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  • WCF Game 4 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    WCF Game 4 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    Game 4 – SJ Leads 2-1

     

    Game Recap:

    Going into Game 4 the St. Louis Blues come into their home barn with a chip on their shoulder after how Game 3 ended in overtime in the San Jose Sharks favor, and it wouldn’t take long either for the Blues as Ivan Barbashev would get the puck on net and past Martin Jones to make it 1-0 35 seconds into the game. Then later in the period on their second powerplay opportunity the Blues would strike again as Justin Braun would inadvertently kick the puck between Jones’ legs to give the Blues a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    Going into the second period both teams would share opportunities, and also featuring a Sharks powerplay that they could not do anything with. Both teams would get some godd chances at both ends, but the game would remain 2-0 going into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period it would be special teams striking again, but this time for the Sharks as Brent Burns would bomb a shot through Jordan Binnington and Tomas Hertl would tap the puck in to make it 2-1 on the powerplay. Then in the final two minutes of the game the Sharks would pull Jones for the extra attacker and they would force great pressure in the Blues zone, but the Blues would withstand the surge and take Game 4 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece.

     

    Lineups:

    San Jose Sharks:

    Timo Meier — Logan Couture – Gustav Nyquist

    Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joe Pavelski

    Melker Karlsson — Joe Thornton — Kevin Labanc

    Marcus Sorensen — Barclay Goodrow — Joonas Donskoi

    Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Brent Burns

    Brenden Dillon — Erik Karlsson

    Joakim Ryan — Justin Braun

    Martin Jones

    Aaron Dell

    Scratched: Micheal Haley, Dylan Gambrell, Tim Heed, Lukas Radil, Radim Simek, Antti Suomela

     

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

    Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Chris Butler, Ville Husso

    Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Blues Goal – :35 – Ivan Barbashev (1) from unassisted

    Sharks Penalty- 5:09 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for Holding

    Sharks Penalty – 17:44 – Timo Meier 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blues PPG – 17:53 – Tyler Bozak (4) from Pat Maroon (4) and Vladimir Tarasenko (3)

     

    End of 1st – SJ – 0       STL – 2

    Shots              09                10

    Faceoffs         11                09

    Hits               11                  15

    PP                 0/0                 1/2

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – 5:41 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Hooking

    Blues Penalty – 8:24 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Roughing

    Sharks Penalty – 8:24 – Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – SJ – 0        STL – 2

    Shots               20                 18

    Faceoffs          18                 18

    Hits                 14                  24

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Sharks Penalty – 4:35 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 6:01 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Interference

    Sharks PPG – Tomas Hertl (10) from Brent Burns (11) and Erik Karlsson (14)

    Blues Penalty – 9:52 – Ivan Barbashev 2 minutes for Tripping

    Sharks Penalty – 12:33 – Bench (Kevin Labanc) 2 minutes for Too Many Men

     

    End of 3rd – SJ – 1         STL – 2

    Shots              30                   22

    Faceoffs        27                    32

    Hits               15                     29

    PP                 1/3                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

     

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  • WCF Game 3 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    WCF Game 3 Recap – San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues

    The St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks started out about the same way all the games these playoffs have for the Blues – without them. The Blues mustered only four shots the entire period en route to a 2-0 deficit. Erik Karlsson scored the first goal (unassisted), followed by Joe Thornton’s first of the game.

    The second period was entirely different. Alex Steen opened the scoring to cut the lead to 2-1. Thornton netted his second of the game to increase San Jose’s lead back to 2, but the much maligned (unfairly, to this writer), Vladimir Tarasenko brought the Blues back to 3-2. Now, the game got really fun. David Perron committed what should have been a delay of game penalty for shooting the puck over the glass, but it was missed by the referees (of note, it is very fun to see Peter DeBoer’s incredulous face). He then proceeded to score the next two goals to give the Blues a 4-3 lead entering the third.

    The Blues generally outplayed the Sharks in the third, with no team scoring until about 1 minute left, where Couture tied the game at 4, after a series of laughable, contemptuous icings by Alex Pietrangelo, then a poor defense play by him. I generally think Petro is a wonderful player, but he has been simply bad this series.

