Sharks @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 - Saturday, November 12, 2016
Martin Jones made 25 saves to help the San Jose Sharks to a 3-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena. Patrick Marleau, Tommy Wingels and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored goals for the Sharks (9-6-0), who have won the first three of a six-game road trip. Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning (8-6-1), and Ben Bishop made 17 saves. Marleau gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 7:18 of the first period when he crashed into the Lightning net with Tampa Bay defenseman Andrej Sustr and forward Brayden Point. The referee initially waved off the goal because of incidental contact between Bishop and Marleau. Video review confirmed the puck crossed the goal line, and after San Jose coach Peter DeBoer challenged the on-ice incidental-contact ruling, it was determined that Point, not Marleau, crashed into Bishop. Wingels put the Sharks up 2-0 at 10:04 of the first when he beat Bishop from the slot with a wrist shot. San Jose got a power-play goal from Vlasic at 8:52 of the second period to take a 3-0 lead. He took a wrist shot above the right faceoff circle through traffic and beat Bishop high on the stick side. Stralman got the Lightning on the board at 5:43 of the third period when he beat Jones off a rebound of a Cedric Paquette shot to make it 3-1. It was his first goal of the season. Sharks forward Joonas Donskoi was awarded a penalty shot at 4:05 of the first period when Sustr hooked him on a breakaway, but Bishop made the save.
* Vlasic's seeing-eye shot on the power play took all of the steam out of Amalie Arena. Hertl and Donskoi did a good job of cycling the puck and clearing out space for Vlasic to score with a wrist shot from 55 feet away.
* Jones made a pad save on Point's backhand on a mini-breakaway at 6:08 of the second period to keep San Jose up two goals. Point said he didn't get off the exact shot he wanted, but Jones may have forced him to change his approach.
"I don't know what the rule is," Stamkos said. "Obviously, they review it and they call it. We can't do anything about it once it happens. I mean, it's only 1-0, so that's no excuse for our group."
* Chris Tierney's effort to beat Lightning defenseman Slater Koekkoek to a loose puck allowed him to set up Wingels' goal.
"I got to the puck and tried to make a play to Tommy," Tierney said. "I heard him calling for it. He did the rest from there. He made a nice shot, and it turned out to be the game-winner."
* Stralman left the ice with 5:53 remaining and appeared to be clutching his side. Cooper did not have an update.
"I think this might be the best game on the trip. The third goal was good for the power play. To put them down three goals, it's really hard to come back. It was important." Tomas Hertl said.
"Our game's coming around at the right place. We pride ourselves on being a good road team, doing the right things on the road, not giving teams opportunities to hurt us, making bad turnovers or taking stupid penalties. We're playing good road games so far and finding ways to win." Chris Tierney said.
Cam Ward made 22 saves and Joakim Nordstrom scored to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 1-0 win against the San Jose Sharks at PNC Arena.
Nordstrom gathered the rebound of his shot from the left circle, cut across the slot and beat rookie goaltender Aaron Dell at 10:48 of the third period for his first goal of the season. Dell, who made 32 saves, was making his second NHL start. Ward's shutout was the 24th of his NHL career and first of the season for the Hurricanes (5-6-4). While the Sharks didn't test Ward with odd-man rushes, the Carolina goaltender fended off several pucks that were re-directed in front of the net, particularly in the first period. The Sharks (9-7-0) saw their three-game winning streak end. The Hurricanes and Sharks traded quality shots in the first period, but neither team could create second chances on rebounds. Carolina held a 13-12 edge in shots in the period. The second period was tight checking and the Hurricanes had a few scoring chances. Dell was sharp on successive shots by Teuvo Teravainen and Sebastian Aho. Minutes later, Dell stopped Lee Stempniak's shot on a 2-on-1 and smothered Brock McGinn's rebound attempt. Carolina held the Sharks to two shots in the period.
* Even if it weren't the only goal of the game, Nordstrom's score would be a worthy choice. Victor Stalberg made a fine play in the defensive zone before carrying the puck up ice. Jay McClement gathered the rebound of Nordstrom's shot and set him up for the follow-up chance.
"That's a great way to start the game," Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. "All of a sudden, you're starting on time, you have a dominating shift, something to build off of. The bench is excited, they want to follow that up and duplicate that success."
* Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk returned to the lineup after a three-game absence because of an upper-body injury. He played 22:49 and finished with two shots on goal. … Carolina won back-to-back games for the first time this season. ... Teravainen had six shots on goal, all in the first period. ... Ward has allowed two goals or fewer in five of his past six starts. ... Each team committed one minor penalty.
"[Dell] was excellent. He gave us a chance to hang around in a game we didn't deserve to be in and that's all you can ask for. He was outstanding."
