Shawnna and I were at one of our Christmas parties when she got a call from Leanna saying that her boss had Sharks tickets for tonight's game that he wasn't going to use, so if we wanted them, we could have them. Shawnna didn't want to go, but I figured I could find someone to go, so we took them and that's how I ended up going to the game with Dan - Thanks Mike!
The first period wasn't particularly good for either team, but the Flames struck first when Andrew Ference flipped the puck to Matthew Lombardi who shot it past Nabokov to put the Flames up 1-0 with 2 minutes left in the first. The worst part about that for the Sharks was the fact that the Flames were shorthanded at the time - not a good way to finish a period.
The second period went much better for the Sharks as Marcel Goc scored the tying goal 7 minutes into the period and Milan Michalek followed that up with a power play goal 3 minutes later to put the Sharks up 2-1. The third period was more of the same for the Sharks as Mark Smith scored 3 minutes in to put the Sharks up 3-1. It stayed that way until Scott Hannon scored his first goal of the season into the empty net that Kiprusoff had vacated with 1 minute left to play to give Calgary an extra attacker. Obviously, that tactic didn't work and the Sharks won 4-1.
Despite giving up a shorthanded goal in the first period, the Sharks really had control of the game all the way through. They outshot Calgary 31-22, dominated in the faceoff circle (40-23) and were only called for one penalty compared with 6 for the Flames. All in all, it was a dominating victory, we sat in great seats (8 rows from the ice) and had a fabulous time. Thanks again Mike!
Score: W 4-1
1st Period
Flames - Matthew Lombardi(SH) (Andrew Ference, Kristian Huselius)
2nd Period
SJ - Marcel Goc (Curtis Brown, Mark Smith)
SJ - Milan Michalek(PP) (Matt Carle, Joe Thornton)
3rd Period
SJ - Mark Smith (Curtis Brown)
SJ - Scott Hannan(EN)
SJ SOG: 31
Flames SOG: 22
Winning Goalie: Evgeni Nabokov
Losing Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff
Tickets: Section 107 Row 8
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