     

    Hey everyone! Michael here. Aryan asked me to take over and cover the overtime period(s) of this tightly contested Game 3 between the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues.

     

    In overtime both teams would trade chances in the first five minutes of the extra period, but then on a controversial play that saw Timo Meier bat the puck with his hand in front of the Blues net to Gustav Nyquist who would then pass it to Erik Karlsson who would shoot the puck past Jordan Binnington to win the game 5-4 in overtime and take the 2-1 series lead.

     

    Clearly a hand pass by Meier, but unfortunately this is not a reviewable play and the fact that all four officials missed this call the goal cannot be reversed. St. Louis got the short end on this one and will be motivation going into Game 4.

     

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  • St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 2 Recap

    St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 2 Recap

    Game Recap:

    The Blues came out from the gate determined to not hang their goalie Jordan Binnington out to dry like they did some many times in game one and it worked. The Blues came out and pressured in the first part of the period and scored the only goalie thanks to Blues potential Conn Smythe Candidate Jaden Schwartz. But the Blues couldn’t keep the Sharks at bay and they stormed back in the second half of the period with some pressure but couldn’t solve Binnington who I am sure was determined not to have another game like game 1.

    The 2nd period would be the Logan Couture show as the penalties would begin to ramp up against San Jose, St.Louis would score once via Vince Dunn but Couture would score a goal Short-Handed to get the Sharks on the board and then would score less than 2 minutes later to tie the game at two apiece in the second period. But the Blues wouldn’t just lay down and die with less than 4 minutes left in the second tough guy defencemen Robert Bortuzzo would score to reinstate the St. Louis Blues lead heading into the 3rd period.

    The 3rd period would be a swapping of penalties for both teams as they would both end up with no powerplay goals on the night. But with the Sharks pressing for the tying goal late the Blues Oskar Sundqvist would give the Blues some insurance with just over 3 minutes remaining and eventually seal the series tie at one apiece.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

    Pat Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Christian Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist – Alex Steen

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Upper Body)

     

    San Jose

    Scratched:  None

    Injuries: Radek Simek

     

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    St.Louis Goal – 2:34 – Jaden Schwartz (10) assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko (2) and Joel Edmundson (4)

    San Jose Penalty – 4:04 – Tomas Hertl, 2 minutes for Tripping

    St. Louis Penalty – 6:34 – Jay Bouwmeester, 2 minutes for Tripping

    San Jose Penalty – 15:46 – Evander Kane, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – STL – 1      SJS – 0

    Shots              6                  9

    Faceoffs        6/17          11/17

    Hits                12                9

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Goal – 4:16 – Vince Dunn (2) assisted by Ryan O’Reilly (8) and David Perron (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 4:42 – Marcus Sorenson, 2 minutes for Interference

    San Jose SH Goal – 4:55 – Logan Couture (12) unassisted

    San Jose Goal – 6:54 – Logan Couture (13) assisted by Timo Meier (8)

    St. Louis Goal – 16:34 – Robert Bortuzzo (1) assisted by Joel Edmundson (5) and Tyler Bozak (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 19:31- Brendan Dillion, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    End of 2nd – STL – 3      SJS – 2

    Shots               15                15

    Faceoffs       15/36           21/36

    Hits                24                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/1

    Third Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 10:37 – Robert Thomas, 2 minutes for Hooking

    San Jose Penalty – 12:42 – Joe Thornton, 2 minutes for Tripping

    St. Louis Goal – 16:52 – Oskar Sundqvist (3) assisted by Alex Steen (2) and Alex Pietrangelo (10)

    End of 3rd – STL – 4         SJS- 2

    Shots              25                26

    Faceoffs      23/54         31/54

    Hits              35                 28

    PP                 0/5                0/2

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  • St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks – Round 3 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    The Sharks opened the game with putting it all on the table as Logan Couture put the Sharks on board early. Schwartz would reply later on in the 3rd tying the game at one. But the Sharks would reply again on the powerplay thanks to the Captain Joe Pavelski. Making the score 2-1 Sharks after one.

    The 2nd period would be another bad one for the St. Louis Blues. The Sharks would score 3 more goals to the Blues 1 and then the Blues would take a few more penalties. The same seemed so much out of reach.

