From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Kings 11-4
Originator: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 07:51:24 GMT

Sunday, November 8, 7:30 P. M. at the Cow Palace:

Goalie Arturs Irbe, making his first NHL start this season, was not
particularly sharp; the defense didn't give Irbe much help; and the Kings
offensive machine, lead by the Luc Robitaille-Jari Kurri-Tomas Sandstrom line,
was totally on; all of these led to an 11-4 Kings rout over the Sharks, handing
the Sharks their second loss in as many nights.  The Kings peppered 49 shots
on Irbe, while Robb Stauber stopped 36 of 40 San Jose shots for the victory.
The 11 goals by the Kings tied the record of most goals scored by a San Jose
opponent, and the 15 goals combined by the teams also set a Sharks record.

The Kings out-shot the Sharks 17-13 in the first period, but took advantage
of shakiness by both Irbe and the Sharks defense and got on board quickly.
Robitaille opened the scoring at 1:33.  Sandstrom had the puck at the left
boards, and sent it out into the slot to Kurri, who deflected it right to
Robitaille on the right side of the net, and Robitaille poked the puck by Irbe.
The lead became 2-0 at 3:21 on the power-play.  Paul Coffey and Sandstrom
exchanged passes behind the net, and Sandstrom spotted Kurri right open in
front and center the puck to him.  Kurri had little problem one-timing the
puck by Irbe.  Corey Millen added another goal at 8:52.  Mike Donnelly, getting
a pass from Tony Granato at center ice, brought the puck into the Sharks zone,
and dropped the puck for Millen, who blasted the puck through a screen past
Irbe.  Robitaille made the game 4-0 at 9:51 on a rather stupid play by the
Sharks and a brilliant play by Sandstrom.  Sandstrom was streaking down the
right side, attracting two Sharks defensemen, and he needled the pass through
the Shark defense, leaving Irbe exposed to a 2-0 break, and Robitaille poked
the puck by Irbe.  The Sharks finally got on the scoreboard at 16:19.  Marty
McSorley was trying to clear the zone, but the puck bounced off Dean Evason's
skate at the left point right to Lyndon Byers, who immediately centered to an
unguarded John Carter, who poked the puck past Stauber.

The second period was more of the same story, as the Kings just continued the
offensive onslaught, but only out-shot the Sharks 16-13.  Robitaille made the
lead 5-1 at :52 on the power-play, as he deflected a shot from Rob Blake, who
one-timed a Kurri pass, past Irbe.  A short-handed goal at 4:26 by the Kings
made it 6-1.  Robitaille stole the puck from Ed Courtenay at the Kings blue
line, and went on a 2-on-1 with Kurri, feeding Kurri with a cross-ice pass,
and Kurri had little problem beating Irbe.  Sandstrom then struck on the
power-play at 11:58.  Kurri and Robitaille had been fighting with Sharks for
the puck at the right boards, and the puck skipped to Sandstrom behind the
net.  Sandstrom tried to center it in front, but the puck bounced off Kelly
Kisio's skate past Irbe.  A similar goal at 16:05 gave the Kings an 8-1 lead.
A Darryl Sydor shot, off a Granato pass, had gone wide behind the net, and
Donnelly, trying to center it in front, bounced the puck off the back of Irbe
and into the net.  The Sharks got just one goal in the period, at 18:31 while
killing a penalty.  Sydor had gone to the back of the Kings net to try to start
the power-play, and Mike Sullivan checked him hard, poking the puck away, and
centered it right in front to an unmolested Dave Snuggerud, who beat Stauber on
the glove side to cut the lead to 8-2.

That lead became 8-3 when Kisio struck on the power-play.  Courtenay had the
puck at the left boards, and he sent a pass to the left point to Neil
Wilkinson, who one-timed his pass.  Stauber stopped Wilkinson's shot, but Kisio
was right in front to poke the rebound by Stauber, at 10:45.  However, the
Kings then struck for 3 unanswered goals.  Kurri completed his hat trick at
11:33, as he one-timed a Sandstrom pass from behind the net past Irbe.  Then,
at 12:56, Donnelly, right off the faceoff, took the puck and skated right in
unmolested on Irbe, and beat Irbe to the right corner.  Donnelly completed his
hat trick at 15:22 on a 4-on-4.  Blake had sent the puck to him behind the
net, and as Donnelly tried to return it to Blake, it went off Irbe's stick into
the net.  To close out the scoring, at 15:55, a hard-working Pat Falloon, who
was denied on several good chances, got a rather fluky goal to extend his goal
scoring streak to three games.  Right off a faceoff at center, Wilkinson sent
the puck to Johan Garpenlov, who went into the zone with Falloon and sent it
to the right side to Falloon.  Falloon attempted to center it right back to
Garpenlov, but the puck bounced off Dave Taylor's skate, eluding Stauber and
going into the net.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Luc Robitaille
2.	Jari Kurri
3.	Tomas Sandstrom

Tonight's lines:

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

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Jayson More		Rob Zettler
		Doug Wilson		Doug Zmolek
		Pat MacLeod		Neil Wilkinson

Scratches:	Jeff Hackett (groin), Petri Skriko (groin), Jeff Odgers (hand),
	Yvon Corriveau (back), Dale Craigwell (back), Sandis Ozolinsh (back),
	Link Gaetz (auto accident), David Bruce.  Ozolinsh has a sore back, and
	is day-to-day, along with Skriko and Craigwell.  Hackett and Corriveau
	are expected to miss two more weeks, while Odgers would miss 3-5 weeks.

Notes:

1.	The Robitaille-Kurri-Sandstrom line might very well be the best in
	the world right now.  (Yes, I am ready for CMU/PSU flames. :-))  This
	line appeared to be incapable of making mistakes, either offensively
	or defensively, tonight.

2.	The three hat tricks tied a Kings record.  Robitaille's third goal
	was his 300th of his career, and Kurri's 3rd put him past Jean
	Beliveau on the all-time scoring list.

3.	The Sharks were plain ugly defensively tonight, but Irbe did not help
	his own cause, as he had trouble handling rebounds, and often the
	rebounds would go to Kings forwards.

4.	Ozolinsh was sorely missed tonight.

5.	Perry Berezan returned after missing the past 5 games with a pulled
	groin muscle.

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"M. C. Hamrlik: Can't Touch This Lightning."
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Luc Robitaille for Hart!
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Sandis Ozolinsh for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
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