From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Oilers 4-3
Originator: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 08:55:31 GMT

Sorry if you are getting this twice.  The news server is behaving strangely
tonight...

Thursday, November 12, 7:30 P. M., at the Cow Palace:

The Sharks played better than they had in a while, but still came up without
a point, losing their 4th straight, as Ron Tugnutt shined in relief of Bill
Ranford, who left at 17:14 of the first period with a bruised thigh, stopping
25 of 28 San Jose shots for the victory.  Sharks goalie Arturs Irbe had a very
good game as well, stopping 33 of 37 Edmonton shots, but a mistake early in the
third period probably cost him a tie or a victory.

The first period was an Irbe show, as the Oilers, dominating the play, out-shot
the Sharks 14-8, but came up empty against Irbe.  Soon after Ranford left
(stopping all 6 shots in faced) at 17:14, the Sharks were able to score against
a cold Tugnutt on the power-play, at 17:34.  A pass back to the point intended
for Sandis Ozolinsh bounced off Ozolinsh's skates, but Tom Pederson took the
puck before it left the zone and unleashed a hard shot that Pat Falloon
deflected right in front past Tugnutt.  Meanwhile, Irbe was stopping all kinds
of shots, including a break-away by Kelly Buchberger and a couple shots in the
slot by Brent Gilchrist.

The flow of the game was mostly even for the second period, as the Oilers had
a 13-11 shot advantage.  However, Tugnutt, by now warm, was the goalie putting
on the show, as he was making great stops on the Sharks while the Oilers took
the lead.  The Oilers first struck even at 1-1 at 4:14.  After Irbe made a
stop, Mike Sullivan was trying to clear the zone, but instead the puck took
a wierd bounce right in front to Shane Corson and Gilchrist, and after both
jabbed at it, Corson poked the puck by Irbe.  Then, the Oilers went ahead at
5:17 on the power-play.  Right off a faceoff, Petr Klima stole the puck from
confused Shark defensemen Pederson and Rob Zettler, and skated in on a
break-away against Irbe, and blasted the puck by Irbe.

Early in the third period, the Oilers got a quick goal on a mistake by Irbe.
Just 21 seconds into the period, Dave Manson, working on the power-play, after
getting a pass from Klima at center ice, entered the Sharks zone, and launched
a shot from the left boards that confused Irbe and went into the net.  The
Oilers padded their lead to 4-1 at 8:27, as right after a great Tugnutt stop
on Ozolinsh from point blank range, Buchberger took the puck from Craig
MacTavish and went on an end-to-end rush, blasted the puck past Irbe from the
right circle.  The Sharks tried a comeback, but failed to.  They pulled within
4-3 on two goals by *Lyndon Byers*, of all people.  Byers struck first at
10:15.  John Carter, in to forecheck, stole the puck at the right corner, and
centered it right in front for an unguarded Byers, who had no problem
one-timing the pass by Tugnutt.  Then, at 13:24, Byers poked free the puck
from Dean Evason and an Oiler fighting for the puck at the left boards,
skated in unmolested on Tugnutt, and slipped the puck by Tugnutt.  The Sharks
pulled Irbe for the final minute, but it was not enough, as Tugnutt made a
pair of excellent stops in the final minute to preserve the win.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Petr Klima
2.	Lyndon Byers
3.	Dave Manson

Tonight's lines:

Larry DePalma		Brian Lawton		Pat Falloon
Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Perry Berezan
Dave Snuggerud		Mike Sullivan		Petri Skriko
John Carter		Dean Evason		Lyndon Byers

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Jayson More		Sandis Ozolinsh
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler
		Pat MacLeod		Doug Zmolek

Scratches:	Jeff Hackett (groin), Neil Wilkinson (back),
	Doug Wilson (shoulder), Dale Craigwell (back), David Bruce (groin),
	Yvon Corriveau (back), Jeff Odgers (hand), Ed Courtenay.  Wilkinson
	suffered a back injury in Tuesday night's game against the Vancouver
	Canucks, and is day-to-day, as are Wilson, Craigwell, and Bruce.
	Hackett and Corriveau are 7-10 days away, and Odgers might miss 3-4
	more weeks.

Notes:

1.	As a result of injuries to Wilkinson and Wilson, the Sharks recalled
	Pederson again on an emergency basis from Kansas City.  Pederson had
	played 2 games with the Sharks earlier, with a point (an assist) and
	a -1 rating.

2.	Falloon now has a club record 5-game goal scoring streak.

3.	George Kingston changed the lines up again, putting Garpenlov on the
	Kisio line for the first time ever.  The only line that went unchanged
	was the Carter-Evason-Byers line.

4.	The Sharks have filed the necessary paperworks to terminate DePalma's
	temporary callup status; he is now a "full member" of the Sharks.

5.	Tugnutt should be a #1 goalie for someone, if not the Oilers.  I am
	not really sure, though, who got the better deal in the
	Oilers/Nordiques trade of Tugnutt for Martin Rucinsky.  I think it
	is a good trade for both teams, though.

6.	Esa Tikkanen (my favorite Oiler, although that is not saying much
	:-), sadly, does not appear to be a top defensive forward any more.
	He wasn't doing all the defensive work that he's famous for, and in
	fact was checked hard into the boards by Garpenlov(!) once.

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