Sharks Win 7th Straight with 4-2 Road Victory over Penguins
April 3, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release
Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA -The Worcester Sharks (39-23-4-2, 84pts) notched their seventh straight win with a 4-2 victory over the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (39-23-3-4, 85pts) in front of 5,821 fans at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on Friday evening. With the victory, the Sharks move within one point of the 4th place Penguins in the Eastern Conference with eight games remaining in the regular season.
Nikolay Goldobin and Daniil Tarasov each had a goal and an assist while Aaron Dell won his 6th straight start with 27 saves in net. Willie Coetzee and Ryan Carpenter also scored for the Sharks as Worcester improved to 2-0-0-0 on their five game road trip.
San Jose Sharks first round draft selection Nikolay Goldobin (1st) gave Worcester a 1-0 lead at 19:48 of the opening period with a beautiful wrap-around attempt past goaltender Jeff Zatkoff for the only strike in the first period. Aaron Dell made eight saves to keep the Penguins off the board.
The Penguins tied the score on the power play at 11:15 of the second period as Danny Syvret (6th) sent a quick wrist shot from the blue line through a screen and past Aaron Dell. But the Sharks would strike right back after Travis Oleksuk won an offensive zone faceoff to Willie Coetzee (10th) who sent a shot that just broke through Zatkoff at 13:57. Worcester led 2-1 after 40 minutes and held a 29-15 shot advantage through two periods.
Ryan Carpenter (11th) gave Worcester a 3-1 advantage as he ripped a shot from the center slot after a great feed on the rush by Daniel Ciampini at 5:33 of the third period. The Sharks went ahead 4-1 at 9:49 as Daniil Tarasov (13th) deflected home a centering feed from Micheal Haley on the power play. Wilkes-Barre got back within two goals at 11:35 as Dominic Uher (12th) poked a loose puck on top of the Sharks crease past Dell for the final score of the game. Aaron Dell made 13 saves in the third period as the Sharks took home the 4-2 victory.
The Sharks overall record improves to 39-23-4-2, 84pts and 17-13-2-1, 37pts on the road this season.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Tomas Kuhnahackl (0-2-2) 2nd star: Nikolay Goldobin (1-1-2) 1st star: Daniil Tarasov (1-1-2)... Final shots were 36-29 in favor of Worcester... Jeff Zatkoff made 32 saves on 36 shots for WBS....Aaron Dell made his 3rd straight start and had 27 saves on 29 shots for Worcester... Worcester went 0-for-3 on the power play while WBS went 1-for-4... Trevor Parkes (inj.), Petter Emanuelsson (inj), Jeremy Langlois (inj), Jimmy Bonneau, Chris Crane, and Rylan Schwartz did not dress for Worcester... Karl Stollery was recalled by the SJ Sharks on April 2...SJ Sharks 1st round draft pick Nikolay Goldobin played his first game for the Worcester Sharks... defenseman Joakim Ryan (Cornell) made his professional debut for the Sharks.... Matt Taormina dressed in his 300th AHL game - he is the only Worcester play to dress in all 68 games this season.
Coming up.... Game 3 of the Sharks five game road trip continues on Monday evening in Bridgeport, CT vs. the Sound Tigers at 7pm. (this game was rescheduled from Dec 21 due to travel issues by the Sound Tigers)
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