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12-16-2008, 10:34 AM
Newsmakers in the NHL: Record Setting Night for San Jose (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/12/16/newsmakers-in-the-nhl-record-setting-night-for-san-jose/)
Posted Dec 16th 2008 1:50AM by Adam Gretz (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/adam-gretz/) (author feed (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/adam-gretz/rss.xml))
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Another night, another win for the San Jose Sharks. What else is new? The Kings jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Matt Greene (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/MattGreene/) and Ted Purcell (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/TedPurcell/), but because they refuse to lose in regulation (or at any point, really) the Sharks managed to tie the game with tallies from Ryane Clowe (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/RyaneClowe/) and Patrick Marleau (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/PatrickMarleau/).
The game remained tied throughout the third period and overtime, leading to a shootout where the Sharks picked up goals from Clowe and Dan Boyle (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/DanBoyle/), while Brian Boucher (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/BrianBoucher/) turned aside two of the three Los Angeles shots, giving San Jose a 3-2 win.
The Sharks win, combined with Detroit's loss (more on this in a bit) gives San Jose an eight point lead for the top spot in the Western Conference. The victory also gives San Jose the best record in NHL history through the first 30 games of the season, as the Sharks currently boast a 25-3-2 mark. They haven't lost a game in regulation since November 9, which is a 15-game streak where San Jose has picked up at least a point.
Boucher made 26 saves in the win, while Los Angeles snapped its modest two-game winning streak.
As of right now, the NHL is the San Jose Sharks -- and everybody else. It remains to be seen how long they can keep playing at such a pace, and who knows, it may hurt them in the long-run that they're playing their best hockey in November and December as opposed to, say, May and June. But none of that changes the fact this is quite an incredible stretch of hockey. Kudos, San Jose.
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Posted Dec 16th 2008 1:50AM by Adam Gretz (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/adam-gretz/) (author feed (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/adam-gretz/rss.xml))
Filed under: Avalanche (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/avalanche/), Kings (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/la-kings/), Sharks (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/sharks/), Wings (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/red-wings/), NHL General (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/general-nhl/), NHL Fans (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/team/nhl-fans/)
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Another night, another win for the San Jose Sharks. What else is new? The Kings jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Matt Greene (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/MattGreene/) and Ted Purcell (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/TedPurcell/), but because they refuse to lose in regulation (or at any point, really) the Sharks managed to tie the game with tallies from Ryane Clowe (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/RyaneClowe/) and Patrick Marleau (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/PatrickMarleau/).
The game remained tied throughout the third period and overtime, leading to a shootout where the Sharks picked up goals from Clowe and Dan Boyle (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/DanBoyle/), while Brian Boucher (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/tag/BrianBoucher/) turned aside two of the three Los Angeles shots, giving San Jose a 3-2 win.
The Sharks win, combined with Detroit's loss (more on this in a bit) gives San Jose an eight point lead for the top spot in the Western Conference. The victory also gives San Jose the best record in NHL history through the first 30 games of the season, as the Sharks currently boast a 25-3-2 mark. They haven't lost a game in regulation since November 9, which is a 15-game streak where San Jose has picked up at least a point.
Boucher made 26 saves in the win, while Los Angeles snapped its modest two-game winning streak.
As of right now, the NHL is the San Jose Sharks -- and everybody else. It remains to be seen how long they can keep playing at such a pace, and who knows, it may hurt them in the long-run that they're playing their best hockey in November and December as opposed to, say, May and June. But none of that changes the fact this is quite an incredible stretch of hockey. Kudos, San Jose.
Continue Reading Newsmakers in the NHL: Record Setting Night for San Jose (http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/12/16/newsmakers-in-the-nhl-record-setting-night-for-san-jose/#cont)