Maxim Lapierre scored his 1st objective from the playoffs, and Luongo created 27 saves.
Sunday? was not 1 of them.
San Jose took a 2-1 lead into the third period due to Patrick Marleau?¡¥s goal on its only electrical power play, as well as a gift goal for Joe Thornton off the stick of Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo. But after failing to complete numerous excellent odds late in the second, Vancouver lastly converted while in the third.
Alex Burrows skated onto Henrik Sedin?¡¥s chip pass and powering Dan Boyle on a left-wing rush prior to feeding a pass across that Bieksa wristed previous a sliding Antti Niemi.
Dany Heatley took an elbowing penalty 32 seconds later, and also the Canucks?¡¥ strength play, which appeared horrible its initial a few probabilities soon after major the NHL inside the typical season, also woke up. A stage pass from former Sharks defenseman Christian Ehrhoff acquired Niemi shifting proper, and Sedin, whose only other goal in these playoffs was into an empty web, skated onto it the other way, waiting for Niemi to slide previous before tucking a backhand shot in to the empty net.
The twins get heading like that, they are almost unstoppable, Bieksa mentioned.
Game 2 is Wednesday in Vancouver.
I assumed our group appeared tired. I thought our team appeared sluggish, Sharks coach Todd McLellan mentioned. There?¡¥s nights once we lose our legs, but our minds are even now fairly sharp, and I didn?¡¥t think which was the circumstance tonight. It started among the ears and it worked all of the way by means of the body. We had been like dogs chasing automobiles around the freeway. We just weren?¡¥t catching anybody.
Maxim Lapierre scored his 1st objective from the playoffs, and Luongo created 27 saves.
Niemi stopped 35 shots for that Sharks, including a handful of highlight-reel stops late within the second interval, robbing Ryan Kesler for the duration of a wild scramble and Hansen in by yourself.
We desired to get in to the locker area and recover somewhat bit, McLellan stated. But we didn?¡¥t have it inside the third.
Notes: San Jose D Jason Demers was a shock late scratch as a consequence of an unidentified injury, and was changed by Kent Huskins ... Vancouver LW Mikael Samuelsson, who plays the point around the 1st power-play unit, hasn?¡¥t skated considering that getting hurt in Sport 5 in the conference semifinals.
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