Date: Sun, 1 Nov 92 23:26:44 PST
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Subject: Sharks tie Blackhawks 4-4
Sunday, November 1, 5:30 P. M. (7:30 P. M. CST) at Chicago Stadium:
The Sharks were out-played most of the way by the Blackhawks, but Brian Hayward
came up big, stopping 40 of 44 Chicago shots to help the Sharks to a 4-4 tie
with the hapless Blackhawks and to extend the San Jose unbeaten streak to two
games. (I know, cheesy, but it's better than nothing...) Ed Belfour stopped
30 of 34 San Jose shots for the Blackhawks. The 40 shots that Hayward stopped
is a season high for the Sharks goalies.
The Blackhawks came up with more offensive pressure than the Sharks in the
first period, out-shooting the Sharks 12-6, but were sloppy on the defense,
allowing the Sharks to score twice to their once. Larry DePalma, playing in
his second game as a Shark, opened the scoring at 5:55 on the power-play.
Sandis Ozolinsh, having taken the puck from Tom Pederson in the neutral zone,
came into the Chicago zone had unleashed a slap shot that Belfour stopped.
However, there was *no* Blackhawk in front of the net fighting for the rebound,
leaving Belfour at the mercy of DePalma and David Bruce, and DePalma just beat
Belfour high for his first goal as a Shark. The Blackhawks answered with a
power-play goal of their own at 7:03. Frantisek Kucera, getting a pass from
Jeremy Roenick at the left point, skated in and let go a shot that Hayward
stopped, but Brian Noonan got the rebound and deked around Hayward, poking the
puck into the net. The Sharks went ahead again, however, less than 30 seconds
later at 7:32. Kelly Kisio, getting a pass from Jayson More behind the net,
put the puck right in front, and Ed Courtenay jumped up and poked the puck
right past Belfour for the goal.
The teams played relatively even in the second period, as the Sharks had a
12-11 shot-advantage, and the teams traded power-play goals. The Sharks
extended their lead to 3-1 at 13:31, when Kisio, having gotten a pass from
DePalma on the left boards, tried to center it right in front for DePalma and
David Bruce, who had done some excellent forechecking to get the puck to
DePalma in the first place, but the puck instead bounced off a Blackhawk skate
right in front, eluding Belfour, and went into the net. The Blackhawks
answered at 14:31. Michel Goulet had the puck on the left boards and sent it
back to the left point to Steve Smith, who slid the puck over to the right
point to Chris Chelios, who unleashed a hard shot that went through the legs of
Dave Christian and a screened Hayward and into the net.
The Blackhawks, down 3-2, came out in the third period hungry and pressuring,
out-shooting the Sharks 20-8, and almost had a win. They first tied the game
at 3-3 at 6:51 while short-handed. Mike Hudson poked the puck off a San Jose
stick just inside the Sharks zone, and found Roenick open, and fed him on a
break-away, and Roenick beat Hayward down low. The Hawks went ahead 4-3 at
11:06 on the power-play. Chelios intercepted a San Jose clearing pass at the
right point and slipped the puck over to Kucera at the left point, and Kucera
unleashed a blistering shot that got past Hayward. The Sharks, however, tied
the game at 11:46 with the final goal on the scoring sheet. Dean Evason,
fore-checking in the Chicago zone, stole the puck from Christian Ruuttu, and
shot the puck from the right circle and surprised Belfour, beating Belfour on
the glove side. Hayward then shut-down the high-pressuring Blackhawks for the
rest of the period, during which the Sharks never really had another good
chance on Belfour.
The Sharks, however, came out hungry on Belfour in the overtime, out-shooting
the Blackhawks 8-1, but Belfour made a few tough saves to preserve the tie for
Chicago.
Tonight's three stars:
1. Brian Hayward
2. Jeremy Roenick
3. Kelly Kisio
Tonight's lines:
Johan Garpenlov Brian Lawton Pat Falloon
David Bruce Kelly Kisio Ed Courtenay
Larry DePalma Mike Sullivan Dave Snuggerud
John Carter Dean Evason Jeff Odgers
Tonight's defensive pairings:
Jayson More Sandis Ozolinsh
Doug Wilson Doug Zmolek
Tom Pederson Rob Zettler
Scratches: Jeff Hackett (groin), Neil Wilkinson (nose),
Perry Berezan (groin), Petri Skriko (groin), Yvon Corriveau (back),
Pat MacLeod, Dale Craigwell. Hackett, suffering the injury in Friday's
game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, is expected to be out for 10-21
days, while Corriveau is expected to be out for 2 weeks. Wilkinson,
Berezan, and Skriko are all day-today. MacLeod re-joined the team
yesterday after spending 5 days with his wife Milissa, who is expecting
twins.
Some notes:
1. The Sharks called up Arturs Irbe today from Kansas City, and he was
on the bench tonight, having played Thursday and Saturday. This should
give Dan Ryder some playing time, as he will then share the job with
Wade Flaherty at Kansas City.
2. The Garpenlov-Lawton-Falloon line played well but was quite unlucky,
unable to score on a good number of opportunities. Garpenlov and
Falloon showed remarkable improvement on defense, and Falloon was once
even able to check Roenick into the boards. I wonder if this is not
good news for Craigwell...
3. Chelios and Smith are an excellent defensive pair; however, *no one*
should play 30+ minutes a game; Darryl Sutter, what are your other 4
defensemen for? Christmas ornaments? Chelios and Smith were markedly
slower late in the game than they were early, and that was a factor in
the Sharks' out-shooting the Blackhawks in overtime.
4. Belfour, despite the remarkable overtime performance, was really a
major problem tonight for Chicago. He probably should have gotten the
Kisio and Evason goals.
5. Pederson picked up his first NHL point on the DePalma goal. DePalma
now has 4 points in 2 games with the Sharks. However, both players
still must be returned to Kansas City when the injured players become
healthy.