Category: San Jose Sharks

Game Recap-Round 2: Game 6 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Game Recap:

Tonight is a very important game between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. San Jose can clinch the series while Colorado can force a winner takes all Game 7. The first period of this game future no scoring between these two teams. The Avs were able to generate more scoring chances than the Sharks, but weren’t able to capitalize on them. The first period would remain scoreless.

The second period saw both the Avalanche & Sharks trade goals. Colorado would strike first on a Tyson Jost goal from a feed from JT Compher on a 2 on 1. Marc Edourd-Vlasic would tie the game as he came towards the net and wristed in the rebound off goalie Phillip Grubauer. JT Compher would fire one past Sharks goalie Martin Jones from inside the blue line through traffic. The lead was short lived as Brent Burns would receive a pass from Erik Karlsson and fire it in the net to tie the game. After two periods, the score would be tied 2-2.

In the third period, Colorado and San Jose would trade goals as each team would head into overtime. San Jose would tie the game on Marc Edourd-Vlasic’s second goal of the game at the 17:32 mark. In overtime, Gabriel Landeskog would be the hero as he scored the game winner in front of the net. Colorado now forces a game 7 on Wednesday night in San Jose.

 

Line Ups:

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

 

First Period Highlights:

 

Second Period Highlights:

 

Third Period Highlights:

 

Overtime Highlights:

 

Final Stats:  COL- 4   SJ-3

Shots:             26          22

Hits:               31           24

Face Offs:     52.9       47.1

Power Play:  0/3         0/1

 

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Game Recap-Round 2: Game 5 Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

(San Jose leads the series 3-2)

 

Game Recap:

Tonight’s game five matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks was very pivotal as the winner would regain control of the series. The loser would be forced to the brink of elimination. The first period featured no scoring between these two teams. Despite no scoring, San Jose got off to a very good start by dominating possession and having a 12-6 shot advantage. After the first period, The game would remain scoreless.

In the second period, the Colorado Avalanche would get on the board first as Tyson Jost would knock in the rebound off of Sharks goalie Martin Jones. With about 20 seconds left to go in the period, the Sharks would tie the game as Tomas Hertl would tip the puck in the back of the net off a Logan Couture shot on the power play. The game would be even at 1-1 after the second period.

Tomas Hertl would be the hero as he added his second goal of the game to give the Sharks back the lead. Hertl was parked near the goalie crease and backhanded the puck in off a Marc Edouard-Vlasic shot. The San Jose Sharks went on to win the game 2-1 and would regain the series lead. San Jose can clinch the series and a spot in the Western Conference finals on Monday evening in Colorado. The Colorado Avalanche are now in desperation mode as they now have to win on Monday in order to stay alive and force a winner takes all game seven.

 

Lineups:

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

 

First Period Highlights:

 

Second Period Highlights:

 

Third Period Highlights:

 

Final Stats:  COL 1      SJ 2

Shots:             22           39

Hits:               22           18

Face Offs:   39.2%    60.8%

Power Play: 0/3         1/5

 

Next Up:

Game 6 Monday May 6th, 2019 @ 10:00pm

 

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May 4th, 2019 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, May 4th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

 

There were two contests yesterday in Stanley Cup playoff action.

 

 

CAROLINA 5, NY Islanders 2 (Carolina wins series 4-0)

 

Round 2 - CARNYI - Game 3 - 4-0 CAR

 

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders last night by the score of 5-2 and in doing so, the Hurricanes have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and now await the winner of the Columbus Blue Jackets v. Boston Bruins series.

 

 

TXHT has your recap of that contest at the following page, which you can find here or at page below.

 

 

Dallas 2, ST. LOUIS 1 (Dallas leads the series 3-2)

 

Round 2 - DALSTL - Game 5 -3-2 DAL

 

The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals after their 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues last night.

 

TXHT has your coverage of the contest between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues here or at the link posted below.

 

 

Game 6 of this series takes place tomorrow (May 5th) afternoon at 3 p.m., ET.

 

Today in Stanley Cup playoff action, there are two games taking place.

 

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Boston Bruins, with the series being tied at 2 games a piece.  The action starts at 7:15 p.m., ET.

 

 

In the other contest tonight, the Colorado Avalanche visit the San Jose Sharks with this series also being tied at 2 games a piece.

