From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Kings 7-1
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:15:58 GMT

(I'm not sure about the times of most of the goals; but I suppose you can get
them from Spike's posts anyway.)

Tuesday, January 26, 7:30 P. M., at the Great Western Forum:

The Sharks were thoroughly embarrassed by the revenge-minded Kings, who
out-shot them 38-35 but picked up 7 goals to the Sharks' one to snap their
8-game home winless streak, and to extend the Sharks' winless streak to 14
games, as the Sharks return home losing all 9 games on the roadtrip.  The
Sharks picked up a franchise-record 97 penalty minutes, and payed for it with
four Kings power-play goals.  Jeff Hackett was shaky in goal (but did not
get much defensive help either), giving up 6 goals on 27 shots, and was
replaced by Arturs Irbe to start the third period, and Irbe stopped 10 of 11
Los Angeles shots to close the game out.  Kelly Hrudey, who was not challenged
early on, nevertheless had a very solid game, stopping 34 of 35 San Jose shots
for the victory.

After a fight or two broke out and ended early in the first period, the Kings
found themselves with a power-play, and struck first at 6:51.  After Rob Blake
and Paul Coffey exchanged passes on the point, Blake let go a shot that went
off a Shark skate right in front and bounced right to Tomas Sandstrom, who
quickly poked it past Hackett.  Then came a disasterous 4-on-4 skating
situation for the Sharks, on which the Kings scored twice.  They made the
lead 2-0 at 8:09, while a delayed penalty was in effect, when Blake, taking
a pass from Coffey at center ice, rushed in and beat Hackett with a wrist
shot; Jari Kurri (who would later leave with a strained wrist) also got an
assist on the play.  Later on that 4-on-4 situation, Wayne Gretzky, getting a
pass from Coffey at center, skated in, and dropped a perfect no-look pass to
Marty McSorley, who blasted the puck through a screen past Hackett.  The Kings
out-shot the Sharks 14-11 in the first period.

The Kings out-shot the Sharks 13-12 in the second period, but got three more
goals.  The lead became 4-0 at :47 while the Kings were on a power-play.
Catching the Sharks off-guard on a line-change, Coffey, after entering the
Sharks zone, quickly led a pass to Tony Granato, who skated in alone on
Hackett, beating him easily.  Midway through the period, Sandstrom scored his
second power-play goal of the game, as he deflected a Lonnie Loach shot past
Hackett.  Luc Robitaille closed out the scoring in the period when he deflected
a Coffey point-shot, with Blake also getting an assist on the play.

The Sharks, who out-shot the Kings 12-11 in the final period, finally broke
the shut-out at 1:49, as it appeared in the third period that both teams
weren't playing defense at all, as both teams had a number of odd-man breaks,
but both Hrudey and Irbe were superb at handling them.  Robin Bawa stole the
puck from Gretzky in the right corner, skated to the slot, and waited for
Hrudey to commit himself, and then slapped the puck over Hrudey into the net.
(I'm not sure why Ray Whitney and David Maley would get assists there...)
Blake later closed out the scoring on the power-play, as Loach, getting a pass
from Gretzky behind the net in the slot, shot the puck off Irbe's pads, but
Blake jumped up into the play to poke the rebound past Irbe.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Paul Coffey
2.	Rob Blake
3.	Kelly Hrudey

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Jaroslav Otevrel	Mike Sullivan		Hubie McDonough
Michel Picard		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers
Ray Whitney		David Maley		Robin Bawa

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Jayson More		Neil Wilkinson
		Doug Wilson		Doug Zmolek
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler

Scratches:	Brian Hayward (back), Sandis Ozolinsh (knee),
	Pat MacLeod (shoulder), David Bruce (groin), Pat Falloon (shoulder),
	Mark Pederson (shoulder), Lyndon Byers (shoulder), David Williams.

Notes:

1.	I always have mixed feelings when one of my favorite teams beat on
	another....

2.	The Sharks are in for more bad news, personnel-wise.  After checking
	Darryl Sydor from behind early in the first period, Jeff Odgers got
	a double-major and a double-game-misconduct, which means an automatic
	suspension for at least one game, but he can miss more, depending on
	the interpretation of a rule.  The game misconducts were Odgers' third
	and fourth, and the third would have warranted a 1-game suspension by
	itself.  In addition, Jayson More also picked up a game misconduct
	later on for instigating a fight, so he (picking up his 3rd game
	misconduct of the season as well) would miss at least one game.

3.	With that in mind, I will continue to say that I'd much prefer to see
	Dale Craigwell and/or Mark Beaufait up front with Rob Gaudreau back
	as opposed to Gaudreau up front and Claudio Scremin back.  The
	Garpenlov-Kisio-Gaudreau line is slumping mightily; why not try
	Gaudreau at defense?

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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
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