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#1 Posted : Tuesday, February 12, 2019 1:05:11 PM(UTC)
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SAN JOSE Custom Anaheim Ducks Jerseys , Calif. (AP) — In a story Nov. 14 about the Nashville Predators–San Jose Sharks game, The Associated Press erroneously reported a quote from Rocco Grimaldi. The correct quote should read:“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad. Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance, and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third, and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”A corrected version of the story is below:Thornton’s 400th goal lifts Sharks past Predators 5-4Joe Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the San Jose Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 after squandering a three-goal leadBy GIDEON RUBINAssociated PressSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — On a night when he reached an impressive personal milestone, Joe Thornton wasn’t taking stock of his career accomplishments.The veteran San Jose Sharks center even bristled when asked about it.“I’m just trying to improve my game, to be honest with you,” he said.All that hard work is still paying off.Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Tuesday after squandering a three-goal lead.Marcus Sorensen and Antti Suomela also scored to help San Jose win its second straight and fourth in six games. Sorensen had two assists to give him six points (two goals www.officialcoyotes.com , four assists) over his last three games.The 39-year-old Thornton is anchoring a third line that includes Sorensen (26) and Kevin Labanc (22).“I don’t care who I play with, I just want to play and enjoy it and have fun. That’s what you saw tonight,” Thornton said. “That was the purest form of hockey you can have. It was just a bunch of kids playing hockey. Our backs were against the wall, but we came back. It was just a great hockey game.”Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist for the Predators, who dropped to 8-1-1 on the road. They lead the NHL with 27 points.Craig Smith added a goal and an assist for Nashville, which scored four straight times after trailing 3-0. Rocco Grimaldi’s breakaway goal at 2:43 of the third gave the Predators a 4-3 lead.“It was a bad start. That’s the only way to describe it,” Smith said. “We gave them everything they got. In the second period we did to them what they did to us. It’s unacceptable how we started. I’d rather not start 0-3.”Pavelski tied it with his second goal, 13 seconds before Thornton put the Sharks ahead 5-4 at 13:18 of the third.“It was an interesting game,” San Jose coach Pete DeBoer said. “I’m sure I’ve been a part of a game like that, but I don’t remember it and probably don’t care to remember it. The good thing is we came out on the right side.”Nashville had a six-game point streak snapped.“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad,” Grimaldi said. “Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance Arizona Coyotes T-Shirts Authentic , and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third, and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”NOTES: Predators C Calle Jarnkrok (lower body) didn’t play and is day to day. Grimaldi took his spot in the lineup. … Sharks D Erik Karlsson and C Tomas Hertl both reached milestones on Pavelski’s first-period goal. Karlsson’s assist was his 400th, and Hertl’s his 100th. Hertl left in the second period with a lower-body injury. … San Jose held the Predators scoreless on three power plays. The Sharks have allowed only two goals on 42 power plays over their last 15 games going back to Oct. 11. … The Sharks have given up three or more goals in 10 of their past 11 games.UP NEXTPredators: Conclude a five-game road trip Thursday at Arizona.Sharks: Host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Brandon Pirri has had a late December to remember for the Vegas Golden Knights.The journeyman forward had a goal and assist in the Golden Knights’ 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday night, and has five goals as part of his seven points in the six games he’s played for Vegas this season.Pirri failed to register a point in only one of those games. He’s been a regular since Dec. 20.“It’s a lot of fun playing here because everyone’s contributing,” Pirri said. “Things are going good. I’ve always believed in myself and I’m getting the opportunity. When you get the opportunity you have to reward the people that put you in this spot and at the same time I have to reward myself. I put in a lot of work.”Paul Stastny also had a goal and an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots for Vegas. Reilly Smith, Cody Eakin and Ryan Carpenter also scored to help Vegas win its third straight and extend its points streak to six games.The Golden Knights have won five of six games against Arizona since Vegas entered the NHL last season.“We played hard, we played quick. We were good with the forecheck, we were good with the puck and we didn’t make a lot of mistakes,” forward Jonathan Marchessault said.A large following of Golden Knights fans made plenty of noise for the visiting team in the most recent installment of the fledgling rivalry, and saw their team take control with three goals in the third period.The third was a short-handed goal from Carpenter, his second goal of the season.Just when the Golden Knights’ first power play ended, Pirri got a rebound behind the net and backhanded the puck back toward the crease, where Stastny was waiting to stuff it in at 3:35 of the first.Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz appeared to tie at 1 with 8:54 left in the second period, but the goal was reviewed on a coaches’ challenge and overturned for offside.Vegas made it 2-0 with 3:57 to play in the second. Brad Hunt tipped a loose puck in front Arizona Coyotes Hoodies Authentic , and Smith got to it first for a shot that zipped past Darcy Kuemper.Kuemper finished with 33 saves.The Coyotes took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play with two Golden Knights in the penalty box to get their lone goal at the 2:58 mark of the second. Alex Galchenyuk scored, with Oliver Ekman-Larsson getting the assist.Ekman-Larsson reached 312 career points, passing Keith Yandle for the most points in franchise history for a defenseman.Galchenyuk ran his points streak to five games, in which he has totaled seven points.Eakin edged the puck over the goal line at 4:21 of the third for his 12th goal of the season, and Pirri scored on a breakaway less than three minutes later.“I liked the way we played all night, not just the third period,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said.Arizona started the third period on a power play — one of six on the night — but couldn’t produce and fell further behind.A frustrated Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet called his team’s effort an implosion less than 24 hours after Arizona got an overtime win at Anaheim.“Just very casual from a lot of key guys,” Tocchet said. “I just saw a team go totally south on us. You want to be a good NHL hockey team or a player, you’ve got to be consistent. … So maybe we have some players here that just can’t do it regularly and we’re going to have to find some players that will.”NOTES: Coyotes F Brad Richardson missed his third straight game with an illness. … D Kevin Connauton was shaken up in the first period and left the ice, but returned for a shift in the final seconds of the period and stayed in the game. … Vegas F Valentin Zykov, just claimed off waivers on Saturday, was scratched. So was F Tomas Nosek, who missed his first game since Dec. 20. … F Alex Tuch was given a penalty for a check to the head when he drove a shoulder into Arizona’s Nick Cousins, which led to the Coyotes’ power-play goal in the second.UP NEXTVegas: Hosts Los Angeles on Tuesday night.Arizona: Hosts Edmonton on Wednesday night.
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