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SHARKS 3, Lightning 3
Cloutier preserves Sharks point
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Owen Nolan scored twice Monday night and Dan Cloutier made four saves in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-3 tie with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The two goals gave Nolan 20 on the season, and moved him into a first-place tie with Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr. Vincent Damphousse had San Jose's other goal.
Darcy Tucker, Mike Sillinger, and Robert Petrovicky scored for the Lightning.
Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead at 13:18 of the first period. Andrei Zyuzin dumped the puck into the corner where Chris Gratton picked it up and skated behind the net. Gratton passed it out to the top of the crease for Tucker, who caught San Jose defenseman Mike Ricci out of position and slapped it past Steve Shields. It was his sixth goal of the season and the 100th point of his career.
The Sharks tied it less than two minutes later. Jeff Friesen carried the puck down the middle and drew the defense before passing it to a wide open Nolan, who fired it past Cloutier from the right circle.
Sillinger scored his seventh goal to give the Lightning a 2-1 lead with 3:55 remaining in the opening period. Dan Kesa won the puck along the right side and tapped it forward for Sillinger, who skated to the net and beat the defense and Shields.
Tampa Bay extended its lead at 2:27 of the second period. Pavel Torgaev won the puck in the corner, giving it to Stephen Guolla, who skated behind the net, then passed across the crease to Petrovicky, who slapped it past Shields.
Nolan scored his second goal of the game from the top of the right circle at 14:25 of the second period.
Damphousse, who has 43 points in 44 career games with the Sharks, scored the game-tying goal from the top of the crease after Nolan centered the puck out of a crowd 1:20 later.
Both goalies made diving saves within seconds of each other with just over six minutes to play in regulation. Shields stopped one shot, but it bounced free and Petr Svoboda had a clear shot at the net. Shields was able to sprawl backwards to stop the shot.
San Jose countered at the other end as Friesen found himself one-on-one with Cloutier, who managed to dive to his right to save it.
Summary
NHL FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
TAMPA BAY 2 1 0 0 3
SAN JOSE 1 2 0 0 3 FINAL IN OT
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: TAM - DARCY TUCKER 6 (CHRIS GRATTON, ANDREI ZYUZIN) 13:18
SAN - OWEN NOLAN 19 (RON SUTTER) 14:49
TAM - MIKE SILLINGER 7 (PAVEL KUBINA, PETR SVOBODA) 16:05
2ND PRD: TAM - ROBERT PETROVICKY 4 (STEVE GUOLLA, PAVEL TORGAEV) 2:27
SAN - OWEN NOLAN 20 (VINCENT DAMPHOUSSE) 14:25
SAN - VINCENT DAMPHOUSSE 10 (OWEN NOLAN, JEFF FRIESEN) 15:45
3RD PRD: NONE
OT: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: TAM - 0 OF 4, SAN - 0 OF 8.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
TAM 9 8 7 3 27
SAN 8 11 8 4 31
GOALIES: TAM - DAN CLOUTIER
SAN - STEVE SHIELDS
OFFICIALS: REF - DEGRACE, GREGSON
LIN - CVIK, KNOX
ATT: 16,103
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