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Sunday, March 14th, 2010 – 5:00 PM PST, 8:00 PM EST
The Honda Center – Anaheim, California
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SHARKS (43-14-10) at DUCKS (30-29-8)
Last 10: San Jose 6-3-1; Anaheim 3-6-1
Television: Prime-HD, CSN-CA (HD)
Radio: Sharks, Ducks
• The Anaheim Ducks are coming off of a 1-0 loss to Nashville at home in Anaheim.
• The San Jose Sharks are coming off of a 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers at home in San Jose.
San Jose on the road: 21 – 8 – 1 – 1
Anaheim at home: 19 – 11 – 1 – 2
Last Meeting:
January 21st, 2010
Anaheim 1 @ San Jose 3
Sharks: 25 shots, 26 saves, 1/6 PP
Ducks: 27 shots, 22 saves, 0/5 PP
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Ducks: Jonas Hiller gave up 14 goals in four starts out of the break. He was on top of his game Friday, stopping 27 of 28 shots, but the one that beat him was all it took. Shea Weber scored on a Nashville power play late in the first period and the Predators handed the Ducks a 1-0 setback at Honda Center.
"We were in the hockey game," forward Ryan Getzlaf said. "We had some chances to score goals and we didn't. The overall desperation has to go up and the determination to get those goals. We're at a point where the puck is not bouncing our way. We have to work to make it bounce our way."
"We were in the hockey game," forward Ryan Getzlaf said. "We had some chances to score goals and we didn't. The overall desperation has to go up and the determination to get those goals. We're at a point where the puck is not bouncing our way. We have to work to make it bounce our way."
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Sharks: After becoming the first team in NHL history to record three straight regulation wins when trailing entering the third period, San Jose got a taste of its own medicine on Saturday. Florida, in a similar position to Anaheim as far as the East playoff race is concerned, rallied from a 2-0 deficit after one period and 2-1 after two to hand the Sharks a 3-2 overtime loss. Bryan Allen beat backup goalie Thomas Greiss with 2:14 remaining.
"We accomplished a couple of things tonight. We came out and we had a little fire in our belly and we played extremely hard in the first period," coach Todd McLellan said. "We let it get away from us, though, and that's the inconsistency in our game right now."
"We accomplished a couple of things tonight. We came out and we had a little fire in our belly and we played extremely hard in the first period," coach Todd McLellan said. "We let it get away from us, though, and that's the inconsistency in our game right now."
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Forwards:
39 Matt Beleskey
33 Jason Blake
50 Troy Bodie
13 Mike Brown
20 Ryan Carter
28 Kyle Chipchura
15 Ryan Getzlaf “A”
11 Saku Koivu “A”
14 Joffrey Lupul (injured reserve)
22 Todd Marchant
16 George Parros
10 Corey Perry
9 Bobby Ryan
8 Teemu Selanne
42 Dan Sexton
Defensemen:
21 Sheldon Brookbank
7 Steve Eminger
53 Brett Festerling
27 Scott Neidermayer “C”
17 Lubomir Visnovsky
4 Aaron Ward
34 James Wisniewski
Goaltenders:
1 Jonas Hiller
31 Curtis McElhinney
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• San Jose is 20 – 7 in their last 27 road games.
• Anaheim is 5 – 16 in their last 21 games vs. Pacific Division teams.
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Who's hot: Marleau has four consecutive multi-point games for the Sharks, totaling three goals and five assists. Joe Pavelski has three goals and three assists during a three-game points streak. Ryan Clowe has a goal and three assists during a three-game points streak.
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http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r219/RodeoHellBilly/NHL%20Arena/sharkssquare.pngSan Jose Shark Roster:Forwards:
29 Ryan Clowe
15 Dany Heatley
27 Manny Malhotra
12 Patrick Maleau
64 Jamie McGinn
17 Torrey Mitchell
21 Scott Nichol
41 Jed Ortmeyer
9 Joe Pavelski
16 Devin Setoguchi
59 Brad Staubitz
19 Joe Thorton “A”
Defensemen:
4 Rob Blake “C”
22 Dan Boyle “A”
40 Kent Huskins
28 Jay Leach
3 Douglas Murray
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic (injured reserve)
7 Niclas Wallin
Goaltenders:
1 Thomas Greiss
20 Evgeni Nabokov
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Stat pack: Clowe opened the scoring Saturday, the first time in 10 games the Sharks had not allowed the game's first goal. … Lubomir Visnovsky has two goals in four games since the Ducks acquired him from the Oilers and his 34 points tie him with Saku Koivu for fifth on the team in scoring.
Injuries:
Ducks:
Joffrey Lupul – Back – Will not play – Out indefinitelySharks:
Douglas Murray – Foot – Questionable – Day-to-day
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Lower body – Doubtful – Vlasic is practicing but will probably not play
Goaltending:
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Ducks:
Jonas Hiller – 1614 shots faced, 1489 saves, 0.917 save percentage, 26 – 21 – 0 – 3
Joey MacDonald – No games played for the Ducks
Curtis McElhinney – 9 shots faced, 7 saves, 0.778 save percentage, 0 – 0 – 0 – 0
Timo Pielmeier – No games played for the Ducks
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Sharks:
Thomas Greiss – 304 shots faced, 279 saves, 0.918 save percentage, 6 – 4 – 0 – 0
Evgeni Nabokov – 1771 shots faced, 1640 saves, 0.926 save percentage, 37 – 10 – 3 - 6
• The Anaheim Ducks are ranked 13 on offense, averaging 2.7 goals per game. The Ducks are scoring 19.4% on the power play for a total of 48 power play goals.
• The San Jose Sharks are ranked 2 on offense, averaging 3.2 goals per game. The Sharks are scoring 22.7% on the power play for a total of 57 power play goals.
• At home the Ducks are averaging 3.2 goals per game, and giving up 2.9 goals against on defense.
• On the road, the Sharks are averaging 3.0 goals per game, and giving up 2.5 goals against on defense.
Teemu Selanne is two goals away from his 600th career goal.
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Puck drop: Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle expressed concern after Friday's game that losing has started to take its toll on the Ducks.
"I still think as a group we don’t seem to be engaged emotionally in the hockey game," he said. "There is for spurts, but not for 60 minutes right now. That is what has been really been frustrating for everybody. The bench is quiet. The room is quiet. It's like we're waiting for something bad to happen."
"I still think as a group we don’t seem to be engaged emotionally in the hockey game," he said. "There is for spurts, but not for 60 minutes right now. That is what has been really been frustrating for everybody. The bench is quiet. The room is quiet. It's like we're waiting for something bad to happen."
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Season series: This is the sixth and final regular-season meeting between these Pacific Division rivals who clashed in the first round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs. San Jose has gotten its share of payback for getting ousted by eighth-seeded Anaheim in a major upset, coming back to win all five matchups this season and outscoring the Ducks by a 19-7 margin. Patrick Marleau of the Sharks leads all scorers with five goals. Joe Thornton has chipped in four.
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