Sharks Eat Their Own, Avs Win In OT On Boyle’s Own-Goal

Via Kukla’s Korner

Denver, CO (Sports Network) – Craig Anderson’s brilliance between the pipes and a fluke goal 51 seconds into overtime helped Colorado come away with a stunning 1-0 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Rookie Ryan O’Reilly was credited with the lone tally that gave the youthful Avalanche a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

San Jose Sharks star forward Dany Heatley will miss Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals with an undisclosed injury, according to Brodie Brazil of CSN Bay Area. Heatley is listed as day-to-day.

The series with the Colorado Avalanche is tied at one game apiece. If we learn more, we will, of course, share the news.

The Sharks never held the lead in Game Two except at the final horn when they defeated the Avalanche in overtime. For many Sharks fans though, that was the best thing to happen to the team. From our friends over at Fear The Fin:

Whether the Sharks can continue to ride that momentum is yet to be seen with puck drop scheduled for 9:30 pm EDT.

The Sharks and Avalanche split their first two games in San Jose in completely different fashions. Game One was a low scoring defensive struggle while Game Two was a high scoring free for all. Our Avalanche site, Mile High Hockey, believes that we will see more of Game One rather than Game Two tonight in Denver:

Obviously, if the game was a bigger defensive struggle it would favor the Avalanche which would make our Avalanche experts happy.

The Sharks, who were knocked out by eighth-seeded Anaheim in the first round a year ago, lost Game 1 of this series 2-1 and was trailing the second meeting by a goal heading into the final minute of regulation.

Despite winning the last three Pacific Division titles the Sharks have been a disappointing playoff team in recent years, having not made it past the second round of the postseason since losing to Calgary in the 2004 Western Conference finals.