Month: April 2014

Larry Leavitt on the Stanley Cup Playoffs: Look for these games to go back and forth in unpredictable playoffs

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by Larry Leavitt

SAN JOSE–It’s a very exciting time of the year for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the playoffs are a whole new season and the level of play is elevated immensely the question is are they pacing themselves or are they going all out probably the most interesting thing in watching a lot of playoff hockey in the east coast and west coast is the action after the whistle a lot of late hitting that the refs are letting go.

As long as it doesn’t get too out of hand they’re just kind of breaking up the scrums and getting back into what they were doing. They are calling the penalties, they are being very tight with the penalties, if it’s an obvious penalty their calling it, but their not calling the late shots after the whistle which is kind of interesting and the league had something to do with that.

The officials don’t want to control the game as far as the outcome they want to control the game as fair as possible, if they call it in the first period, or the second period, they want to be calling it in the third period. It doesn’t matter which team does the offense as long as their consistent with the calls that’s what the teams want, that if they keep skating and their pushing the play the Sharks do their share and not go and take a lot of penalties because their going to be in control of the puck if your in control of the puck your usually not taking a lot of penalties.

The only thing that has surprised with the officiating is all the after whistle scrums, after the whistles you get some scrums and in those scrums you see a lot of crosschecking, a lot of elbowing, a lot of sticks up high, and their not calling that, which if their not going to call that it’s fine it’s consistent and that’s what they want. It’s just no one should get hurt by it.

The trip to L.A. won’t change the culture of the Sharks who play the Kings and the Sharks play a very similar type of game if they show up. Obviously the Kings didn’t show up in the first and second period of game one, the question is what happened in game two? The Sharks let two goals in and the Kings goalie Jonathan Quick in the first period stopped some amazing shots as the Kings went into the first intermission with the lead.The Sharks came right back and cut the lead on the Kings in the second period.

When the Sharks held a five goal lead in game one it’s to be expected they would try and protect the lead and if they can just show the teams that they can play a pure 60 minute game and not take their foot off the gas no matter what the score then the Kings are going to have a little bit of a worry in the back of their minds. Give the Kings credit they got to the Stanley Cup Finals and the Kings have some great fans and it’ll be noisy in their building too.

Many, many players have said it’s very tough to play at the Shark Tank in the NHL they all envy the Sharks for having a great arena and more importantly the loud crazy fans that just go wild for them and the SAP is a tough place to play for a visiting team. The Kings are prepared for the noisy crowds but they still have to come out and play their game.

The Kings who didn’t do that in the first and second periods of the first game and the Kings played much better defense in the first period of game two on Sunday night taking a 2-0 lead into the intermission and it could be reflective of what happens in the rest of the playoffs and the Kings want to play consistent defense or at least a whole lot better than they were in first period of the first game. Either way these playoffs can go to anyone of these teams.

Larry Leavitt does Sharks commentary each week on Sportstalk

Giants manage just three hits in win

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By Jeremy Kahn

It seems even when the San Francisco Giants pickup just three hits in the game they find a way to win, and put an end to their losing streak.

Buster Posey hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning, and Angel Pagan hit a two run single in the top of the second inning, as the Giants salavged the series finale with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

The Posey and Pagan hits were two of the three hits that the Giants received from their offense on the afternoomn, as their pitching staff helped them put an end to their three-game losing streak.

Brandon Crawford picked the other Giants hit on the after just prior to Pagan’s two-run single in the top of the second, as the Padres stymied the Giants offense for the remainder of the afternoon.

Pagan’s two-run single came after Brandon Hicks walked, Crawford singled and then Tim Lincecum walked to load the bases against Padres starting pitcher Robbie Erlin.

Posey hit a long two-run home run off of Erlin in the top of the first inning that also scored Hunter Pence, who walked with one out in the inning.

After the Pagan hit in the top of the second inning, the Padres pitching staff simply dominated the game, as they retired 23 of the next 24 Giants.

Walks hurt Erlin, as he went six innings, allowing four runs on three hits, walking three and striking out three, as he retired 14 consecutive batters after Pagan’s single in the top of the second.

Lincecum, who threw a no-hitter at Petco Park on July 13, 2013, improved to 14-6 in 27 career starts against the Padres, his most against any team.

Nick Hundley hit a solo home run off of Lincecum in the bottom of the seventh inning that shortened the score down to 4-3 and finished Lincecum’s day on the mound.

