From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks tie Canucks 2-2
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 09:10:21 GMT

Saturday, January 2, 7:30 P. M., at the Cow Palace:

The Sharks finally played a good defensive game, as they got their first (and
final) point against the Canucks this season in 7 games, holding the Canucks
to two goals, for the victory.  Both Jeff Hackett and Kay Whitmore were
excellent in goal, as Hackett stopped 35 of 37 Vancouver shots to preserve
the tie for the Sharks, while Whitmore stopped 23 of 25 San Jose shots.

The first period was played fairly evenly, as the Canucks held a slight
advantage in shots (12-11), as the Sharks played a tight defensive period,
preventing the Canucks (like in the other games against the Sharks, where they
out-scored the Sharks 40-16) from getting a lot of close shots on Hackett, but
didn't get a lot themselves on Whitmore.  The Sharks got the only goal of the
period while penalties to Gino Odjick and Jyrki Lumme gave the Sharks a 2-man
advantage, and they converted it at 18:17.  After some passing around in the
zone, Kelly Kisio, at the right boards, sent the puck along the boards a little
deeper to Pat Falloon, who one-timed Kisio's pass to the slot, where Johan
Garpenlov one-timed Falloon's pass past Whitmore.

The Canucks turned the intensity higher in the second period, as they out-shot
the Sharks 13-9, but Hackett was marvelous, except on the one goal that they
did get, at 12:37, while both teams were a man short.  Lumme, getting a pass
from Linden in the right corner, fired from the right circle, but the puck was
stopped by Hackett.  However, the puck bounced to the left boards to to Cliff
Ronning, who golfed the puck past a surprised Hackett into the upper right
corner of the net.

The Canucks seemed to have made this just another typical Vancouver victory
over San Jose, when they went ahead 2-1, just 58 seconds into the third period.
After getting a pass from Lumme in the neutral zone, Ronning skated into the
Sharks zone, and drew Neil Wilkinson with him to the right side, and then
centered the puck in front, where Linden deflected his pass past Hackett for
the goal.  However, the Sharks, despite being out-shot 10-4 in the period,
caught a lucky break later on and tied the game, at 7:43.  After the Canucks
missed on a drop-pass attempt, Ray Whitney took the puck just inside the Sharks
zone, and went on a 2-on-1 with newly recalled Robin Bawa, and Whitney, as he
entered the Canucks zone, fed Bawa in front, and Bawa shot the puck past
Whitmore to tie the game.  The Canucks had some good chances later in the
period, and when Falloon was called (by the usually-consistently-inconsistent
Denis Morel) for hooking with 1:32 left, the Canucks peppered Hackett, but
couldn't get any of their 4(?) shots then past Hackett.

The Canucks started overtime on the power-play, but could not score, and then
the teams basically played even for the rest of the overtime, although the
Canucks did have a couple good chances with about 30 seconds left, but those
did not result in a goal, with the Canucks getting 2 shots and the Sharks 1
in overtime.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Cliff Ronning
2.	Ray Whitney
3.	Robin Bawa

(Where are Hackett and Whitmore?  I would have given Hackett 1st star, Ronning
2nd star, and Whitmore 3rd star.)

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Michel Picard		Pat Falloon		Mike Sullivan
Yvon Corriveau		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers
Ray Whitney		David Maley		Robin Bawa

Tonight's defensive pairings:

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

Scratches:	Arturs Irbe (knee), Sandis Ozolinsh (knee),
	Pat MacLeod (shoulder), David Bruce (groin), Larry DePalma,
	Perry Berezan, Mark Pederson, John Carter, Lyndon Byers.
	The bad news about Ozolinsh, of course, is that he's determined to be
	out for the season.  Sigh.  What's this with those Latvian knees? :-)

Notes:

1.	Bawa, who was acquired a couple weeks ago for defenseman Rick Lessard
	from the Vancouver organization, and David Maley, who was snatched off
	waiver wires Friday, played their first games as Sharks tonight.
	They played on a line with Whitney, and surprisingly, Whitney was
	moved to the left wing as Maley, usually a left wing, played center.
	This might be a move to utilize Maley's strength in faceoffs, not a
	specialty of Whitney's.  That line was very good defensively tonight.

2.	Jayson More, who had sat out the past 4 games due to a groin injury,
	and Doug Wilson, who sat out last game due to a sore back, returned
	tonight, possibly hastened by injuries to Ozolinsh and MacLeod.

3.	With points on the first goal, Garpenlov and Kisio extended their
	point scoring streak to 5 games, while their linemate Rob Gaudreau
	went scoreless for only the third time in 15 career games.

4.	Bawa's goal was his second in the NHL, in his 6th NHL game.

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[Under construction; I have to think about who to jinx next; I have already
jinxed Gretzky, Hackett, and Ozolinsh]
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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
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