Friday, December 26, 2008

Panthers Narrowly Defeat Visiting Sharks




Thanks to a terrific job of goaltending by Florida goalie Roberto Luongo, the Panthers held off a late surge by the San Jose Sharks to get the 2-1 victory. Both goalies were impressive. Luongo stopped 29 of 30 shots against him. He stopped five of six GRs. Evgeni Nabokov, the San Jose goalie, stopped 24 of 26 shots including five of seven GRs. For the game the Sharks were 0-4 on the powerplay, while the Panthers managed to score once in three powerplay chances.

The scoring began with an unassisted goal by Kamil Kreps at the 4:21 mark of the first period. It was Kreps' fourth goal of the season. Just over three minutes later, with Florida on their first power play of the game, Brenden Morrow scored his 18th goal of the season to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. The Panthers outshot the Sharks in the first period 11-8.

The second period was a real back and forth defensive struggle that saw no scoring and very few chances for either team. San Jose outshot Florida 8-7 in the second period. There were eight minor penalties in the second period.

The third period began much the same way the second period ended, with few scoring chances and no scoring until the 8:57 mark. Patrick Marleau got a breakaway pass from Marco Sturm and buried the puck behind the Panther goaltender to make it a one goal game. The final 10 minutes of the game saw the Sharks bringing it hard to the Panthers zone but two minor penalties slowed down the San Jose attack.

In the final minute, the Sharks pulled Nabokov from the net and attacked with six skaters to no avail. Luongo and the Panthers held off the attack to get the 2-1 win. Roberto Luongo was named first star of the game. For some reason Sturm was named second star of the game for his single assist on the Marleau goal. Kamil Kreps, who opened the scoring in the first period was named third star of the game.





San Jose Sharks at Florida Panthers
DATE : 05/01/2008

GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
San Jose Sharks 0 0 1 0 1
Florida Panthers 2 0 0 0 2

SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
San Jose Sharks 8 8 14 0 30
Florida Panthers 11 7 8 0 26

S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y
1. FLA. KAMIL KREPS(4)( UNASSISTED ): 1st 4:21
2. FLA. BRENDEN MORROW(18)( OLLI JOKINEN ) (PP) : 1st 7:38
3. SJS. PATRICK MARLEAU(12)( MARCO STURM, PHILIPPE BOUCHER ): 3rd 8:57

P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. SJS. CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF - 2 Minutes: 1st 7:14
2. FLA. STEVE MONTADOR - 4 Minutes: 1st 19:12
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY CORY MURPHY
4. SJS. VILLE PELTONEN - 2 Minutes: 1st 19:12
5. FLA. KRISTIAN HUSELIUS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:17
6. SJS. STEVE BERNIER - 2 Minutes: 2nd 5:34
7. FLA. ROSTISLAV OLESZ - 2 Minutes: 2nd 5:34
8. FLA. ROSTISLAV OLESZ - 2 Minutes: 2nd 10:07
9. SJS. BEN GUITE - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:53
10. FLA. STEPHEN WEISS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 12:53
11. SJS. EVGENI NABOKOV - 2 Minutes: 2nd 16:23
EXTRA PENALTY SERVED BY STEVE BERNIER
13. FLA. LADISLAV SMID - 2 Minutes: 2nd 19:12
14. SJS. MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC - 2 Minutes: 3rd 6:16
15. FLA. GREG de VRIES - 2 Minutes: 3rd 11:11
16. SJS. MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC - 2 Minutes: 3rd 11:11

I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For San Jose Sharks
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
BRAD BOYES 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 35 19:21 2 1 0 1
MARCO STURM 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 35 19:21 1 0 1 1
STEVE BERNIER -1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 26 15:18 1 1 0 0
MILAN MICHALEK 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 29 16:42 1 0 1 1
JONATHAN CHEECHOO 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 23 13:19 3 1 1 1
JOE PAVELSKI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6-4 31 17:07 0 0 2 0
PATRICK MARLEAU 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 5-4 26 15:16 1 0 1 1
BEN GUITE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 10 6:24 0 0 0 0
PHILIPPE BOUCHER 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 39 22:09 0 1 0 0
VILLE PELTONEN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 13 8:13 0 0 0 2
PATRICK RISSMILLER -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 30 16:40 1 0 0 0
TORREY MITCHELL -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-2 27 14:56 1 0 0 0
MATHIAS TJARNQVIST 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 13 8:13 0 0 0 0
MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 39 22:46 0 0 0 0
CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 39 22:09 0 0 0 0
SCOTT HANNAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 39 22:46 2 0 0 0
DOUGLAS MURRAY -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 14:56 1 0 0 0
JOSH GORGES -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 14:56 2 0 0 0
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TOTAL 0 30 1 2 12 0 0 20-13 16 4 6 7

Player Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
OLLI JOKINEN -1 3 0 1 0 0 0 7-3 36 19:57 0 0 1 1
BRENDEN MORROW -1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1-0 46 24:50 0 1 1 2
NATHAN HORTON -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 26 15:01 0 0 0 0
NIKLAS HAGMAN 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 31 16:59 1 1 1 1
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 23 13:19 0 0 0 1
STEPHEN WEISS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2-0 14 8:42 0 0 0 0
DAVID BOOTH 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 22 13:00 0 1 0 1
ROSTISLAV OLESZ 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 19 11:16 1 0 0 0
LUKAS KRAJICEK -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 30 17:43 0 1 0 0
JAY BOUWMEESTER 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 52 28:34 0 1 0 3
STEVE MONTADOR 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 10 6:24 0 2 0 0
KAMIL KREPS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2-2 19 11:16 0 0 0 0
BOYD GORDON 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6-2 31 17:07 0 0 0 0
CORY MURPHY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 11:16 0 0 0 0
GREG de VRIES 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 49 27:19 0 2 0 0
TRAVIS MOEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 8:42 0 0 0 0
ERIC BREWER -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 34 20:01 2 1 0 0
LADISLAV SMID 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 26 14:49 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL 0 26 2 1 16 1 0 20-7 4 10 3 9

Goalie Stats For San Jose Sharks
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
EVGENI NABOKOV 58 26 2 0 7 5 103
VESA TOSKALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalie Stats For Florida Panthers
PLAYER MIN SHOTS GA ENG GR GRS
PETER BUDAJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROBERTO LUONGO 60 30 1 0 6 5 105

POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
San Jose Sharks 4 0
Florida Panthers 3 1

STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - ROBERTO LUONGO from Florida
2nd star - MARCO STURM from San Jose
3rd star - KAMIL KREPS from Florida







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