Lincecum went six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out seven, as he won for the first time in 2014.

Things got interesting in the bottom of the ninth inning, as closer Sergio Romo issued a leadoff walk to Chase Headley, went to second on Romo wild pitch, but Yasmani Grandal to popout to Crawford, Hundley flew out to left for the second out and then Yonder Alonso flew out to Pagan for the final out of the game, as Romo notched his fifth save in as many opportunities this season.

Bruce Bochy challenged a call in the bottom of the third inning, as former Giants outfielder Xavier Nady was called at the plate; however it was confirmed that Posey indeed placed the tag on the former CAL Golden Bears standout and the call was reversed.

Michael Duca on the Giants and A’s: SF might need to do gut check on back up Sanchez; A’s Donaldson getting his swing back

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by Michael Duca

If you talk to San Frnacisco Giants TV analyst Mike Krukow about the Giants offense he wouldn’t complain about it but his broadcast partner Duane Kuiper complained about the offense about guys who need to do some timely situational hitting which is a real issue for the Giants. Krukow started a little bit of a firestorm on Friday night when he said during the telecast that Giants catcher Hector Sanchez is not a Major League quality catcher and there will be repercussions coming down for that remark.

Krukow may actually be correct and it’s a serious issue for the Giants, the club needs a second catcher for those two days a week when they want to get Buster Posey out of the line up for a rest. Back up catchers are not considered to be offensive personalities but you really want them to defend. The pass ball that wound up costing Giants starter on Friday Matt Cain his first run on Friday night was just an utterly sloppy effort by Sanchez.

There was no two ways about it, its the same guy who won a game for them earlier on the homestand with a 12th inning single gave that game back in the standings on Friday night. The Giants faced a decent pitcher in Padres starter Tyson Ross who pitched four innings surrendered eight hits and no runs. Ross always had great potential he was a great pitcher at Cal and was a solid pitcher in San Francisco but he just never found a spot to break into on the Giants rotation.

Ross was pitching well in San Francisco and it looked like he got a spot to slide into in the rotation when he injured himself on the first batter and went out for three weeks and when he got back he never got that opportunity back. He’s always had the potential He’s a big tall pitcher and had trouble harnessing the mechanics, had trouble harnessing the leverage of his body and it could take him longer to mature to quote “get it” and now it looks like Tyson got it.

Oakland A’s update: When you get four walks from the opposing pitcher in the opening inning which happened when the A’s faced Houston Astros starter Jason Cosart in the opening game of this series Friday who pitched one third of an inning and surrendered seven runs and three hits and they managed to get four walks from Cosart and the A’s managed to match all of them with home runs this is an opportunistic offense who makes the job of the pitcher much easier. Go ask A’s pitcher Sonny Grey how easy it was for him to throw the last five innings with a seven or eight run lead.

We saw this on the last homestand in San Francisco when Tim Hudson was throwing 62 percent strikes to start a game and when they expanded the lead for him from 2-1 to 5-1 he started suddenly throwing 75 percent strikes he went out and started challenging the strike zone and saying “I hit it I got seven guys behind me a and one in front of me who will catch it.”

That’s what pitchers have to do, that’s what pitchers don’t seem to be able to do with the lead until they become very mature is to understand you don’t need to pitch for strikeouts and stats anymore with a four or five run lead and you pitch to make them contact the ball and make them hit the ball at people.

It was Josh Donaldson bobblehead day at the Coliseum on Saturday and you have to admit that his head is the only thing that bobbles. Donaldson has a .247 average, three home runs and ten RBIs and he owns the tarp, nobody defends as well as he does in the Coliseum. He scuffled a little bit to begin the season. He was struggling at the plate. It’s happens guys who are on fire in Arizona and all of sudden cool off and then it’s vice versa guys who couldn’t buy a base hit to save their life in the desert come up to the regular season and start hitting, it’s always interesting to watch.

Michael Duca does commentary on Giants and A’s weekly for Sportstalk radio

Warriors win Game 1 squaker over Clippers

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By Daniel Dullum
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Golden State bounced back from a slow start and outlasted the Clippers 109-105 in Saturday’s opening game in an NBA West best-of-seven playoff game at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The Warriors trailed 12-1 early, missing their first eight shots, and Coach Mark Jackson had to burn two time outs. But Golden State eventually caught up and maintained a slim lead through most of the second half.

