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LAS VEGAS (AP) Two days after opening the second round with their worst game of the playoffs John Hayden Jersey , the San Jose Sharks responded with a gritty performance.Logan Coutures second goal of the game, on the power play at 5:13 of the second overtime, lifted the Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night, tying their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.Moments after Vegas Jon Merrill was called for hooking, Couture found the back of the net to give the Sharks their first win inside T Mobile Arena this season.I thought we were better everywhere, Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. We were tighter, our team game was better, we were better in every situation, and I knew we would be.San Jose rallied from two goals down in the second period to take the lead, before Vegas tied it in the third.We were down by two, but our game was good, DeBoer said. Like I said going in, as long as our game is good even if we lost tonight I think weve always taken the approach that if we play our game, at the end of the day good things happen. We stuck with it and even when they scored the second goal I really liked how we were playing.Vegas lost for the first time in the playoffs after winning their first five games by a 14-3 margin Authentic Jonathan Toews Jersey , including a 7-0 victory in Game 1.The Golden Knights thought they won this one in the first overtime when Jonathan Marchessaults backhand sailed past Martin Jones with 3:02 left, but officials ruled there was goaltender interference when Marchessault ran into Jones blocker and spun him around before his shot.Per the NHL: After reviewing all available replays and consulting with the Referee, the Situation Room determined that contact between Vegas Jonathan Marchessault and Jones prevented him from his job, in accordance with Rule 78.7.Brent Burns also scored two goals and Jones stopped 26 shots for San Jose, which was playing without suspended forward Evander Kane.We fixed some things and it was a better team game, Burns said. Its just one game, obviously we had to win it, but its one game.William Karlsson scored twice for Vegas, while Nate Schmidt got his first of the postseason to tie the score at 3-3 with 6 1/2 minutes left in the third period. Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 43 saves.Game 3 is Monday night at San Jose.We competed harder all over the ice, Couture said. We were harder on pucks, we won more battles. I think when youre creating offensive chances and youre forcing other teams to play defensive hockey, thats when penalties happen. They get tired and you wear them down.Unlike the first game of this series, which saw the Golden Knights become the third NHL franchise to score at least seven goals in a playoff game during its inaugural season, Game 2 was much more physical Blake Comeau Jersey Womens , something that seemingly took Vegas out of its rhythm in the second period.In Game 1, Vegas blocked 26 shots, to the Sharks 13, but San Jose held a 36-26 edge in Game 2. And after being whistled for 10 penalties in first series-opener, as opposed to Vegas five, the Golden Knights found themselves in the box more than San Jose, 11-6.I wasnt too happy with a lot of it to be honest with you, Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. I think we had one penalty and they had seven, so I wasnt too happy. They better be ready (for Game 3) because we didnt show up for 45 minutes tonight. We played a great game the other night and competed and battled. Tonight, whether we thought it was going to be easy or what we thought I dont know, but we didnt show up to play our game.The Golden Knights got on the board late in the first period when Karlsson took a rebound off the end boards and found the back of the net from a tight angle. He notched his second goal when he took advantage of a turnover and beat Jones from the circle to put Vegas up 2-0 just 26 seconds into the second.Burns brought an end to the Sharks 82-minute scoring drought when he picked up the puck off the draw and blasted a slap shot from the point to cut Vegas lead in half.Couture tied the game at 2 with a goal that conceivably could have been avoided. After blocking a shot by Dylan Demelo, Fleury pushed the puck to Deryk Engelland behind the net, rather than covering it up. Tomas Hertl got ahold of it and fed Couture, who one-timed in with just under nine minutes left in the second.Three minutes later Patrick Kane Jersey , Burns gave San Jose a 3-2 lead after he snagged the puck off a faceoff, circled the back of the net and tucked it in on a wraparound.NOTES: Burns second-period goal ended Fleurys scoreless streak of 143:51, dating back to Game 3 of the opening round versus Los Angeles. Vegas surpassed its season-high 13 penalties in minutes with 22 PIM. The 18,671 in attendance was a new team record at T Mobile Arena. Kane was suspended Friday because of a cross-check to the head of Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in Game 1. It was the second straight series the Golden Knights went into double overtime in Game 2, with their opponent missing a key player due to suspension. Los Angeles was missing Drew Doughty in the opening round. