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San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Olli Jokinen capped his seventh career hat
trick with the winner in the third period as the Calgary Flames took a 4-3 win
over the San Jose Sharks.
Jokinen also had an assist while Jarome Iginla added a goal and an assist for
the Flames, who had dropped three of four coming into the contest.
Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 34 shots for the 300th win of his career.
Joe Pavelski, Michal Handzus and Logan Couture all scored for the Sharks, who
have lost their past two. Antti Niemi made 32 saves in the loss.
Before the start of the game, San Jose honored former captain Owen Nolan, who
announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday.
San Jose had tied the game at 3-3 just 49 seconds into the third on the power
play when Handzus jammed it in during a scrum in front.
However, Jokinen finished the hat trick less than three minutes later. A bad
clear in the San Jose end saw the puck take a bounce off the boards along the
right wing as Alex Tanguay picked it up and fired a pass down low where
Jokinen one-timed it home.
Kiprusoff stopped 14 shots in the final period to preserve the win.
It was a 1-0 lead for Calgary at the 12:30 mark of the first after Chris
Butler blasted a shot on net from the left point that hit off of Jokinen and
went past Niemi.
The Flames took a 2-0 lead 2:36 into the second on the power play as Jokinen
jammed the puck in from the right side.
The Sharks got one back at the 6:29 mark as Couture beat Kiprusoff with a
wrister from the right circle and the team tied the game just 1:23 later when
Joe Thornton sent a pass from behind the net to the slot and Pavelski shot it
in for his 20th of the season.
Calgary made it a 3-2 game with 8:45 to play in the second as Jokinen sent a
backhand pass from the right wing to the slot where Iginla one-timed it home.
GAME NOTES:
Calgary plays in Phoenix on Thursday...San Jose hosts Chicago on Friday...San
Jose had won the previous five games against Calgary, including two games this
season...Pavelski is just five goals away from tying a career-high...Jokinen
has 16 goals on the season.
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