Golden State made its biggest surge in the third quarter, when the Clippers’ Blake Griffin and Chris Paul found themselves on the bench in foul trouble.

Back-to-back dunks by Jermaine O’Neal and a jumper by Kay Thompson helped the Warriors build an 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter.

Paul led a furious comeback attempt by the Clippers. His fast-break layup brought LA to within 98-92, and his 3-pointer cut the Clips’ deficit to 100-97 with 3:30 to play.

After DeAndre Jordan, a poor free throw shooter, hit a pair of them to bring the Clippers to within one, Paul nailed another 3-ball to tie the game at 102.

LA took a 103-102 on a Darren Collison free throw. On the Warriors’ ensuing possession, Collison blocked a shot to start a 3-on-1 break. But Harrison Barnes blocked Paul’s 5-footer and proceeded to hit a 3-pointer, putting Golden State up 105-103.

Griffin sank a pair of free throws for the game’s 18th and final tie at 105-105 with 1:30 remaining. The Warriors lost the ball on its next possession on a shot-clock violation, Then Griffin fouled out, and with 37 seconds remaining, the Clippers committed one of their 17 turnovers and lost a video review.

Both teams were plagued by foul trouble. Golden State’s David Lee and Andre Iguldala both fouled out.

Thompson led the Warriors with 22 points, followed by Lee with 20 and Stephen Curry with 14. Lee also had 13 boards and three assists.

Paul netted a game-high 28 points for the Clippers, along with seven rebounds and eight assists. J.J. Redick added 22 points and Griffin fouled out with 16 points. Jordan finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

Game 2 is Monday night, again at Staples Center.

Sharks and Kings Keeping it Interesting

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By Mary Walsh

With arch rivals and married couples, the key to a thriving relationship is continuing to surprise each other. The party line between professional sports teams, of course, is that with all the history and scouting and preparation, neither team will be able to surprise the other. But if that were true they wouldn’t have to play the game, would they?

Can there be any surprises between the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings? No, said Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic before Game One between San Jose and Los Angeles:

There’ll be no surprises out there. Played enough against each other in that past couple years, last year in the playoffs, three years ago in the playoffs, so not surprising at all.

Of the kind of surprises you expect to see in a game, Vlasic said:

You can surprise them by the way you come out and play. But surprises as in we don’t know what they’re gonna do and they don’t know what we’re gonna do. No, we know LA in here, they know us, well enough to know there’s no surprises out there. But the team that comes out and dictates the game will have the advantage off the start.

Seems like Vlasic predicted the game pretty accurately. Still… if there were no surprises they would not play the games. Some surprises are to be expected in any game, especially NHL playoff games.

I imagine the Los Angeles Kings were at least a little surprised to see Vlasic rushing up the ice on a very scary (for LA) short-handed chance. Later, his shot off the post landed right in Raffi Torres’ lap, so to speak, for the game winner. I think those might be called surprises. That last one had to be a little difficult to plan.

Before Game One, Kings’ head coach Darryl Sutter was asked if the Sharks could do anything to surprise the Kings:

I don’t think system-wise, neither team is going to do that because of how good they are. There’s a reason you get here, there’s a reason that you have such good regular seasons, there’s a reason that you have playoffs spots clinched with a few games left.

What happens in playoff time, a lot of time what separates winner or loser is not the team part of it, it’s the individual part of it. So there’s somebody that steps up and goes to another level or somebody that doesn’t, that’s usually at the end, what… when you call it a surprise or whatever that is, that’s usually what happens.

We have already seen some game results that were not widely anticipated. Detroit defeating Boston was only expected by those who knew the Red Wings’ speed was a better weapon against the Bruins than it would have been against the Penguins. Still, there’s a little David and Goliath going on there. And it was still a one-goal game.

Which brings me to the most unsurprising surprise of the playoffs so far: that the Sharks were one of just two teams to win Game One by a margin of more than one goal. That a game would turn out differently than anticipated is not surprising, but for the Kings to be so badly run over by the Sharks in the first two periods was unusual.

Dan Boyle’s pregame comments described what the Sharks expected in Game One, in particular from the Kings goaltender:

With Quick back there, you’ve certainly got to earn your goals…We don’t expect to score many goals. We’d like to but we’re going to have to play good defense.

So scoring six goals, only one into an empty net, was surprising.

Tomas Hertl scoring in his first playoff game was to count as a little surprising, especially after missing so much of the season getting his knee repaired.