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) For years, the San Jose Sharks seemed to have all the ingredients necessary to win a Stanley Cup. With the possible exception of a goaltender who could steal a game when the rest of the team wasnt in top form.Martin Jones has been just that kind of goalie since coming to San Jose three years ago. He helped the Sharks make it to the Stanley Cup Final in 2016; was their best player in a first-round loss to Edmonton a year ago; and played at an elite level once again during a first-round sweep against Anaheim this month.Hes just calm. Nothing really rattles him, captain Joe Pavelski said. This time of the season that goes such a long ways. You know youre going to face a little adversity, you know youre going to maybe have it in your own end at times and you need some saves and hes always been there. Nothings really fazed him. As a team playing in front of a goalie like that, it gives you a lot of confidence.Few goalies have ever been better in the postseason than Jones, who has a 1.90 goals against average and .931 save percentage in 36 playoff contests heading into a second-round meeting against Vegas.Jones has the lowest goals against average of any active goalie with at least 20 postseason games and ranks third all-time in playoff percentage, trailing only Braden Holtby (.932) and Tim Thomas (.933).Having that rock on the back end provides comfort for the rest of the team, knowing Jones has the ability to erase any mistakes they make and will keep the Sharks in the game.Its not just the saves, its the timing of the saves http://www.officialavalanche.com/authentic-adidas-alexander-kerfoot-jersey , coach Peter DeBoer said. When you make saves at key times or the right times of the game you have that confidence as a group to try to make more plays or take a chance here or there to score a goal, because you know if its the wrong decision that a lot of nights he has those guys back.Jones has been outstanding ever since joining the Sharks three years ago after beginning his career as Jonathan Quicks backup in Los Angeles. The Kings traded him to Boston in June 2015 only to watch the Bruins almost immediately deal him to the rival Sharks for Sean Kuraly and a first-round draft pick.The move paid off immediately as Jones quickly proved he had what it took to be a No. 1 goalie in the regular season and even better on the bigger stage of the playoffs.He anchored the team on a run to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago and was far and away San Joses top player in a six-game loss to Pittsburgh. He was outstanding again last year in a first-round loss to Edmonton and has been even better this year.He earned a shutout in Game 1 against the Ducks, set a franchise playoff record with 45 regulation saves in Game 3, and helped seal the clincher with several point-blank stops against Corey Perry to protect a one-goal lead. He stopped 128 of 132 shots for a .970 save percentage in the series.Hes an all-star, Couture said. Hes a top goalie in the league, and I think thats known now. Hes been great since hes been a San Jose Shark.The understated Jones said he doesnt concern himself with where he ranks among top goaltenders or who is in the opposing net, even if its a player as talented as Vegas Marc-Andre Fleury, who stopped 127 of 130 shots in a first-round sweep against the Kings.Jones said he has plenty to worry about with the skaters on the Golden Knights.Theyre a fast team. They come at you with all four lines, they forecheck hard, he said. Theyre a tenacious hard-working team. We have to make sure were prepared properly and ready to go for the start of Game 1. They dont give you any room to breathe really. They come at you hard.STATWATCHJones career .931 save percentage is third best ever among goalies with at least 20 playoff games. He has allowed more than three goals in regulation just twice in 34 playoff starts.BIGGEST MOMENTJones thrived on the big stage of the Stanley Cup Final two years ago against Pittsburgh when he was probably San Joses best player. Jones had a .932 save percentage for the series and had 44 saves in a 4-2 win in Game 5 that kept the Sharks alive.SOMETHING TO WATCH FORJones wasnt at his best against Vegas this season, with a 3.32 goals against average and .899 save percentage. He was knocked out early in the second period of the first meeting after allowing three goals on 14 shots, and lost two other times. Jones did stop 24 of 25 shots in a 2-1 home win last month against the Golden Knights. |
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