Sharks Win Playoff Opener, Beat Kings In OT
Joe Pavelski scored 14:44 into overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of their all-California opening round playoff series Thursday night.
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Joe Pavelski scored 14:44 into overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of their all-California opening round playoff series Thursday night.
The Sharks are hoping Antti Niemi can play just as well in his second postseason as he did in his first when he helped end the Blackhawks' nearly five-decade title drought.
The San Jose Sharks got some good news as they prepared for their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings when forward Ryane Clowe returned to the ice.
The San Jose Sharks wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 3-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night.
Joe Thornton scored a goal for his 1,000th career point, but the Phoenix Coyotes clinched a playoff spot by holding off the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Friday night.
Dan Boyle and Ben Eager scored for the Sharks, whose four-game winning streak ended with Anaheim's four power-play goals.
Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist to give him 999 career points and help the San Jose Sharks clinch their fourth straight Pacific Division title with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
Antti Niemi made 29 saves for his sixth shutout of the season and Patrick Marleau scored twice to help the San Jose Sharks clinch a playoff spot.
Dustin Brown scored two power-play goals and connected again in the fifth round of the shootout, giving the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 win over San Jose on Thursday night.
Patrick Marleau and Torrey Mitchell each scored twice and the San Jose Sharks defeated the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Wednesday night.
San Jose Sharks rookie Logan Couture said the lower-body injury that knocked him out of a recent game is not as serious as he originally feared.
Patrick Marleau got a fortunate bounce on his tiebreaking, power-play goal early in the third period and the San Jose Sharks went on to beat the Minnesota Wild.
Ryane Clowe scored the tiebreaker in the opening two minutes of the final period, Torrey Mitchell added an insurance goal 1:40 later, and the San Jose Sharks rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.
Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who lost in regulation for just the fourth time in their last 25 games.
Cory Schneider made 44 saves and stopped all three San Jose attempts in the shootout and Alexandre Burrows scored in the second round of the tiebreaker in the Vancouver Canucks' wild 5-4 victory over the Sharks on Thursday night.
Patrick Marleau scored on a breakaway goal with 1:36 left in overtime, lifting the San Jose Sharks past the struggling Nashville Predators 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Dany Heatley scored twice and Antti Niemi made 26 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to their eighth straight victory, 3-1 over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Antti Niemi was perfect in the shootout just hours after getting a contract extension, and Ryane Clowe scored the only goal of the tiebreaker to give the surging San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.
The San Jose Sharks rewarded goaltender Antti Niemi for helping lead the team's recent rise in the standings by giving him a $15.2 million, four-year contract extension on Tuesday.
Ryane Clowe scored the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Friday night.
Patrick Marleau scored his second goal of the game at 4:56 of overtime to extend the San Jose Sharks' winning streak to five games with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
Joe Thornton scored his 300th career goal, Devin Setoguchi had two and the San Jose Sharks held on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Antti Niemi signed with San Jose as a free agent last summer and now he is a key reason the Sharks are in a heated battle for first place in the Pacific Division.
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