The third period was not surprising, since a team hardly ever maintains momentum with a five-goal lead. It seems like it should be surprising, but if a two or three goal lead is dangerous, what does a five goal lead do to a team? Such a thing in the playoffs must be unsettling.

It would be folly to expect a repeat of any of that. The Kings will probably be more ready to start, and the Sharks are unlikely to face the mental challenge of another dizzying lead.

Game One might have given the Sharks a bigger advantage than the series lead. It gave Tomas Hertl and Raffi Torres a chance to get up to game speed, maybe even playoff game speed. Those are weapons the Kings probably didn’t want the Sharks to prime.

Todd McLellan opted to play Mike Brown and not have Martin Havlat in the lineup. Havlat is not a natural fit on the fourth line, but Brown was not especially helpful there either. Maybe, probably, McLellan will surprise us Sunday. He does have a few options to work with. But which would be more surprising, changing a lineup that won, or sticking with one that perhaps could be improved on?

Both teams will put Game One behind them Sunday, and perhaps they will serve up something even more predictably surprising.

Third straight loss for the Giants

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By Jeremy Kahn

It seems that when the San Francisco Giants left the Bay Area after their afternoon loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday afternoon, they forgot something on the field.

Over their first two games against the San Diego Padres, the Giants have amassed just two runs on eight hits and the Padres have taken the first two games against their rivals from Northern California.

Former Giants pitcher Eric Stults along with three relievers allowed one run on just four hits, as the Padres defeated the Giants 3-1 at Petco Park.

After the Padres took an early 1-0 lead against Tim Hudson, Michael Morse hit a toweing home run to centerfield that tied up the game.

Unfortunately, that would not be the score for long, as the Padres scored the eventual winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Everth Cabrera tripled to score Alexei Amarista from third base.

Amarista reached on a bunt single, went to second on a Hudson throwing error, moved to third on a Stults sacrifice bunt.

Chris DeNorfia sacrificed back to Jean Machi that allowed Will Venable, the son of former Giants outfielder Max Venable to score the third and final run of the game.

It was a tough loss for Hudson, who lost for the first time this season; however there is a bright note to the performance of Hudson on this night.

Hudson went seven innings, allowing two runs on eight runs, not allowing a walk and striking out four.

By not allowing a walk for the fourth straight game to start the season, Hudson became just the third pitcher in the last 101 years to pitch at least seven innings and not issue a walk.

Hudson joins Grover Cleveland Alexander, who pitched six consecutive games in 1923 and Tiny Bonham in 1944, when he pitched four consecutive games of not issuing a walk.

In his first year with the Giants, Hudson already broke a franchise record, by not allowing a walk in 30 innings to start the season.

Warriors clip L.A., 109-105

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by George Devine, Sr.
The magnitude of the Warriors’109-105 win over the Clippers in the first playoff game can be described by three criteria: First, as KGO-TV’s Mike Shumann has reported, the team that wins the first playoff game goes on to win the series 77% of the time. Second, it was one of those down-to-the-wire finishes that exemplifies the Warriors’ gritty determination, a characteristic that has stood them in good stead all season. Third: they did it without Andrew Bogut.
The third factor may be the most impressive. Bogut is reminiscent of Bill Russell, whose defensive skills almost outweighed his scoring capabilities when he played for the Boston Celtics and, previously, the two-time NCAA championship Dons of the University of San Francisco. Bogut is out with a hip fracture, for an indefinite period. The mere presence of his 7 foot frame on the court is intimidation enough for many an opponent, and with his presence in the paint he prevents more field goals than he scores.
As the game began at Staples Center, Golden State was soon behind by a dozen. But as time went on it became a tight contest. At the half, the score was tied at 52. By the time the final frame was under way, the Warriors led by 11 points, and despite the Clippers’ best efforts the visitors squeaked out the win at the end.
Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry were the workhorses for the Warriors, playing 41:07 and 44:39, respectively. Thompson hit for 22 points and had 7 boards. David Lee had 20 points and 13 rebounds but committed 4 troublesome fouls. Curry had 14 points and 7 valuable assists. Harrison Barnes also scored 14 and had 8 rebounds. Jermaine O’Neal was right behind him with 13.
For Los Angeles, Chris Paul had 28 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, but committed 6 turnovers. J.J. Redick had 22 points and Blake Griffin 16. DeAndre Jordan scored 11 points and turned the ball over 11 times. In addition to turnovers, the Clippers suffered from foul trouble; the starting lineup totaled 17 penalties. This combined with the fact that Golden State outscored the home team from the charity stripe, 72%-65.7%.
The two teams meet again in Los Angeles on Monday, April 21, with a tipoff time of 7:30 p.m. PDT.

