For this game, Shawnna and I went with Dan and his friend, Ryan. We ate dinner at the Spaghetti Factory in San Pedro Square prior to the game, then walked to The Tank for some fun with 17,492 other people.
The Sharks came out ready to go and it looked like a continuation of the home opener. Less than 3 minutes into the game, the Sharks scored and 8 minutes after that, they scored again. However, the shutout wouldn't last long as the Blackhawks scored 17 minutes into the 1st period.
The second period was more of the same with the Sharks and Blackhawks each scoring twice. The third period went scoreless. So, just like the home opener, the Sharks scored twice in each of the first two periods and didn't score in the third. However, unlike the home opener, the Sharks actually looked good in the third and fired off 15 of their 44 shots in that period.
Overall, the Sharks looked good pretty much from start to finish and played even better than they did during the home opener. The reason that this score was closer is that the Blackhawks are a better team than the Blue Jackets and Craig Anderson had a great game in net (stopping 40 of 44 shots). If it wasn't for Anderson, the score would have been a lot more lopsided. If they keep it up, this could be a very good year for the Sharks.
Score: W 4-3
1st Period
SJ - Marco Sturm (Milan Michalek, Patrick Marleau)
SJ - Jonathan Cheechoo (Wayne Primeau, Mark Smith)
Chi - Jason Morgan (Mark Bell, Mikael Holmqvist)
2nd Period
Chi - Matthew Barnaby (Jim Dowd, Matt Ellison)
SJ - Patrick Marleau(PP) (Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart)
SJ - Patrick Marleau(PP) (Niko Dimitrakos, Brad Stuart)
Chi - Matt Ellison (Jim Dowd, Jassen Cullimore)
3rd Period
None
SJ SOG: 44
Chi SOG: 27
Winning Goalie: Evgeni Nabokov
Losing Goalie: Craig Anderson
Tickets: Section 222 Row 6
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Hope the the Sharks can take the division again and go further this time. Looking pretty good most of the time. That one game against Columbus was a surprise, though.
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