Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Sharks Down Three to Dallas


In the first round, the Dallas Stars lost big at home after taking both games in Anaheim from the Ducks, but they corrected their mistake against the Sharks here in the second round. Game 3 was not going to be a blow out for the Sharks and the Stars played this one close to the vest.

In the end, the game only needed four and a half minutes of overtime before Mattias Norstrom (non-pool) knocked it past Evgeni Nabokov (Box 24). The Stars defenseman stole a bonus point away from the pool, but gave his club a massive 3-0 series lead over the second ranked Sharks (playing like a second-rate Sharks team) and Game 4 goes Thursday night in Dallas. Both Mike Ribeiro (Box 1) and Marty Turco (Box 12) finished as the big gainers from the game last night. Ribeiro picked up a pair of helpers in the game, while Turco took the win. Brad Richards (Box 4) also picked up his 5th point in the series with an assist.

In the losing cause, the Sharks tried to shake the line-up a little in order to get some guys going. Matt Carle (Box 11) was the odd man out of the line-up for the Sharks, as he was a healthy scratch. His spot was taken by Alexei Semenov (non-pool), who was a +1 in the game.

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