    The 3rd period would be a swapping of goals between the Blues and Sharks. A brawl would ensue at the end of the game and a lot of penalties. Expect the Blue to come out with a big game 2.

    Lineups:

    St. Louis

    Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarasenko

    Sammy Blais – Ryan O’Reilly – David Perron

    Pat Maroon – Tyler Bozak – Christian Thomas

    Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist – Alex Steen

     

    Joel Edmundson – Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester – Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn – Robert Bortuzzo

     

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: None

    Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Upper Body)

     

    San Jose

    Scratched:  None

    Injuries: Radek Simek

     

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    San Jose Goal – 3:31 – Logan Couture (10) assisted by Gustav Nyquist (8) and Timo Meier (8)

    St.Louis Goal – 9:13 – Jaden Schwartz (9) assisted by Vladimir Tarasenko (1) and Brayden Schenn (4)

    St. Louis Penalty – 9:36 – Jay Bouwmeester, 2 minutes for Interference

    San Jose PP Goal – 11:24 – Joe Pavelski (4) assisted by Brent Burns (10) and Erik Karlsson (13)

    St. Louis Penalty – 10:33 – Colton Paryako, 2 minutes for Slashing

    End of 1st – STL – 1      SJS – 2

    Shots              10              9

    Faceoffs        11/27          16/27

    Hits                22                13

    PP                 0/1                 1/2

    Second Period:

    St. Louis Penalty – 2:57 – Tyler Bozak, 2 minutes for Hooking

    San Jose Goal – 7:41 – Kevin Labanc (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    St. Louis Goal – 8:58 – Ryan O’Reilly (3) assisted by Logan Couture (6)

    San Jose Goal – 10:24 – Timo Meier (4) assisted by Joe Thornton (5)

    San Jose Penalty – 13:23 – Melker Karlsson, 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    San Jose Goal – 17:34 – Timo Meier (5) assisted by Marc-Edouard Vlasic (4) and Gustav Nyquist

    End of 2nd – STL – 2      SJS – 5

    Shots               19                20

    Faceoffs        21/51           30/51

    Hits                35                  25

    PP                   0/1                  1/3

    Third Period:

    St. Louis Goal – 13:01 – Tyler Bozak (3) assisted by Pat Maroon (2) and Vince Dunn (5)

    San Jose Goal – 17:39 – Logan Couture (11) assisted by Joe Pavelski (4) and Evander Kane (6)

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, 5 minutes for Fighting

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, 5 minutes for Fighting

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bertuzzo, 2 minutes for Roughing

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Brandon Dillion, 2 minutes for Roughing

    St. Louis Penalty – 17:55 – Robert Bortuzzo, Game Misconduct

    San Jose Penalty – 17:55 – Barclay Goodrow, Game Misconduct

    End of 3rd – STL – 3         SJS- 6

    Shots              31                25

    Faceoffs      31/73         42/73

    Hits              41                 35

    PP                 0/1                1/4

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  • Western Conference Finals Preview – St. Louis Blues v. San Jose Sharks

    Western Conference Finals Preview – St. Louis Blues v. San Jose Sharks

    After a wild seven game series with the Dallas Stars, the Blues emerged victorious. Saturday, they continue their inexorable march to the Cup against the San Jose Sharks. Before breaking down the series, I’ll have to admit (though often considered a sacrilegious act to hockey fans), that I am a baseball fan and ardent supporter of the St. Louis Cardinals. As such, I noticed a quite interesting parallel between the World Series of 2011 against a Dallas-based team and the second round series with the Stars. Each series had game winners in this order: STL, DAL, STL, DAL, DAL, STL, STL.

    So, instead of recalling the vituperative memories of the last time the Blues and Sharks played in the playoffs, let’s focus on the last time the STL and SF baseball teams played for a premonition:

    Oh. Right.

    Anyway, back to the better sport – the Blues and Sharks finished the regular season with similar point totals, though the Sharks finished two points ahead with 101 and will start the series at home.

    The two teams met three times during the season, with the Blues going 1-1-1, including a 4-0 win and 4-0 loss in November (which, as we’ve seen before, does not really matter because that was before the team learned how to play hockey), as well as a 3-2 overtime loss, in a game without Vladimir Tarasenko.

