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DETROIT (AP) -- One night after the San Jose Sharks made team
history, they looked just ordinary against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Sergei Fedorov scored on a breakaway to highlight a four-goal
third period as the Red Wings beat San Jose 6-3 Wednesday night to
stop the Sharks' four-game winning streak.
The Sharks, who won 2-1 Tuesday for their first-ever win over
the New York Rangers and their best start in team history, still
have an NHL-best 14 points with a 7-3-0 record.
"It's not much of a break in the schedule when you play New
York and then here tonight," said Sharks coach Darryl Sutter,
whose team ended a six-game road trip with its fifth game in eight
days. "It was really evident against Detroit that you can't be
short one cylinder."
Vyacheslav Kozlov had two assists and Chris Osgood made 16 saves
for the Red Wings. The Red Wings also got goals from Brendan
Shanahan, Martin Lapointe, Darren McCarty, Igor Larionov and Doug
Brown as they stopped the Sharks' winning streak at four games.
"We came out with a lot of jump and tried to take advantage of
the fact they played a game last night," Shanahan said.
"Obviously we're a well-rested team right now."
Detroit (5-1-1) was playing for the first time since Saturday.
"We're happy with our effort and we're getting closer to
playing a 60-minute game," said McCarty, whose goal was his first
in five games since he re-signed with the team. "It's good to be
back playing and winning."
Jeff Friesen, Brad Stuart and Vincent Damphousse scored for the
Sharks. Owen Nolan assisted on Damphousse's goal, giving him at
least one point in every Sharks game.
"You shouldn't be tired. It's not an excuse. Everybody does
it," San Jose's Mike Ricci said. "Tonight I think we relied a
little too much on our goaltender. Three goals should be enough to
win a game. We're happy to have won some good games, but we have to
do it every night."
Steve Shields, who was 6-1-0 with a league-leading 1.31
goals-against average coming in, gave up all six Detroit goals. He
made 30 saves.
"I wasn't as tired as I thought I'd be," Shields said. "I had
a lot of energy until the end. We didn't look that bad, but every
mistake we made wound up in the back of the net.
"You don't like to make excuses about why you didn't play well.
We didn't, and we just have to play better and make sure we're focused."
Detroit led 2-1 when McCarty started the third-period burst. He
intercepted a Sharks clearing attempt and ripped a shot past
Shields' glove at 1:30.
"It was just a play where I wanted to get a quick shot off a
turnover and make sure it's on the net," McCarty said.
Stuart brought the Sharks back only 40 seconds later when he
shot through a group of players and beat Osgood for his third goal.
But Larionov restored Detroit's two-goal lead when he put home
Mathieu Dandenault's rebound at 3:35.
Fedorov broke in alone with a pass from rookie Yuri Butsayev and
fired it past Shields to make it 5-2 at 5:59. The assist was
Butsayev's first career point.
Damphousse later tucked the puck between Osgood and the right
post. The Sharks claimed the puck crossed the line, and a video
review confirmed it to make the score 5-3 at 11:13.
But Brown responded with his second goal 2:57 later to restore
Detroit's three-goal lead.
Friesen's seventh goal, a deflection off a skate of Detroit
defenseman Larry Murphy, gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead 9:16 into the
second period.
Shanahan answered with his second 2:26 later when he spun around
the right dot and fired a shot over Shields' glove.
Lapointe easily converted a cross-crease pass from Kozlov for his first goal, which put the Red Wings up 2-1 with 59
seconds left in the period.
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