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Blackhawks' Brouwer puts bite on Sharks

Source: Agencies | January 30, 2010, Saturday | Print Edition

CHICAGO'S Troy Brouwer scored early in overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks in a Western Conference showdown on Thursday.

Brouwer, who also scored in regulation, delivered a game-winning wrist shot at 1:37 in overtime after the Blackhawks had squandered a 3-0 lead.

"Toward the end of the third period, we were getting chances and we got some momentum," Brouwer told reporters. "We really felt like we were going to win that game going into overtime."

Dustin Byfuglien, Brouwer and Andrew Ladd had given the Central division leaders a 3-0 lead by 8:23 of the first period before the Sharks fought back.

San Jose's (35-10-9) Joe Pavelski scored midway through the first to cut the deficit to 1-3, and again late in the second to narrow the Hawks' lead to one. Manny Malhotra forced the extra session with a tip-in at 4:56 in the third.

"The start was unacceptable," said San Jose coach Todd McLellan said. "We're all going to talk about how hard we fought and that we worked our way back into the game.

"But that start was unacceptable. The mistakes we made in the first five minutes of the game -- that's not a characteristic of ours."

Despite the shaky start, Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov finished with 35 saves while Cristobal Huet had 34 stops for the Blackhawks (37-13-4), who moved within one point of San Jose for top spot in the overall NHL standings.

With the loss, the Sharks had their five-game winning streak snapped. Chicago improved to 5-2-0 on its road trip which ends in Carolina.

In Pittsburgh, the Ottawa Senators matched a club record winning streak of eight with a 4-1 defeat of the Penguins.

Brian Elliot made 30 saves, while Mike Fisher, Chris Kelly, Jason Spezza and Nick Foligno scored for the Senators, who matched the Washington Capitals for the NHL's longest active winning streak.

Elliott has been in the nets for the last six Senators victories, allowing only six goals during that span.

Evgeni Malkin scored after just 1:34 in for the Penguins.

In Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix blew a two-goal, second-period lead, but recovered to inflict Calgary's ninth straight loss.

Robert Lang and Lauri Korpikoski scored in the shootout for the Coyotes, after Keith Yandle and Shane Doan had given them an early lead in regulation. Phoenix earned its 31st victory of the season in its 54th game, the fastest the Coyotes have reached that total in the 30-year history of the franchise.

In other NHL action, it was: Wild 1, Avalanche 0; Kings 4, Blue Jackets 1; Thrashers 4, Flyers 3; Hurricanes 4, Islanders 1; Blues 2, Oilers 1.
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