Today the Sharks defeated the red hot Bruins in the Bruins own rink. Not only did the Sharks beat the Bruins but they shut out the Bruins two to zero. The Sharks got a power play, backhanded top shelf goal by Couture in his first game back at 7:22 in the first. They also got an empty net goal from Setoguchi with only three seconds left in the game.
Neimi got a shutout stopping all 26 shots that came his way and Thomas let in two goals (or one if you don’t consider the empty net goal) stopping 26 out of 28 shots (or 27 if you don’t consider the empty net goal). Next the Sharks will play the Capitals on Tuesday at four in Washington. With their win today the Sharks are now in fourth place in the Western Conference. The Capitals are in fifth in the Eastern Conference. Go Sharks!
After scoring five strait goals, one in the second and the other four coming in the third to defeat the coyotes, the Sharks carried the momentum and offensive surge they had gained into the game against the Ducks. The came out strong scoring three goals in the first period. The first from Heatley just fourteen seconds into the game, the second from Eager at 7:34 and the third a slapshot from the point that was buried into the goal by Demers at 11:15.
In the second the Sharks were outscored two to one. The Sharks lone goal was scored in between the Ducks two goals and was a power play goal scored at 15:39 by Clowe. The Ducks also scored a power play goal at 17:52 and another goal at 5:44. The score was now four to two and the Ducks had all the momentum coming into the third. The Sharks would have to hold off the Ducks in the third to get the win.
And they did exactly that. The Sharks didn’t score in the third but they held off the Ducks and kept them to only one goal in the third. That goal came at 5:36. With those two wins the Sharks are now in second in the Pacific Division passing up the Ducks with their victory and they are in fifth in the Western Conference. The will face the third seeded Bruins on Saturday. Go Sharks!
Today the Sharks announced that they have signed Jordan White to a 1 game amateur tryout. He came at the right time because once again the Sharks have a player missing from the lineup, but for a different reason. Niittymaki has been placed on the injured reserve with a lower body injury. White will play against the Canucks tonight. White is a student at the University of British Columbia and the starting goalie for the University team.
Scott Nichol was suspended for the next four games for his hit to the head against David Schlemko. He will be able to play again on February 2nd against the Ducks in Anaheim. Along with the suspension Nichol was fined $16,344.08 from his salary that will be given to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. The hit came at 9:18 in the third penalty and Nichol wasn’t given a penalty. The hit took Schlemko out of the game.
As of Tuesday, the Sharks have acquired forwards Ben Eager and Kyle Wellwood. Ben Eager played for the Thrashers for the first half of this season and before that he came from the Blackhawks. Eager was traded to Atlanta from the Blackhawks because of their salary cap issues after they won the Stanley Cup. The Sharks traded a 5th round draft pick from this year’s draft for Eager. Along with Eager came Kyle Wellwood. Wellwood used to play for the Canucks and Ron Wilson’s Maple Leafs when he was claimed off of waivers on Tuesday by the Sharks. These players will help the Sharks out tremendously especially considering how Scott Nichol was suspended for his hit to the head against the coyotes on Monday. Both Wellwood and Eager have already practiced with the team and are expected to suit up against one of Wellwood’s former teams, the Canucks tomorrow.
The Sharks came out against the Red Wings with a mission. That was to beat the Wings and gain revenge for their loss the last time the two teams faced off against each other. And the Sharks successfully achieved that mission winning 5 to 2. The Sharks had goals from Thornton, Wallin, Couture, Heatly, and Couture again. Antti Niemi started for the Sharks and faced 27 shots with a .926 save %.
The Sharks took 35 shots against Howard and scored five. The penalties from the Sharks were by Joslin x2, Couture, Thornton, Mayers, and Wallin. The Shark and player with the most ice time in the game is Dan Boyle with 25:27 of ice time.
The Sharks picked up Joe Thornton from the Bruins in exchange for Brad Stuart, Wayne Primeau, and Marco Sturm. A lot of people in the Bay Area didn’t know much or anything about Joe Thornton. Many people were saying, “Wow! Is this guy really good enough to be worth 3 players.” And Joe prooved that he was.
Big Joe got his 500th point as a Shark when he set up Dany Heatley for a Power Play goal. Also the game on November 30,2010 was the 5 year anniversary of the trade that changed Joe Thornton from a Bruin into a Shark. In 5 years Jumbo Joe has accomplished a lot. He went from a plain forward to the player with the most assists and the captain of the team. He also is averaging 100 points per season. He has set up a young star for a 56 goal season. Joe alsowon the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophies as a newbie to the Sharks. In his first 2 seasons in San Jose he became the 3rd player in NHL history to post two consecutive seasons with over 100 points joining great hockey legends Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Also Thornton was elected the captain of the Western All Star Team during the the 2008-2009 season.
Even though the power was restored to the HP Pavilion about 6 hours before game time, the power wasn’t returned to the Sharks lineup. The Sharks came out flat and stayed flat the whole game. They ended up losing 5-3 to the Detroit Red Wings.The goals scored for the Sharks were from Dany Heatley, Benn Ferriero, and Ryan Clowe. The Sharks took only one less shot with 28 compared to the Wings 29. They Sharks also had twice as many penalty minutes with 8 and over twice as many giveaways with 17 as Detroit only had 8.
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