Sharks score 5 in second period to take down Ducks

Final

Series (Game 5 of 5)

Ducks 3

(32-11-6, 70 pts)

Sharks 6

(26-17-6, 58 pts)

10:00PM,EST,January 29,2015
SAP Center, San Jose, California

	1	2	3	T
ANA	1	0	2	3
SJ	1	5	0	6

P. Marleau (Sharks - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 1
B. Burns (Sharks - D): Goals: 0, Assists: 1
B. Goodrow (Sharks - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Press

Sharks Crush Ducks

The Sharks scored five goals in the second period and snapped the Ducks' six-game winning streak with a 6-3 win.

Tags: NHL, Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Patrick Marleau, Barclay Goodrow and James Sheppard each had a goal and an assist, and the San Jose Sharks used a five-goal second period to beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Thursday night.
Joe Pavelski scored in the first as the Sharks improved to 4-0-1 against the division-leading Ducks this season. Antti Niemi made 25 stops in his third consecutive win, helping San Jose extend its home winning streak against Anaheim to seven.
Andrew Cogliano, Matt Beleskey and Patrick Maroon scored for the Ducks, who allowed six goals in their previous five games. Anaheim had won six in a row.
Ducks goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov made 19 saves before being replaced by Frederik Andersen late in the second period.
Goodrow gave San Jose a 2-1 lead at 2:15 of the second, and the Sharks were just getting started. Marleau then got his 10th goal at 6:16. Matt Irwin and Sheppard scored before Brenden Dillon recorded a short-handed goal at 16:07.

Game notes

Sharks C Joe Thornton had a pair of assists to move into 37th place on the career points list with 1,233. ... Ducks D Eric Brewer, out since Dec. 1 with a broken foot, has been practicing for a week and could return to action shortly. ... The Ducks are in the midst of playing seven of nine games on the road. ... The Sharks have two more home games remaining in their season-long seven straight in San Jose. ... Sharks F Danii Tarasov was recalled from Worchester to replace F Tyler Kennedy, out with a lower body injury. ... Ducks C Rickard Rakell has eight points in his last seven games after accumulating a combined eight in his previous 31.

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Anaheim Ducks goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, right, stops a shot next to San Jose Sharks' Barclay Goodrow, left, during...
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Game Information

Arena: SAP Center Location: San Jose, California

Referees: Tom Kowal, Gord Dwyer Linesmen: Jean Morin, Matt MacPherson

Attendance: 17,562 (100.4% full)

Team Stat Comparison

Anaheim		San Jose
3	Goals		6
0	Power Play Goals		1
2	Power Play Opportunities		5
0	Shorthanded Goals		1
6	Penalties		3
15	Penalty Minutes		9
28	Shots on Goal		33
39	Hits		19
22	Faceoffs Won		28

Scoring Summary

1st Period			ANA	SJ
4:57		Andrew Cogliano (6) Assists: Rickard Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg	1	0
7:23		Joe Pavelski (25) (Power Play) Assists: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau	1	1
2nd Period			ANA	SJ
2:15		Barclay Goodrow (3) Assists: James Sheppard, Tomas Hertl	1	2
6:16		Patrick Marleau (10) Assists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton	1	3
12:37		Matt Irwin (3) Assist: Logan Couture	1	4
14:30		James Sheppard (5) Assists: Barclay Goodrow, Tomas Hertl	1	5
16:07		Brenden Dillon (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Matt Nieto, Matt Tennyson	1	6
3rd Period			ANA	SJ
1:23		Matt Beleskey (19) Assists: Ryan Kesler, Kyle Palmieri	2	6
18:50		Patrick Maroon (6) Assist: Hampus Lindholm	3	6