    Like with any series, there are a number of factors that could be ‘keys to the series’, but quite honestly, there really is only one important one – Martin Jones. Jones is about as bad as Ben Bishop is good, so if the Blues cannot win this series, and score a fair amount of goals, it is completely on them. Though San Jose sports Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson on defense, neither is particularly adept at defense these days. Since Burns, Karlsson, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl, and Logan Couture are quite skillful offensively, the Blues simply need to play as strong of a game defensively as they did in game 7 against Dallas, and bide their time until they get their offensive chances.

    To put how mediocre Jones is in perspective, let’s compare him to the much maligned Jake Allen, who absolutely was not good for the Blues during the season and a major reason for their stodgy start to the here. According to NaturalStatTrick, Martin Jones has a save percentage of .896, while Allen’s is .905. Allen has a GSAA of -5.91, while Jones has an astounding -22.87. GSAA is a metric that basically measures goals saved above average. While -5.91 isn’t great, it’s much better than -22. The only part where Jones beats Allen is in High Danger Save Percentage, with a paltry .806 to .796 edge.

    Of course more goes into an evaluation of a goalie than simply his raw stats, most notably team defense, but at minimum we can conclude that San Jose is not good at keeping the puck out of their own net, and Jones himself is not good when facing high danger shots. If the Blues do not score against Jones, the last thing anyone should be doing is valorizing him, because in all likelihood it will be the shooters that are taking bad shots, as opposed to Jones making great and timely saves.

    That’s basically it. Score goals. Just score goals. Play solid defense. And, above all else, don’t throw the puck in your own net:

    Blues in 6.

  • Game Recap-Round 2: Game 7 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2: Game 7 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Game 7, can’t get any better than that right? Tonight’s game between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks would decide who will face the St. Louis Blues for the right to represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals. San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski would make his return after missing time from a concussion off a faceoff play in last rounds game 7 against the Golden Knights. He would participate in warm-ups and was determined to be able to play in tonight’s game. Joe Pavelski played a big role in the first period as he got the first goal of the game and set up the second goal by Tomas Hertl on a beautiful passing sequence. Mikko Rantanen would get the Avalanche within one. After the first period, San Jose would lead 2-1.

    In the second period, Jonas Donskoi would add to the Sharks lead at the 12:27 mark and score his first of the playoffs. Going into the third and final period, the San Jose Sharks would lead the game 3-1.

    Colorado in the third period would get within one goal fifty-one seconds into the period as Tyson Jost would put the puck in the back of the net on his backhand. However, Colorado wouldn’t score again and the San Jose Sharks were the victors by a final score of 3-2. The San Jose Sharks will now play the St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals.

     

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL-2  SJ-3

    Shots:             29        27

    Hits:               27        31

    Face Offs:     38%     62%

    Power Play:  0/3       0/3

     

    Next Up: San Jose Sharks v.s St. Louis Blues: Western Conference Finals

    Game 1- Saturday May 11th, 2019 @ 8pm EST

     

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  • Game Recap-Round 2: Game 6 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2: Game 6 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    Tonight is a very important game between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. San Jose can clinch the series while Colorado can force a winner takes all Game 7. The first period of this game future no scoring between these two teams. The Avs were able to generate more scoring chances than the Sharks, but weren’t able to capitalize on them. The first period would remain scoreless.

    The second period saw both the Avalanche & Sharks trade goals. Colorado would strike first on a Tyson Jost goal from a feed from JT Compher on a 2 on 1. Marc Edourd-Vlasic would tie the game as he came towards the net and wristed in the rebound off goalie Phillip Grubauer. JT Compher would fire one past Sharks goalie Martin Jones from inside the blue line through traffic. The lead was short lived as Brent Burns would receive a pass from Erik Karlsson and fire it in the net to tie the game. After two periods, the score would be tied 2-2.

    In the third period, Colorado and San Jose would trade goals as each team would head into overtime. San Jose would tie the game on Marc Edourd-Vlasic’s second goal of the game at the 17:32 mark. In overtime, Gabriel Landeskog would be the hero as he scored the game winner in front of the net. Colorado now forces a game 7 on Wednesday night in San Jose.

