Yes.

Tighten up the d and watch the turn overs and things’ll actually be looking better. And something already sweet will get even more awesome.

I even mentioned much of it during the game to my friends. Especially Clowe’s performance when (most of the time pavs) got booted. Especially his last faceoff in our zone on the pk.

As far as the puck side forward collapsing early, I disagree. IMO if you rush that guy he’s left with few good options. Vlasic pulled up way early in chasing the puck to our defensive blueline, giving a duck defenseman (whoever it was) room and speed that he used to go far side on Nabby for their third goal.

I love and hate disagreeing with you Plank. It’s certainly not a battle I’m likely to win often.

good stuff indeed

killed us. We need to clean that up but going up the boards all the time like you said plank slows down our breakout. We just need to be smarter when going through the middle. snapping passes to the slot while on your buttocks doesn’t sound smart to me AhempavsAhem. Every giveaway we had seemed to end up in chances if not goals.. but we played real well tonight. Mitchell in his sub 7 minutes of playing time was on fire. loved it and loved the win.

Does anyone have any tranquilizers?

The ducks really know how to punish your mistakes! Those other two goals that Nabby didnt score were the kinds of goals we need to score.

But they still look like they lack a captain at the wheel. Boyle, however, played that role when he was on the ice. The Sharks played so much calmer on and off the puck in the beginning of the season. As Plank mentioned, they looked like a Ron Wilson coached team with nerves when playing the puck. So many time they had at least another second, but instead played hot-potato. Overall, they looked like a very raw version of the Sharks in the 1st half – but they still overwhelmed the Ducks when that raw energy clicked.

A win’s a win and the Sharks play much better with some confidence. Let’s get game 4 and makes this a 3-game series. Go Sharks go!

Interesting viewpoint from the 15 year old daughter…….I went into her room in the 3rd Period and said “so, what do you think tonight”? And her one and only response was “they’re moving their feet tonight, and they look WAYYYYY better because of it”…..

I’m proud to call her my daughter………

GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!

My take -

Positives:
Mitchell! Nuff said. He had a good game – speedy on forechecks and what not. Seeing him on the PK soon?

Man, brilliant game by Boyle. He was everywhere. Maybe bringing some of that Tampa Bay down 2-0 only to win 4 straight and take the series mojo over here.

Blake’s also continued the shots from the point, which has worked well. It worked pretty darn well game 2, and worked again game 3.

PP finally clicked. I think first period PP goal was the first one where I saw MAJOR zone control by the Sharks all series long. And Marleau with the game winner! Marleau had a really solid game today.

Nabby was huge in the third. You could actually see him pick up his game at points in the second, where the defense let him down, and he just shut down Marchant, Miller, Niedermayer and what not. Pronger’s goal was off the bad turnover, so I can’t really blame Nabby for that.

Murray’s a monster. Ivy league fight’s kinda hilarious.

Negatives:
Big Joe seemed to be completely missing. While in the zone, he was passing much more to Anaheim players, rather than looking for the easier outlet pass to get the point shot, which was really working. He was cutting through the middle of the zone, rather than the crease where players were at, or to the near point. Two giveaways on the statsheet. Course, that’s what a playmaker’s supposed to do, pass, but he’s kinda lost his touch this last few games?

Pavs turnover was kinda sad. He was falling all over the ice today, either that or caught out of position going after a hit or something. Clowe’s there for backup along the boards though, I don’t think he’s lost a puck battle along the boards yet.

I keep hearing Mike Brown’s and Francois Beauchemin’s names come up either defensively or offensively. Beauchemin with 3 blocked shots tonight. Brown’s name just keeps coming up, even with his limited minutes.

Summary:
Maybe I should stay away from FTF, I think I’m the bad luck.
I’m 0-2 in playoff games on FTF, I believe 6-14 all time when I’m on. Too tired to check my stats when I’m not on FTF since my join date.
I’ll test this theory again Thursday. Sacrifice for the greater good.

The first and second goals were the kinds of goals i’m sure he’d like to have back. That 3rd goal was an unstoppable shot off a very bad turnover by Pavelski. But as said above, when the game was on the line, he made some solid stops. I see his performance only getting better from here on out.

Dan Boyle was the two headed monster on offense and defense. And way to draw the hooking penalty on Perry in the defensive zone that lead to Marleau GW. Blake and Vlasic great games as well.

I’m okay with Ehrhoff playing fewer minutes. He looked like he was having trouble containing Anaheims speed at times.

I saw things differently with the last 8 minutes of the game after Marleau’s GW. Sharks changed the game plan up. Purposefully clogged up the neutral zone (I thought successfully). Lots of active sticks breaking up passes. Nothing too fancy. When the Sharks got it to the red line, they dumped it and changed lines. It worked beautifully. Anaheim didn’t get very many chances at the Marleau GW, and the shots on goal were smothered by Nabby.

Guys who still need to get going: Michalek, Pavelski, Seto. I thought Thornton had his best game yet of the series, but he still looks a bit off.

Doug Murray is all that is right with the hockey world.

I was sooo pumped to see Torrey Mitchell flying out on the ice. I forget how much the Sharks miss him on the PK and 3rd line.

Sharks made better shot selection on Hiller. I wouldn’t say we’ve completely figured out Hiller, but we’ve taken the first big step which is to remove this notion that he is somehow the second-coming of Patrick Roy.

Scott Nieds had an awful game. I don’t expect two in a row, so the Sharks need to tighten up and prevent those turnovers and giveaways.

Bobby Ryan is going to be scary good in 2-3 years. But Big Joe got under his skin tonight, and Ryan’s playoff inexperience showed emphatically in the 3rd period. If we can continue to get under his skin, we can render him very ineffective for the rest of the series.

Glad to see so many Sharks fans in Anaheim. Too bad the building still had empty seats for a playoff game.

All in all. A very exciting hockey game. Great to see the Sharks win. Let’s carry the momentum to even the series on Thursday. We can do it!

my red wing fan created an account, which explains what happened in the thread last night. don’t worry, i’ll give him shit at school today

Best they have looked in two months. That was the best playoff game I’ve seen so far. I think I’m going to order a Boyle jersey today!

GO SHARKS!