 

 

 

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Game Recap-Round 2-Game 4: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Game Recap:

The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche resume their best of seven series tonight in Game 4. San Jose took control in the series in game 3 as they won by a 4-2 score. The first. featured each team trading scoring chances primarily at even strength. Each team also did a great job of staying out of the penalty box as there were no power plays in first period. After the first period, the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks would be tied as the period ended scoreless.

In the second period, Colorado would get on the board first as Nathan MacKinnon would keep his amazing playoff scoring prowess going. After two periods, the Avalanche would take a 1-0 lead over the Sharks.

The Colorado Avalanche in the third period would hold on and finish off the victory as they would shut out the San Jose harks 3-0. The Avalanche would add goals from Colin Wilson and an empty netter from Erik Johnson. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves as his spectacular play in goal led his team to victory and the shutout. Colorado now evens the series 2-2 going into a pivotal game 5 on Saturday night in San Jose.

 

Lineups:

Colorado Avalanche

 

San Jose Sharks

 

First Period Highlights:

 

Second Period Highlights:

 

Third Period Highlights:

 

Final Stats:   COL-3    SJ-0

Shots:              28         32

Hits:                33         25

FaceOffs:     48.1%   51.9%

Power Play:   1/5       0/2

 

Next Up:

Game 5 Saturday May 4th, 2019 @ 10pm EST in San Jose

 

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Game Recap-Rnd. 2-Game 3: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Game Recap:

Line Ups:

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

 

First Period Highlights:

 

Second Period Highlights:

 

Third Period Highlights:

 

 

Final Stats:    COL 2   -   SJ 4

Shots:                 27           31

Hits:                   41           20

Face Offs:          28           28

Power Play:     0/4           0/4

 

Next Up:

Game 4 – San Jose Leads 2-1

Game Recap- Round 2 – Game 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Game Recap:

Tonight resumes play of this best of 7 series between the Colorado Avalanche & San Jose Sharks. The Sharks previously won game one on Friday night by a score of 5-2 to take an early 1-0 series lead. In the first. San Jose would get on the scoreboard first as Evander Kane would put in the rebound off a Brent Burns shot from the point in front of the net. That would be the only goal for the first period. San Jose Sharks will take a 1-0 lead after the first period.

In the second period, the Avalanche score twice to take the lead. The Avs first goal came off of a deflection by Gabriel Landeskog on a shot from the point by Tyson Barrie. Colorado’s second goal came from Tyson Barrie as he skated towards the right circle and blasted it past Sharks Goalie Martin Jones. At the end of two periods, the Colorado Avalanche would take a 2-1 leading going into the third period.

Colorado would add onto their lead in the third period. Matt Nieto added his third goal of the playoffs. Nieto put the puck in the back of the net on his backhand on a very gritty type of effort. However, San Jose would get back to within one goal as Brent Burns lifted the puck over Avalanche goalie Phillip Grubauer’s glove hand. The Avalanche would add an empty net goal by Nathan MacKinnon. Except, San Jose got back within one on a Power Play goal by Brent Burns with ten seconds left in the game. Unfortunately, it was too late for the Sharks to tie the game up. Colorado would go onto win 4-3. The Avalanche evened up the series with the Sharks at one game a piece going into game three.

Line Ups:

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

First Period Highlights:

Second Period Highlights:

Third Period Highlights:

Final Stats:

COL- 4    SJ-3

Shot:            32          32

Hits:             28          25

Face Offs:  48.4%   51.6%

Power Play: 0/2       1/3

Next Up:

Game 3: Tuesday April 30th, 2019 @ 10pm EST

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Game Recap-Round 2-Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

 

Tonight began Game 1 of the Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. Each team come off of recent emotional playoffs series victories in Round one over their respective opponents. In the first period the Colorado Avalanche got on the board first on a goal by Gabriel Bourque as he put in the rebound from a Cale Makar shot from the point. About a little over twelve minutes later, San Jose would tie the game on a Gustav Nyquist goal as he put in the loose puck in the back of the net. After the first period, the game would be tied 1-1.

Colorado would start off the scoring in the second period as Colin Wilson deflected in yet another goal on a set play pass from Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon on the Power Play. However, San Jose would go on to take over the rest of the game. San Jose would get goals from Joe Thornton, Kevin LeBlanc, Brett Burns, & would add an empty net goal in the third period by Timo Meier. San Jose would win Game 1 by a final score of 5-2 and take the early series advantage of 1-0. These two teams face off again Sunday night at 7:30 pm eastern standard time!

