Sharks on the brink after 3-0 loss
An impressive performance by the defending champions puts the Sharks on the brink of elimination heading into Sunday's Game 6 in San Jose.
| Final - 5.23.2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
An impressive performance by the defending champions puts the Sharks on the brink of elimination heading into Sunday's Game 6 in San Jose.
Jonathan Quick held down the fort in the third and the Kings beat the Sharks 3-0 to take a 3-2 series lead.
The Kings kept the pressure on in the 2nd period and finally beat Antti Niemi.
The Kings got physical in the first period, but neither team was able to score.
The Los Angeles-San Jose playoff series has largely lived up to expectations. Unfortunately, the tightly played, contentious series has been taken over by some annoying talking points.
It's a brand-new series, in the sense that it's actually the same series but with fewer games remaining. At any rate, San Jose looks to take a crucial Game 5 tonight in L.A. to put themselves on the verge of victory.
The Sharks are heading back to LA for game 5. I hope they like the smell of urine!
Canucks Player Autopsy: Jannik Hansen
A look at the numbers behind the Sharks' 2-1 win over Los Angeles in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals.
Joe Thornton has taken over for the Sharks, leading them back to Los Angeles with a 2-2 series tie and all the momentum.
| January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Calgary Flames | Sunday, January 20 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Edmonton Oilers | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | win 6 - 3 | coverage |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Thursday, January 24 2013 | win 5 - 3 | coverage |
| Colorado Avalanche | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 4 - 0 | coverage |
| Vancouver Canucks | Sunday, January 27 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| Anaheim Ducks | Tuesday, January 29 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Edmonton Oilers | Thursday, January 31 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Nashville Predators | Saturday, February 02 2013 | SO loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Anaheim Ducks | Monday, February 04 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Tuesday, February 05 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Saturday, February 09 2013 | SO loss 0 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Columbus Blue Jackets | Monday, February 11 2013 | loss 2 - 6 | coverage |
| @ Nashville Predators | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | OT loss 0 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Chicago Blackhawks | Friday, February 15 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| @ St. Louis Blues | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Chicago Blackhawks | Friday, February 22 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Dallas Stars | Saturday, February 23 2013 | loss 1 - 3 | coverage |
| Colorado Avalanche | Tuesday, February 26 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Detroit Red Wings | Thursday, February 28 2013 | SO loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| March | |||
| Nashville Predators | Saturday, March 02 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Vancouver Canucks | Tuesday, March 05 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Calgary Flames | Wednesday, March 06 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| St. Louis Blues | Saturday, March 09 2013 | OT loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Colorado Avalanche | Sunday, March 10 2013 | OT loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ St. Louis Blues | Tuesday, March 12 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Kings | Thursday, March 14 2013 | win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Saturday, March 16 2013 | loss 2 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Anaheim Ducks | Monday, March 18 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Edmonton Oilers | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | SO win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Minnesota Wild | Saturday, March 23 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Anaheim Ducks | Monday, March 25 2013 | win 5 - 3 | coverage |
| Anaheim Ducks | Wednesday, March 27 2013 | win 4 - 0 | coverage |
| Detroit Red Wings | Thursday, March 28 2013 | win 2 - 0 | coverage |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Saturday, March 30 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| April | |||
| Vancouver Canucks | Monday, April 01 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Minnesota Wild | Wednesday, April 03 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| Calgary Flames | Friday, April 05 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| Dallas Stars | Sunday, April 07 2013 | SO loss 4 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Columbus Blue Jackets | Tuesday, April 09 2013 | loss 0 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Detroit Red Wings | Thursday, April 11 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Dallas Stars | Saturday, April 13 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Phoenix Coyotes | Monday, April 15 2013 | win 4 - 0 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Kings | Tuesday, April 16 2013 | SO win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Minnesota Wild | Thursday, April 18 2013 | win 6 - 1 | coverage |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | Sunday, April 21 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| Dallas Stars | Tuesday, April 23 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Phoenix Coyotes | Wednesday, April 24 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Saturday, April 27 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| May | |||
| @ Vancouver Canucks | Wednesday, May 01 2013 | win 3 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Vancouver Canucks | Friday, May 03 2013 | OT win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Vancouver Canucks | Sunday, May 05 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| Vancouver Canucks | Tuesday, May 07 2013 | OT win 4 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Vancouver Canucks | Thursday, May 09 2013 | 10:00 PM EDT | coverage |
| Vancouver Canucks | Saturday, May 11 2013 | TBA | coverage |
| @ Vancouver Canucks | Monday, May 13 2013 | TBA | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Tuesday, May 14 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Thursday, May 16 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Kings | Saturday, May 18 2013 | OT win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Kings | Tuesday, May 21 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Thursday, May 23 2013 | loss 0 - 3 | coverage |
| Los Angeles Kings | Sunday, May 26 2013 | TBA | coverage |
| @ Los Angeles Kings | Tuesday, May 28 2013 | TBA | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H |
|---|
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | ||
| Logan Couture | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 151 | ||
| Patrick Marleau | 48 | 17 | 14 | 31 | -2 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 150 | ||
| Joe Pavelski | 48 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 130 | ||
| Brent Burns | 30 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | ||
| Dan Boyle | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 97 | ||
| Martin Havlat | 40 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | ||
| Raffi Torres | 39 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Scott Gomez | 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | ||
| T.J. Galiardi | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | ||
| Tommy Wingels | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | ||
| Matt Irwin | 38 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | ||
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | ||
| Justin Braun | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Brad Stuart | 48 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||
| James Sheppard | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | ||
| Andrew Desjardins | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Jason Demers | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Adam Burish | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | ||
| Tim Kennedy | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Matt Tennyson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Antti Niemi | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Hannan | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Thomas Greiss | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Pelech | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Petrecki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Stalock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bracken Kearns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP | MIN | W | L | EGA | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antti Niemi | 43 | 2581 | 24 | 12 | 93 | 2.16 | 1220 | 1127 | .924 | 4 | |
| Thomas Greiss | 6 | 308 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 2.53 | 153 | 140 | .915 | 1 | |
| Alex Stalock | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.86 | 13 | 11 | .846 | 0 |