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San Jose 2 2 0--4
Ottawa 2 3 3--8
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Ottawa, Yashin 29 (Mceachern, Alfredsson),
1:08. 2, San Jose, Nolan 19 (unassisted), 5:58. 3, Ottawa, Fisher 4
(Havlat, Zamuner), 9:08. 4, San Jose, Harvey 8 (Matteau), 10:12.
Penalties: B Marchment, S.J. (interference), 10:36; B Stuart, S.J.
(holding), 17:25; Hannan, S.J. (cross checking), 19:31.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 5, Ottawa, Alfredsson 17 (power play) (Redden,
Rachunek), 0:27. 6, San Jose, Matteau 11 (Harvey, P Marleau), 2:00. 7,
Ottawa, Alfredsson 18 (Yashin), 2:34. 8, Ottawa, Mceachern 23 (Redden,
Havlat), 8:05. 9, San Jose, Nolan 20 (power play) (J Friesen, P Marleau),
9:58. Penalties: Persson, Ott (holding), 8:48; Yashin, Ott (hooking),
11:38; J Friesen, S.J. (roughing), 15:14; Havlat, Ott (roughing), 15:14;
Zamuner, Ott (holding stick), 17:32.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 10, Ottawa, Alfredsson 19 (power play) (Yashin,
Rachunek), 1:47. 11, Ottawa, Bonk 19 (Roy, Hossa), 12:51. 12, Ottawa,
Hossa 26 (Bonk, Roy), 19:28. Penalties: G Suter, S.J. (interference),
0:12; Harvey, S.J. (high sticking), 4:12.
Shots on goal:
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San Jose 5 12 5--22
Ottawa 15 13 11--39
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Power-play Conversions: San - 1 of 3, Ott - 2 of 5. Goalies: San Jose,
Nabokov (16 shots, 13 saves), Shields (0:27 of 2nd period, 23, 18; record:
6-8-5). Ottawa, Lalime (22, 18; record: 27-15-4). A:18,146. Referees:
Angus, Jackson. Linesmen: Henderson, Morin.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
San Jose Ottawa
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
B Marchment 0 0 even 1 Alfredsson 3 1 +1 7
B Stuart 0 0 -4 2 Arvedson 0 0 -2 2
G Suter 0 0 -3 3 Bonk 1 1 even 2
Granato 0 0 -1 2 Dackell 0 0 even 0
Hannan 0 0 -1 0 Fisher 1 0 +1 2
Harvey 1 1 +2 1 Havlat 0 2 +2 2
J Friesen 0 1 -3 0 Hnidy 0 0 even 1
Korolyuk 0 0 -1 2 Hossa 1 1 even 5
M Sturm 0 0 -2 3 Mceachern 1 1 +2 6
Matteau 1 1 +2 1 Persson 0 0 even 2
Montgomery 0 0 even 1 Phillips 0 0 +1 1
Nolan 2 0 -3 4 Rachunek 0 2 +2 1
P Marleau 0 2 even 0 Redden 0 2 +2 1
Ragnarsson 0 0 +1 0 Roy 0 2 +2 1
Rathje 0 0 +1 0 White 0 0 even 1
Ricci 0 0 -1 0 Yashin 1 2 +2 2
Sundstrom 0 0 -1 1 York 0 0 +1 3
Thornton 0 0 -1 1 Zamuner 0 1 +1 0
Dollas Healthy Lacroix Healthy
Heins Healthy Rivers Healthy
Bradley Healthy Emmons Ankle Injury
Game Story
OTTAWA (Ticker) -- Owen Nolan's return didn't help the
struggling San Jose Sharks.
With their captain returning from an 11-game suspension, the
Sharks had their worst defensive showing of the season as Daniel
Alfredsson recorded a hat trick to lead the Ottawa Senators to
an 8-4 victory.
Nolan, the Sharks' best offensive player with Vincent Damphousse
sidelined for the remainder of the regular season with a
dislocated left shoulder, was playing for the first time since
February 1. He received his lengthy suspension for throwing a
punch to the head of Grant Marshall of Dallas.
Nolan made his presence felt in his return, collecting a pair of
goals. But it was not nearly enough to help the Sharks.
"Sure it's nice to be back but that was a bad performance by our
team," Nolan said.
Alfredsson scored twice in the second period and early in the
third, giving the Senators a 6-4 advantage. It was his third
career hat trick and first since the 1998 playoffs against New
Jersey.
"Its great to have a game like that, both for the team and
myself," Alfredsson said. "It doesn't happen very often but
sometimes things just click and you can do no wrong."
Alexei Yashin added a goal and two assists for the Senators, who
have won eight of their last 10 games and remained four points
in front of Philadelphia for first place in the Eastern
Conference.
"This is a good win for us against a good team," Yashin said.
"They may have been a little tired but we played one of our
better games offensively."
"For a while it looked like last goal wins," Ottawa coach
Jacques Martin said. "But we stuck with our gameplan and there
were some positive signs for us, especially the fact that we got
production from different people."
San Jose goaltender Evegni Nabokov, the leading contender for
the Calder Trophy, given to the league's top rookie, endured his
second straight rough outing.
Nabokov allowed three goals on 16 shots before being pulled
early in the second period in favor of Steve Shields. He
allowed all seven goals in Monday's defeat at St. Louis.
Stephane Matteau had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who
suffered their fifth straight road loss. Despite the slump, San
Jose still leads second-place Dallas by one point in the Pacific
Division.
Entering the contest having allowed a league-low 139 goals, the
Sharks struggled from the outset. Yashin scored his 29th goal
of the season just 68 seconds into the contest to give the
Senators the early lead.
Nolan scored his 19th goal of the season at 5:58 of the period
before Mike Fisher tallied his fourth less than four minutes
later, giving Ottawa a 2-1 lead.
Todd Harvey capped the period with his eighth goal with 9:48
left in the period to tie it.
As wild as the first period was, the middle period was even
wilder, with the teams combining for five goals in the first
9:58.
Alfredsson got things started for the Senators on the power play
just 27 seconds in, beating Nabokov with a one-timer from the
right faceoff circle for his 17th goal of the season.
Off a scramble in front of the net, Matteau poked the puck past
Patrick Lalime with 18 minutes left in the period, tying the
contest at 3-3.
Just 34 seconds later, Alfredsson gave the Senators the lead for
good, tapping home the puck off a beautiful pass from Yashin.
Shawn McEachern scored his 23rd goal of the season with 11:55
left in the period, beating Shields with a wrist shot to make it
5-3. Nolan halved the deficit with a power-play goal with 10:02
left in the period.
Alfredsson completed his hat trick by scoring on the power play
1:47 into the third, extending the Sharks' lead to 6-4.
Radek Bonk tallied his 19th goal of the season at 12:51, and
Marian Hossa his 26th with 32 seconds left to cap the scoring.
"Obviously I'm disappointed we weren't able to get the win but
I'm very impressed with that Ottawa team," Sharks coach Darryl
Sutter said. "Maybe they had a good night tonight but they can
throw four good lines at you."