before Matt Beleskey scored Anaheim's lone goal. San Jose had talked about deeply examining itself after the loss to Buffalo, and they literally fought for a win after Anaheim engaged them in a fight-filled finish. Anaheim, playing their first division game and beginning a stretch of five games against Stanley Cup Playoff teams from last season, were outplayed at the start. Their sixth-ranked power play went scoreless on the first four tries and goalie Frederik Andersen had his six-game winning streak ended. It was the first time in four games that the Sucks allowed more than one goal. Defenseman Vlasic gave San Jose a 3-0 lead at 10:03 of the second period with a backhand chip five-hole on Andersen to finish a rush during 4-on-4 play. It was a rare bad goal allowed by Andersen, and it came moments after frustrations boiled over for the Sucks, who were held to two shots through the first 15 minutes of the second. Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry each took themselves off the ice with fighting majors, which didn't sit well with Boudreau. Perry later took a 10-minute misconduct penalty in a game that had nine fighting majors and eight misconducts. San Jose took a 2-0 lead into first intermission on goals by Burns and Pavelski. Burns wristed a seeing-eye shot from the left point through traffic at 8:25, and Pavelski redirected Joe Thornton's shot from the slot past Andersen for a late power-play goal at 19:39.
The Sharks have outscored the opposition 12-1 in the first period this season. San Jose coach Todd McLellan was glad they didn't let up, a big change from 24 hours earlier. Anaheim didn't put their first shot on goal until 10:08 of the first period, although they did have several quality chances during that span. The night was probably summed up best for the Sucks when Ryan Kesler missed an open net early in the third with San Jose up 3-0. After that, the game descended into post-whistle incidents.

Sharks Quotes

Joe Pavelski: "We wanted to find a way to win. To find it that way is a good thing. You can come together as a team, and when you win those games … it definitely feels good. It wasn't an easy day to play. It was a tough loss the other night, but it was good we got another chance to redeem ourselves and play right away. It was back-to-back. It's a good team over there. Our guys did a good job of sticking together."
Todd McLellan: "[Saturday] we didn't have our foot on the gas pedal. Today we did. I can't put it any more simple than that. We played not to lose [Saturday] in at least the first two periods, and it cost us. I use baseball analogies - we were up to bat and we swung the bat. We didn't wait to get on first by walking or getting hit by a pitch."

Sucks Whining and Opining

Ryan Getz-bald: "Tensions ran high, and we dealt with them … we don't want to see that kind of stuff get out of hand the way it did, but it was good to see our group pull together.''
Bruce Boudreau: "We were getting our butt kicked pretty good and we couldn't do anything and we couldn't match what they were doing. We were frustrated, and when you're frustrated, stuff happens."

In other words, being the bunch of sore losers that the Mighty Sucks of Anaheim are, they decided to resort to goonery, as only Getzlaf and the odious Corey Perry can do. Perry is crying out to have a serious ass-kickin' if his face isn't offensive enough his dirty hits surely are. In the spirit of the movie 'Slap Shot' I am placing a bounty on Perry's head, for the first guy that really nails that son-of-a-bitch. Somebody please hurt him!


Penalties

1st Period
02:16 ANA	Tim Jackman  Fighting (maj) against  John Scott
02:16 SJS	John Scott  Fighting (maj) against  Tim Jackman
12:53 SJS	Adam Burish  Slashing against  Tim Jackman
15:38 SJS	Matt Nieto  Hooking against  Matt Beleskey
18:38 ANA	Tim Jackman  Hooking against  Tommy Wingels
2nd Period
04:35 SJS	Justin Braun  Holding against  Jakob Silfverberg
09:40 SJS	Scott Hannan  Hi-sticking against  Sami Vatanen
09:40 ANA	Sami Vatanen  Embellishment against  Scott Hannan
09:52 SJS	Mirco Mueller  Unsportsmanlike conduct against  Ryan Getzlaf
09:52 ANA	Ryan Getzlaf  Unsportsmanlike conduct against  Mirco Mueller
15:23 SJS	Adam Burish  Delay Gm - Face-off Violation
18:57 SJS	Tommy Wingels  Fighting (maj) against  Corey Perry
18:57 ANA	Corey Perry  Fighting (maj) against  Tommy Wingels
3rd Period
07:38 ANA	Sami Vatanen  Holding against  Tommy Wingels
10:18 SJS	Joe Pavelski  Fighting (maj) against  Ben Lovejoy
10:18 ANA	Ben Lovejoy  Fighting (maj) against  Joe Pavelski
10:18 ANA	Tim Jackman  Roughing against  Marc-Edouard Vlasic
10:18 ANA	Tim Jackman  Roughing against  Marc-Edouard Vlasic
12:58 SJS	Justin Braun  Misconduct (10 min) against  Corey Perry
12:58 ANA	Corey Perry  Misconduct (10 min) against  Justin Braun
12:58 ANA	Corey Perry  Roughing against  Justin Braun
12:58 SJS	Justin Braun  Roughing against  Corey Perry
13:56 SJS	Adam Burish  Roughing against  Nate Thompson
13:56 SJS	Adam Burish  Misconduct (10 min)
13:56 SJS	John Scott  Game misconduct
13:56 SJS	John Scott  Fighting (maj) against  Tim Jackman
13:56 SJS	John Scott  Instigator against  Tim Jackman
13:56 SJS	John Scott  Player leaves bench - bench against  Hampus Lindholm
13:56 ANA	Nate Thompson  Misconduct (10 min)
13:56 ANA	Nate Thompson  Roughing against  Adam Burish
13:56 ANA	Nate Thompson  Roughing against  Adam Burish
13:56 ANA	Tim Jackman  Misconduct (10 min) against  John Scott
16:54 ANA	Matt Beleskey  Misconduct (10 min)
16:54 ANA	William Karlsson  Slashing against  Marc-Edouard Vlasic
16:54 ANA	Ryan Getzlaf  Fighting (maj) against  James Sheppard
16:54 SJS	James Sheppard  Fighting (maj) against  Ryan Getzlaf
16:54 ANA	Ryan Kesler  Misconduct (10 min)

Sharks forward John Scott will have a phone hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday afternoon for leaving the players' bench on a legal line change to start an altercation during the third period. At 13:56 of the third period, Scott entered the playing surface on a line change and immediately engaged in a fight with Tim Jackman of the Anaheim Sucks. Scott was given an instigator minor, a fighting major, a game misconduct.


The following grounds are being considered for supplemental discipline: Leaving the players' bench on a legal line change to start an altercation. However, the Department of Player Safety retains the right to make adjustments to the infraction upon review.