Monday 14 March 2016

NHL - San Jose Sharks @ Vancouver Canucks 3-2 - Thursday, March 03, 2016



Brent Burns tied it 43 seconds into the third period, and Patrick Marleau scored the go-ahead goal less than five minutes later to help the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
It was the Sharks' second win against the Canucks in five days, each coming after trailing entering the third period. Burns, who had an assist, tied it 2-2 on the power play with a wrist shot through traffic, and Marleau put San Jose ahead on a 2-on-1 rush, one-touching a cross-ice pass from Joonas Donskoi past the outstretched blocker of goalie Ryan Miller.
Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones made 28 saves in his 10th consecutive start for the Sharks, who have won three straight games and seven of 10. Jones denied Derek Dorsett on a breakaway shortly before Marleau's game-winning goal, then preserved the victory with a big stop on Henrik Sedin with 22 seconds remaining.
Rookie Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist, Sven Baertschi scored, and defenseman Dan Hamhuis had two assists for Vancouver. Miller made 27 saves for the Canucks, who have lost three straight and seven of their past nine.
Vancouver is 14-3-7 when leading entering the third period; its .583 winning percentage is 30th in the NHL. The Sharks scored four goals in the third to defeat the Canucks 4-1 on Sunday.
Vancouver was outshooting San Jose 9-1 when Virtanen opened the scoring 7:14 into the first period. Jones stopped Virtanen's high wrist shot off a rush down the left wing, but the rebound fell to the side of the net. Virtanen collected the puck at full speed and cut around the net before throwing it out front on the other side, where it bounced in off Joe Pavelski.
Virtanen, 19, has four goals and two assists in his past 10 games after he had one goal and two assists in his first 27 NHL games this season. Baertschi made it 2-0 Canucks with a deflection through a sliding Jones with 1:29 left in the first.
Outshot 15-7 in the first period, the Sharks came out firing to start the second, and Hertl deflected their 13th shot of the period past Miller at 10:29. Hertl's stick appeared to be near his shoulder when he tipped Burns' high point shot past Miller, but video review was inconclusive in determining whether it was at or below the level of the crossbar when he deflected the puck.
San Jose's third-ranked power play struggled to generate shots on four chances in the first and second period. Burns' power-play goal in the third came after a 3-for-22 stretch over nine games. The Sharks will host the Canucks on Saturday in their third game in seven days.

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