Clowe scored 101 goals and 271 points while amassing 567 penalty minutes in 423 games for San Jose from 2005-13….
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Hertl indicated he and linemate Wingels spoke before the game.
“When we get off to good starts we have pretty successful games”, said Sharks right wing Joel Ward, one of the team’s goal-scorers. The first two goals against the Calgary Flames were scored by Wingels and Hertl respectively.
“Those are scary injuries”, DeBoer said Saturday morning.
He certainly got what he was looking for in the first period. “There’s been plenty of opportunity for everybody and you either run with that opportunity or you don’t, and he’s one of those guys that we’re still waiting to see”.
Wingels was impressed with the physicality in Hertl’s game on Saturday. He’s got a power forward type of body.
“You could be missing two of your top defensemen, but if you play the way we did tonight you can win”, Vlasic said. “I had some tough shifts in the second and he wanted to go with guys who had been playing better”. “I need to be stronger everywhere, dzone, offensive zone, and play [without] losing [the] puck”. But I knew it would be a positive response. “We wanted to get some rest and establish our home ice”.
After Calgary failed to convert two power plays, Nieto drew a penalty for roughing on Deryk Engelland that sparked Hertl to defend his teammate. “I’m not too anxious about it right now”.
In addition to getting a quick start and scoring depth, the Sharks knocked another item off their checklist when they scored back-to-back goals with the man advantage in the second period.
This win puts San Jose in a great position a point out of first place in the surprisingly weak Pacific Division. Prior to the contest, the Sharks power play had been 1-for-26 on home ice.
“I don’t measure those guys on goals and assists but the intangibles of the game”, DeBoer said. Joe Thornton also picked up an assist on the play. Wingels’ second goal of the season snapped a streak of 14 games without a goal.Hertl, who assisted on the first goal, snapped an even longer drought during San Jose’s next strike. Check. The Sharks scored twice in the opening period and built an eventual 4-0 lead before the Flames scored midway through the third.
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Trailing 3-1 heading into the final period, Patrick Marleau gave the Sharks hope of a comeback but that vanished 67 seconds later when Andrew Desjardins reaffirmed the Blackhawks’ two-goal advantage.
