Looking to keep their two season long record against the Vancouver Canucks 10-1-0, the San Jose Sharks look to come off their break strong with a win.
Sharks were on the attack early on in the game, with a 6-1 shot ratio not even two minutes in. The Canuck’s new netminder Ryan Miller came ready to play as he makes huge saves early.
On a forecheck, Sharks’ James Sheppard scores off of a pass from Tomas Hertl fed by Tyler Kennedy, giving Kennedy his first point of the season and Sheppard’s second goal of the season.
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Thanks to a holding call on the Canucks’ Daniel Sedin, the Sharks went on their first power play of the night. Antti Niemi comes up huge, saving a breakaway by Canucks’ Chris, Thornton comes right back to fire on Miller, but misses wide.
The Sharks were soon put on the powerplay. The power play unit were putting shots on net, but nothing was trickling past Miller.
As the period drew to a close, the Sharks defense let loose. Literally. Canucks’ Radim Vrbata scored with only seven seconds left of the period on a 2-on-1, a sign of a weak Sharks defense getting too ready for the intermission.
2ND PERIOD
The period started with an early powerplay for the Sharks, but with no score. The second period looked a bit messy, with the Sharks scattered everywhere and the Canucks on the attack, much like the Sharks were in the first period.
With a hooking penalty by Canucks’ Derek Dorsett, the Sharks were again put on the powerplay. Only several seconds in, Couture squeezes one past miller and makes it 2-1, with the sharks 1-3 on the powerplay.
Couple minutes later, Sharks’ Kennedy gets called for high sticking and soon enough, Canucks’ Alex Edler scores
Canucks tie 2-2 on the powerplay.
Five minutes later, the Canucks’ take control of the ice, with the Sharks barely reaching the net. With a crowded defensive zone for the Sharks, Canucks’ Nick Bonino wrists it past Antti Niemi, making it 3-2.
3RD PERIOD
Despite going in 49 shots to 16, the Sharks started the third period as they did with the second. The first period was explosive, but the following didn’t hit a similar tone.
The second period was riddled with turnovers in the neutral zone and the final period wasn’t much different.
The Sharks came up empty in another powerplay (1-4) late in the third period. It became a major changing point as the Sharks became charged, spending more time in their offensive zone and showering Miller with shots but Miller remained a brick wall.
In the closing seconds of the game, Sharks’ Joe Thornton banks one off of Miller for what seemed like the game-tying goal at 0.1 seconds left, but after review, it was deemed no goal.
The San Jose Sharks (7-5-2) lost 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks (10-4-0).