San Jose Sharks Lose Game Three in Denver to the Avalanche

April 20th, 2010 by Jimmy Bradshaw Leave a reply »
The San Jose Sharks adjourn to postseason play and for the past number of seasons promptly dig a hole that they cannot climb out. Sunday evening's match with the Colorado Avalanche played out a sad scenario that Sharks fans have witnessed too often of late. The final score was Colorado winning 1-0 in O.T.

Despite dominating the regulation three stanzas and holding the 'Lanche to three shots in each of the second and third periods, the Sharks still found themselves embroiled in a scoreless affair as the overtime period began.

San Jose outshot Colorado 50-16 prior to overtime and 42-7 during the dominance that was periods two and three.

As the extra period got underway, the Avalanche dumped the puck into the Sharks' zone and onto the stick of veteran San Jose defenseman, Dan Boyle. Boyle, sitting in the left corner, and with ample time, promptly backhanded an errant pass that surprised Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, sneaking past the him on the short side for a stunning Avalanche win at the .51 second mark of overtime.

The bizarre finish forges a 2-1 series lead for Colorado with game four scheduled in Denver tonight, Tuesday.
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