San Jose
– The San Jose Sharks began a four-game homestand with a 3-2
shoot-out loss to the Dallas Stars at sold-out HP Pavilion Tuesday
night.
San Jose – The San Jose Sharks began a four-game homestand with a 3-2 shoot-out loss to the Dallas Stars at sold-out HP Pavilion Tuesday night.
After the Stars scored in the final three seconds of regulation to make it 2-2, the clubs played a scoreless five-minute overtime. After the first four shooters scored, Patrick Marleau missed wide right for the Sharks before Mike Ribeiro scored the game-winner.
The loss left the Sharks three points behind Anaheim and five ahead of Dallas as each of the three teams has played in 51 games.
The same two teams square off Thursday night before San Jose completes the stand with games against Chicago on Saturday afternoon and Tuesday night opposite Anaheim.
The Sharks begin an eight-game roadtrip Feb. 7 against the Ducks. Following the roadtrip, San Jose returns to home ice to play the Ducks on Feb. 26.
Dallas forced overtime when Phillipe Boucher swatted home a centering pass from Ribeiro with 2.2 seconds left in regulation to make it 2-2. San Jose had played in 49 consecutive games without an overtime, beginning after an overtime win against St. Louis is the season opener.
San Jose scored on the game’s first shot on net.
Two minutes into play, San Jose set up inside the Dallas zone. Rookie defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic lined a shot from the right point that plunked off the back of Star defenseman Jaroslav Modry and dribbled to the boards behind the net. Joe Pavelski collected the puck, moved to the left goalpost and flicked a shot over the right pad of goalie Marty Turco for the 1-0 Sharks lead with 2:18 elapsed.
Pavelski earned his 11th goal of the season and 20th point in his 29th game for San Jose.
The teams managed another 10 shots combined for the remainder of the period. Dallas went 0-3 on the power play. San Jose, the top power-play unit both home and away this season, went 0-2 in the period.
The Sharks followed form by again scoring on the team’s first shot on net of the second period.
Joe Thornton found linemate Ryane Clowe open in the low slot with a pass from the right boards. Clowe pulled the puck back to Marleau at the goal crease. Marleau turned away from pressure by defenseman Darryl Sydor and poked the puck behind Turco at the 4:06 mark.
Marleau reached the 25-goal plateau for the fifth time in his career.
Dallas made it 2-1 3:56 into the third period. Ribeiro scored unassisted, skating across the top of the slot twice before a 15-foot wrister lined over the catching glove of Sharks goalie Vesa Toskala.
Notes: Rob Davison, Ville Nieminen and Tomas Plihal were Sharks scratches. Mark Bell returned to the line-up after missing the two San Jose games in Canada over the weekend… The Sharks mustered a season-low 17 shots on net.
