San Jose Sharks v. St. Louis Blues
Game 4 – SJ Leads 2-1
Game Recap:
Going into Game 4 the St. Louis Blues come into their home barn with a chip on their shoulder after how Game 3 ended in overtime in the San Jose Sharks favor, and it wouldn’t take long either for the Blues as Ivan Barbashev would get the puck on net and past Martin Jones to make it 1-0 35 seconds into the game. Then later in the period on their second powerplay opportunity the Blues would strike again as Justin Braun would inadvertently kick the puck between Jones’ legs to give the Blues a 2-0 lead going into the first intermission.
Going into the second period both teams would share opportunities, and also featuring a Sharks powerplay that they could not do anything with. Both teams would get some godd chances at both ends, but the game would remain 2-0 going into the second intermission.
In the third period it would be special teams striking again, but this time for the Sharks as Brent Burns would bomb a shot through Jordan Binnington and Tomas Hertl would tap the puck in to make it 2-1 on the powerplay. Then in the final two minutes of the game the Sharks would pull Jones for the extra attacker and they would force great pressure in the Blues zone, but the Blues would withstand the surge and take Game 4 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece.
Lineups:
San Jose Sharks:
Timo Meier — Logan Couture – Gustav Nyquist
Evander Kane — Tomas Hertl — Joe Pavelski
Melker Karlsson — Joe Thornton — Kevin Labanc
Marcus Sorensen — Barclay Goodrow — Joonas Donskoi
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon — Erik Karlsson
Joakim Ryan — Justin Braun
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched: Micheal Haley, Dylan Gambrell, Tim Heed, Lukas Radil, Radim Simek, Antti Suomela
St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko
Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron
Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas
Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen
Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko
Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Chris Butler, Ville Husso
Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)
First Period:
Blues Goal – :35 – Ivan Barbashev (1) from unassisted
Sharks Penalty- 5:09 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for Holding
Sharks Penalty – 17:44 – Timo Meier 2 minutes for Hooking
Blues PPG – 17:53 – Tyler Bozak (4) from Pat Maroon (4) and Vladimir Tarasenko (3)
End of 1st – SJ – 0 STL – 2
Shots 09 10
Faceoffs 11 09
Hits 11 15
PP 0/0 1/2
Second Period:
Blues Penalty – 5:41 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Hooking
Blues Penalty – 8:24 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Roughing
Sharks Penalty – 8:24 – Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 2nd – SJ – 0 STL – 2
Shots 20 18
Faceoffs 18 18
Hits 14 24
PP 0/1 1/2
Third Period:
Sharks Penalty – 4:35 – Brenden Dillon 2 minutes for High Sticking
Blues Penalty – 6:01 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Interference
Sharks PPG – Tomas Hertl (10) from Brent Burns (11) and Erik Karlsson (14)
Blues Penalty – 9:52 – Ivan Barbashev 2 minutes for Tripping
Sharks Penalty – 12:33 – Bench (Kevin Labanc) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
End of 3rd – SJ – 1 STL – 2
Shots 30 22
Faceoffs 27 32
Hits 15 29
PP 1/3 1/4
Next Up:
Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2
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