     

    Line Ups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Overtime Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL- 4   SJ-3

    Shots:             26          22

    Hits:               31           24

    Face Offs:     52.9       47.1

    Power Play:  0/3         0/1

     

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  • Game Recap-Round 2: Game 5 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2: Game 5 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    (San Jose leads the series 3-2)

     

    Game Recap:

    Tonight’s game five matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks was very pivotal as the winner would regain control of the series. The loser would be forced to the brink of elimination. The first period featured no scoring between these two teams. Despite no scoring, San Jose got off to a very good start by dominating possession and having a 12-6 shot advantage. After the first period, The game would remain scoreless.

    In the second period, the Colorado Avalanche would get on the board first as Tyson Jost would knock in the rebound off of Sharks goalie Martin Jones. With about 20 seconds left to go in the period, the Sharks would tie the game as Tomas Hertl would tip the puck in the back of the net off a Logan Couture shot on the power play. The game would be even at 1-1 after the second period.

    Tomas Hertl would be the hero as he added his second goal of the game to give the Sharks back the lead. Hertl was parked near the goalie crease and backhanded the puck in off a Marc Edouard-Vlasic shot. The San Jose Sharks went on to win the game 2-1 and would regain the series lead. San Jose can clinch the series and a spot in the Western Conference finals on Monday evening in Colorado. The Colorado Avalanche are now in desperation mode as they now have to win on Monday in order to stay alive and force a winner takes all game seven.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:  COL 1      SJ 2

    Shots:             22           39

    Hits:               22           18

    Face Offs:   39.2%    60.8%

    Power Play: 0/3         1/5

     

    Next Up:

    Game 6 Monday May 6th, 2019 @ 10:00pm

     

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  • May 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    May 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, May 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were two contests yesterday in Stanley Cup playoff action.

     

     

    CAROLINA 5, NY Islanders 2 (Carolina wins series 4-0)

     

    Round 2 - CARNYI - Game 3 - 4-0 CAR

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders last night by the score of 5-2 and in doing so, the Hurricanes have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and now await the winner of the Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins series.

     

     

    TXHT has your recap of that contest at the following page, which you can find here or at page below.

     

     

    Dallas 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

     

    Round 2 - DALSTL - Game 5 -3-2 DAL

     

    The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals after their 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues last night.

     

    TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues here or at the link posted below.

     

     

    Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow (May 5th) afternoon at 3 p.m., ET.

     

    Today in Stanley Cup playoff action, there are two games taking place.

     

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Boston Bruins, with the series being tied at 2 games a piece.  The action starts at 7:15 p.m., ET.

     

     

    In the other contest tonight, the Colorado Avalanche visit the San Jose Sharks with this series also being tied at 2 games a piece.

     

     

     

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  • Game Recap-Round 2-Game 4: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap-Round 2-Game 4: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

    Game Recap:

    The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche resume their best of seven series tonight in Game 4. San Jose took control in the series in game 3 as they won by a 4-2 score. The first. featured each team trading scoring chances primarily at even strength. Each team also did a great job of staying out of the penalty box as there were no power plays in first period. After the first period, the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks would be tied as the period ended scoreless.

    In the second period, Colorado would get on the board first as Nathan MacKinnon would keep his amazing playoff scoring prowess going. After two periods, the Avalanche would take a 1-0 lead over the Sharks.

    The Colorado Avalanche in the third period would hold on and finish off the victory as they would shut out the San Jose harks 3-0. The Avalanche would add goals from Colin Wilson and an empty netter from Erik Johnson. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves as his spectacular play in goal led his team to victory and the shutout. Colorado now evens the series 2-2 going into a pivotal game 5 on Saturday night in San Jose.

     

    Lineups:

    Colorado Avalanche

     

    San Jose Sharks

     

    First Period Highlights:

     

    Second Period Highlights:

     

    Third Period Highlights:

     

    Final Stats:   COL-3    SJ-0

    Shots:              28         32

    Hits:                33         25

    FaceOffs:     48.1%   51.9%

    Power Play:   1/5       0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 Saturday May 4th, 2019 @ 10pm EST in San Jose

     

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