Catching up with last week's games

Unfortunately, my internet connection went down last Tuesday (Oct 13th), and I had limited access until today. Here's some highlights of the last two games.

The Sharks opened their 6 game road trip in Washington to face the Capitals, featuring Alexander Ovechkin. The first period was pretty even, but wide open with lots of shots. Alexander Semin opened the scoring with a 5 on 3 goal, but Benn Ferriero answered off a nice give and go to make it 1-1 at the first intermission. Ovechkin broke the game open with 2 goals 28 seconds apart. His first came on a 2 on 2 that Kent Huskins improperly defended. He ended up switching lanes to go with the puck carrier, leaving Ovechkin all alone. That said, Mike Knuble made a nice saucer pass to get the puck to Ovechkin. It was one of those short saucer passes that are hard to make. On Ovechkin's second goal, he got caught up to, but kept position on his check to be able to score.

For the second game of the trip, despite it being against the Islanders, they stayed in Manhattan. Again, they got off to a slow start, spotting the Islanders the first goal on the power play. In our first look at John Tavares, he assisted on the goal, but that was all she wrote. In the second period, the Sharks play picked up, and they took the game over. Patrick Marleau evened the score, then Long Island native Ryan Vesce got his first career NHL goal to take the lead. While growing up, Vesce was a fan of the Rangers though, so he might have really liked scoring on the Islanders. Joe Thornton put the game away in the first minute of the third with a goal to make it 3-1. Devin Setoguchi capped the night with a nice goal, coming off the boards, taking the pass from Ryane Clowe, and popping it up into the roof of the net.

Sharks open the trip 1-1, staying in Manhattan to face the Rangers next.