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April 19, 2010
Sharks Lose to Avalanche on Overtime Own Goal: Fifty-one seconds into overtime, Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks scored an own goal to give the Colorado Avalanche a 1-0 win and 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. See the video.
I haven't watched anything more than the initial replay after it happened, and I didn't see it actually tip off O'Reilly's stick. I thought he was just hurrying the pass and OOPS!
posted by grum@work at 03:34 PM on April 19, 2010
Also in fairness to Boyle: 1) You can try a backhand shot from such a sharp angle all freaking day long it will never go in. 2) Someone in the Sharks organization sacrificed their playoff future just for that one series win over the Wings in '94.
posted by NoMich at 03:34 PM on April 19, 2010
Anderson's performance was the very definition of stealing a game. He soaked up something like 45 shots in the 2nd and 3rd periods and still came out with the shutout.
Duchesne looks very much like the real deal as well.
posted by rumple at 04:28 PM on April 19, 2010
The Sharks have reminded me if the early/mid 90s Wings for a while now. I thought trading for Heatley was going to be their equivalent of the Wings getting Shanahan, but not so far...
posted by MeatSaber at 04:55 PM on April 19, 2010
I take it back. When you LISTEN to the replay (not watch it), you can hear a double-tap sound; one for Boyle's attempt to backhand it behind the net, the other when it immediately deflects off O'Reilly's stick.
posted by grum@work at 08:24 PM on April 19, 2010
Yeah, it can't be an own goal when O'Reilly deflected it in. Boyle looked like he was going to cry after the game, but it wasn't his fault.
posted by wfrazerjr at 10:23 PM on April 19, 2010
I wish hockey credited own goals as such, as opposed to giving the goal to the last offensive player to touch the puck. Would not matter in this case, because it did hit O'Reilly's stick in any event (I was watching the game and played it back in slow motion and you could see O'Reilly's stick move just a little bit as the puck went by).
posted by holden at 11:20 PM on April 19, 2010
I really enjoyed the fact that on Versus last night, Engblom wouldn't let Nabakov off the hook for that. Everybody wants to be all sensitive to the goalie and not bruise his fragile psyche, but the fact is that he let his guard down. If he'd been doing his job, that puck is harmless.
posted by tahoemoj at 09:58 AM on April 20, 2010
If he'd been doing his job, that puck is harmless.
He was pinned up against the post, and the puck squeezed through his skates. Even if it was the opposition taking the shot, it would be hard to stop that.
posted by grum@work at 12:04 PM on April 20, 2010
I disagree (obviously) - from that angle, that's an easy save for any NHL goalie who is in position and ready to stop the puck. He was napping.
posted by tahoemoj at 12:13 PM on April 20, 2010
That's precisely why most own-goals happen: goalies often relax a little when the defense has the puck under control. Late game tired minds play a part too.
Hell of a shot, though. I think the double sound might have been stick contact, which could explain the whip on Boyle's follow-through. That puck was hot.
posted by Hugh Janus at 06:28 PM on April 22, 2010
Well, in fairness to Boyle, O'Reilly did tip the pass that was supposed to go behind the net.
Craig Anderson, however, continues to be the MAN.