First Period Highlights:

 

Second Period Highlights:

 

Third Period Highlights:

 

Final Stats:  COL-2  SJ-5

Shots:              28       27

Hits:                28        26

Face Offs:      50%     50%

Power Play:  1/3       0/1

 

Next Up:

San Jose leads the series 1-0

*Game 2: Sunday April 28th, 2019 @ 7:30pm EST

 

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Playoff Preview-Round 2: Colorado Avalanche v.s San Jose Sharks

Tonight begins round 2 for the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks. Each team recently came off satisfying and emotional series wins over their respective opponents. Let’s see how each team got here.

 

COLORADO AVALANCHE:

 

The Avalanche are coming off a huge upset over former number one seeded Calgary Flames. Colorado won the series in five games over Calgary. The Avalanche won four straight after losing game 1 to win the series. The Avalanche defeated the Flames in Game 5 in a dominate fashion by winning 5-1. Stars of the series for the Avs featured Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, & especially goaltender Phillip Grubauer shined as his play in between the pipes carried them onto round 2.

 

SAN JOSE SHARKS:

 

The San Jose Sharks are coming off a long and emotional seven game series between them and the Vegas Golden Knights. The Sharks won the series in a very dramatic fashion. The Golden Knights has a 3-0 lead until a controversial 5 minute major cross checking was called against the Knight. San Jose would covert on the major penalty four times to take a 4-3 lead. However, Vegas ties the game with under a minute to go to force overtime in a game 7. The Sharks however won the series on a goal by Barclay Goodrow as he drove towards the net.

 

Prediction:

San Jose in 7 games: this series WILL go the distance and I envision another dramatic series win for the Sharks. Destiny seems to be on the side of the Sharks this postseason after many playoff failures past. Colorado will push the limits but, the playoff tested Sharks’ experience will shine as they advance to the Western Conference Finals.

 

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TXHT Announces 2nd Round Writers

TXHT is proud to announce the writers for the 2nd Round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Round1-CBJvs-preview

Steve Gardiner ( @gardskie11 ) will be the lead writer for the Boston Bruins v. Columbus Blue Jackets series. Steve will be backed up by Russell Hartman ( @russellhartman10 ).

 

Round 2 - CARNYI - Preview

Christopher Vasilas ( @shaggy901516 ) will be the lead writer for the Carolina Hurricanes v. New York Islanders series. Chris will be backed up by Michael Lindenbaum.

 

Round 2 - DALSTL - Preview

Aryan Weisenfeld ( @aew328123 ) will be the lead writer for the St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars series. Michael will also be the backup writer for this series.

 

Round1-COLvsSJ preview

Scott Fairchild ( @sfairchild92d98e75a8f0 ) will be the lead writer for the Colorado Avalanche v. San Jose Sharks series. Scott will be backed up by Dickson Kendrick ( @dkendrick4 ).

 

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TXHT Opinion – 2 or a 5? You Decide.

Last night in San Jose for Game 7 between the Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights, there was a moment in the third period where Sharks forward Joe Pavelski and Knights forward Cody Eakin would take the faceoff against each other in thr Knights zone.

 

During the faceoff Pavelski and Eakin would battle eachother for the puck that saw Eakin get the physical advantage over Pavelski as he would cross check Pavelski in the chest which would foce him to lose his balance. While losing his balance Pavelski would then get tangled with Knights forward Paul Stastny who would slam Pavelski onto the ice.

 

As Pavelski fell to the ice, he would hit his head on the ice and would require medical attention. As a result of this play Eakin would be assessed a five minute major for cross checking and a game misconduct. At the time of this play the Knights were up 3-0 and on their way to defeating the Sharks. On the five minute powerplay the Sharks would score four powerplay goals to guide them to their eventual victory.

 

Now with all of that said, I have to agree with the Golden Knights fans that the call on the play was excessive and that Eakin should have been assessed only a two minute minor for cross checking. Eakin never targeted the head, and the point of contact was Pavelski’s chest, which is where Eakin hit Pavelski with the cross check.

 

Now as for Stastny, one could argue for a roughing penalty to be called on the same play, but at the same time it looked like a wrong place, wrong time scenario for Stastny on this play. However, a roughing call would have been appropriate on this play.

 

One of the biggest takeaways is this. Out of all of this, the Golden Knights defeated themselves in Game 7. Instead of focusing on the game and killing off the five minute powerplay to the best of their abilities, they imploded over the penalty call. At the end of the day, that is what costed the Knights the game and ultimately the series.