I went to this game with Shawnna and it was the last game I bought tickets for at the beginning of the season. So, this could be the last game I attend this season unless something changes (anyone offering free tickets :-) Whenever one of the Original Six hockey teams comes to town, there are always plenty of fans that come out of the woodwork to attend the game and tonight was no exception. There were Red Wings jerseys peppered throughout the sea of teal to watch what turned out to be one of the most exciting games I have ever witnessed.
The game started out rough for the Sharks as the Red Wings took a 1-0 lead when Jiri Hudler scored 3 minutes in. Five minutes later, Tomas Holmstrom scored a power play goal to increase the lead 2-0. Less than 3 minutes after that, Jason Williams scored an unassisted, breakaway goal to put the Red Wings up 3-0. At that point, Evgeni Nabokov, who had given up 3 goals on 12 shots, was pulled and replaced with Vesa Toskala to try to shake things up. It seemed to work as the Sharks finally got a goal 3 minutes later when Josh Gorges scored his first goal in the NHL to close the lead 3-1.
The second period was much better for the Sharks as they kept their momentum going from the end of the first. Jonathan Cheechoo scored a power play goal 5 minutes in to make it a one goal game and Ryane Clowe scored just over 1 minute later to tie it up. The Sharks weren't done yet as Christian Ehrhoff scored at the 14 minute mark to give the Sharks the lead and Joe Pavelski added a power play goal 3 minutes later to pad the score 5-3.
Unbelievably, the Sharks still had more in them during the third period. Mike Grier started things off with a power play goal 6 minutes in to double-up Detroit's score 6-3. Patrick Marleau added his own power play goal 1:30 later to increase the lead 7-3. Mike Grier struck again 4 minutes later for his 2nd power play goal of the game and 4 minutes after that, Ryane Clowe scored on the power play for his second goal of the game which finished the Sharks run of 9 goals in a row. The Red Wings got a meaningless goal with under 2 minutes left to make the final score 9-4.
This game set several records. The Sharks set franchise records for the most power play goals (6) and longest one-game scoring rally (9). Also, Patrick Marleau became the all-time leading point scorer for the Sharks passing Owen Nolan. Personally, I have never witnessed so many goals scored in one game and the Sharks fans were more aggressive to the Red Wings fans than I have ever seen them be to any opposing team fans. When the Red Wings went up 3-0 in the first period, their fans were very vocal - standing and cheering at what seemed like the beginning of a rout. When the Sharks rallied back and started running up the score, the Sharks fans began chanting, "Go home Red Wings!" When Red Wings fans started to leave after the 7th, 8th and 9th goals, the Sharks fans cheered and heckled them very loudly - even the women. Moral of the story - no lead is safe and don't cheer too loudly if you're in the opposing team's building.
Score: W 9-4
1st Period
Red Wings - Jiri Hudler (Niklas Kronwall)
Red Wings - Tomas Holmstrom(PP) (Mathieu Schneider, Henrik Zetterberg)
Red Wings - Jason Williams (Unassisted)
SJ - Josh Gorges (Joe Thornton, Mike Grier)
2nd Period
SJ - Jonathan Cheechoo(PP) (Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)
SJ - Ryane Clowe (Marcel Goc, Curtis Brown)
SJ - Christian Ehrhoff (Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau)
SJ - Joe Pavelski(PP) (Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek)
3rd Period
SJ - Mike Grier(PP) (Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton)
SJ - Patrick Marleau(PP) (Joe Thornton, Christian Ehrhoff)
SJ - Mike Grier(PP) (Patrick Marleau, Scott Hannan)
SJ - Ryane Clowe(PP) (Doug Murray, Patrick Rissmiller)
Red Wings - Brett Lebda (Johan Franzen, Kris Draper)
SJ SOG: 31
Red Wings SOG: 30
Winning Goalie: Vesa Toskala
Losing Goalie: Dominik Hasek
Tickets: Section 220 Row 4
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