"They're tight on you, they're pressed up, they skate well. You have to put pucks in good places and then you have to win battles, and we didn't do enough of either." Pete DeBoer said
Blues @ Sharks 3-2 - Thursday, November 17, 2016
* Patrick Marleau's feed to Joonis Donskoi at the net at 10:13 of the third period was the Sharks' best scoring chance of the night, but Ward squeezed the pads together for the save, just 35 seconds before Carolina scored the game-winner.
* Dell, playing in his third NHL game, robbed Jeff Skinner early in the third period. Paul Martin's ill-advised clearing pass wound up on the stick of Skinner, whose snap shot was headed under the crossbar. Dell made a remarkable glove save.
* The Hurricanes set the tone for their game in the first period. After Jordan Staal won a neutral zone faceoff, the Hurricanes sustained pressure in the offensive zone for 2:13 before the Sharks could clear the puck.
* Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk returned to the lineup after a three-game absence because of an upper-body injury. He played 22:49 and finished with two shots on goal. … Carolina won back-to-back games for the first time this season. ... Teravainen had six shots on goal, all in the first period. ... Ward has allowed two goals or fewer in five of his past six starts. ... Each team committed one minor penalty.
"[Dell] was excellent. He gave us a chance to hang around in a game we didn't deserve to be in and that's all you can ask for. He was outstanding."
"They're tight on you, they're pressed up, they skate well. You have to put pucks in good places and then you have to win battles, and we didn't do enough of either." Pete DeBoer said
St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz was having trouble scoring, much like his teammates early in the season. But Schwartz is heating up, he's scoring often, and the Blues benefitted after Schwartz scored twice in a 3-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks at Scottrade Center. David Perron got the game-winner for the Blues (9-6-3), who improved to 7-1-2 at home and 5-0-2 in their past seven at Scottrade Center. Jake Allen, who is 5-0-2 at home, made 29 saves for St. Louis, which lost to San Jose in six games in the Western Conference Final last season. The Sharks (9-8-0), playing the fifth of a season-long six-game road trip, got goals from Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc, his first in the NHL. Martin Jones made 22 saves. San Jose took a 1-0 lead on Couture's first even-strength goal of the season at 6:16 of the first period.
The Blues tied it 1-1 on Schwartz's first of the game at 10:38.
Perron's power-play goal ended San Jose's streak of 26 straight penalties killed and put the Blues ahead 3-2 on a snap shot from inside the top of the left circle at 15:56 of the second. The Blues, who were 6-for-6 on the penalty kill, are 42-for-44 at home this season.
* Perron's goal may have caught Jones by surprise with how quickly he released the shot, but Blues center Paul Stastny did a nice job of finding Perron and giving him a lane to shoot for the eventual game-winner.
* Sharks left wing Matt Nieto had a chance to score his first of the season but Allen would have none of it. Allen got the paddle of his stick on Nieto's rebound with 15:21 remaining in the first to keep it 0-0.
* Blues fourth-line right wing Ryan Reaves and his linemates put together a tremendous shift getting sustained pressure in the San Jose zone right before Schwartz's second goal of the game. They wore the Sharks skaters out with heavy pressure.
* Blues forward Alexander Steen was scratched after sustaining an undisclosed injury Tuesday in a 4-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres despite taking part in the optional morning skate. Hitchcock said Steen is day to day and is hopeful to have him practice Friday. ... The Blues activated defenseman Robert Bortuzzo from injured-reserve before the game and he returned to the lineup after missing nine games with a lower-body injury. ... With an assist, Thornton has 54 points in 48 games against the Blues. Sharks forward Tomas Hertl left the game with 4:39 left in the second period with an undisclosed injury and did not return.
Blues Quotes
"It always feels nicer. It's guys in front doing a good job, taking the goalie's eyes away; that gives you the opportunity to pick a corner. That's big obviously."When pucks are going in as a team, it's a little bit of weight off your shoulders. Not relaxed, but you get a better feel shooting the puck."
"It's a good measuring stick for us more than anything I think. They're a team that's always at the top of the standings. ... A good team over there. They've been together for a while. It was a good test for us."
said Schwartz, who has five goals in his past six games after starting the season with one in eight.
"They pushed hard the whole first period, then we pushed back hard the second half of the game. We really pushed back hard in the second half, which was good." Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said.
"All three goals were almost similar that way, so I shot it." Blues left wing David Perron on shooting the puck quick for his goal
"All three goals were almost similar that way, so I shot it." Blues left wing David Perron on shooting the puck quick for his goal
Sharks Bites
"The difference in the game is the power-play goal. They got one and we didn't."I thought we did some good things. I didn't think we gave up a lot defensively. We've got to find a way to cash in when we get the chance." Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said.
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