Ward’s other three-goal game occurred November 1, 2013, against Philadelphia as a member of the Washington Capitals. Ward got the empty-net goal in the final minute when at least Burns-who got the only assist-and Pavelski passed up on an opportunity to shoot so they could feed the power forward. “It’s nice. We’re excited for him”.
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“Wardo’s always around the net”, Wingels said. The two tossed a dozen or so hats into a media scrum while Ward was answering questions.
The Sharks, now 5-3 with 10 points, don’t play again until Wednesday night against the visiting Nashville Predators. “It’s more important to earn the respect of my teammates and linemates”.
We got a few guys that were out at practice, got a few guys through practice, Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. We need those things.
As an unrestricted free agent, Ward signed a three-year contract with the Sharks and has been on San Jose’s second line since training camp began more than a month ago. Lack couldn’t freeze a puck that took a weird bounce off the end boards on a drive by Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic from the left point. That chased Lack, who allowed four goals on 13 shots. Shout out to Lack for having a very bad night for the sole objective of making Ward look awesome. Carolina C Andrej Nestrasil was a scratch one day after leaving the Hurricanes game against the Los Angeles Kings in the second period when he was hit on the inside of his leg by a slap shot….
The Hurricanes scored an odd one of its own at 10:43.
San Jose Sharks’ Joel Ward reacts after scoring a goal against the…
Ward scored later in the first on a 2 on 1 with Marleau, as he kept the puck and fired a wrist shot past Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack with 11:28 left. His second came from a perfectly placed shot on a two-on-one break. The goal stood after a review to determine if the Sharks were offside. “That’s where goals are scored, and that’s the right place to be”.
ABOUT THE HURRICANES (2-5-0): Defenseman Justin Faulk shares the team lead of two goals with captain Eric Staal and Victor Rask, with both of his tallies coming on the power play.
The veteran forward opened the scoring just 81 seconds into the game by doing what he does best – going to the net.
The game was played in front of the non-sellout crowd of 15,814, the smallest announced home attendance since March 30, 2006.
The Sharks appear to be getting healthier and, in the case of Joe Thornton, perhaps a bit fortunate that evidently his biggest issue was keeping the blades of his skates completely under his feet. San Jose D Paul Martin returned to the lineup after missing three games with a lower body injury…. He finished with 17:38 of ice time as the Sharks lost 4-1 to the Kings for their third straight defeat. D Mirco Mueller was San Jose’s lone scratch while Carolina’s C Andrej Nestrasil, LW Joakim Nordstrom and D Michal Jordan did not dress….
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Forwards Ben Smith (ear laceration) and Joonas Donksoi (lower body) will not play Saturday.