Quakes able to stay even

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By Pearl Allison Lo

Against the Colorado Rapids going for their third straight win, the San Jose Earthquakes were able to keep a clean sheet in a 0-0 tie Saturday.

This was despite Colorado outcornering the Quakes 10 to 3, keeping by far the majority of possession time the whole game and having the only shot on target.

In eight games against the Rapids, San Jose is now 5-0-3.

The Quakes’ Alan Gordon started for the second straight game, and off a corner kick in just the first minute, had a header hit the bar. Not too far off, in the last game the two teams played, Gordon hit the post in the ninth minute.

In the 74th minute, the Rapids’ Vicente Sanchez started off with the ball, getting it to teammate Dillon Powers. Powers tried to return the favor in front of the net but Sanchez and the Quakes’ Victor Bernardez collided going for the ball. It was not clear whether or not it was from a foot from Sanchez or an awkward landing, but Bernardez had to have his right shoulder collarbone area freeze sprayed.

San Jose’s Adam Jahn entered in favor of Gordon in the 84th minute. It was Jahn’s first appearance of the regular season

As quickly as Jahn came in he though, he went out. He was issued a red card in the 87th minute, for a shoulder to the face of Jared Watts when trying to nab the ball, in the 85th minute. It is now the fifth red card that has occurred in nine matches between the teams.

Stoppage time for the second half lasted five minutes and San Jose’s Yannick Djalo ended up limping off in the 91st minute.

Game notes: The two teams meet again May 7, but the next game up for the Quakes is April 26 @ 7:30pm, as San Jose plays host to Chivas USA.

A’s big ninth inning rally sinks the Astros

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By Morris Phillips

The A’s are back at it: winning close games, and beating familiar opponents.

The Astros know the drill all too well, allowing four hits and three runs in the ninth—including Jed Lowrie’s rally-inducing leadoff home run–to take a tough loss, 4-3 to the surging A’s.

Oakland improved to 4-1 in one-run ballgames, and 8-3 in the AL West. All the success added up has the A’s holding the best record in the American League at this pubescent stage of the season, nothing to sneeze at with the two-time division champs getting all the attention they can handle from the Astros, Angels and Mariners thus far.

But even with all the attention, the division is where the A’s do all their best work, finishing nine games over .500 in 2012, and 12 games over .500 in 2013. By winning 8 of 11 thus far the A’s have upped their game within the division in 2014. The Astros are clearly their preferred opponent, after Saturday, the A’s have beaten Houston 17 out of the last 21 meetings.

Lowrie found himself in a tough spot with the A’s trailing 3-1 and the A’s second baseman facing Astros’ closer Chad Qualls for the first time in his career.   In addition, the A’s didn’t see the Astros in the spring with Houston moving to the Citrus League, so the introductions had to be quick. Lowrie said afterwards that scouting reports told him he needed to look for a sinker or a slider from Qualls and he got one up in the zone on the fifth pitch of the at-bat and sent it over the right field fence.

“I wasn’t sure if it is was out, but we know the ball carries better during the day here,” Lowrie said.

Josh Donaldson followed with a five-pitch walk, and Yoenis Cespedes singled. John Jaso pinch-hit for Derek Norris, but struck out. Alberto Callaspo then singled home Donaldson to tie the game, setting the stage for Josh Reddick with two runners aboard.

Reddick hit a 1-2 pitch to center field that dropped, scoring Cespedes with the game-winning run.

The A’s spent most of the afternoon fumbling defensively and failing to cash in on the 14 hits they would gather. Houston starter Brett Oberholtzer had a bunch to do with that, scattering eights and a pair of walks to hold the A’s to just one run into the sixth. For Oakland, Scott Kazmir pitched well again, but defensive miscues left him trailing 3-1 after eight innings. Kazmir was on the short end, but he showed all the signs of his renaissance, starting 19 of the 30 batters he saw with strikes, and getting through eight efficiently, throwing just 109 pitches.

“I thought he pitched great again,” manager Bob Melvin said of Kazmir. “At times we didn’t play well behind him, but he’s doesn’t let that stuff bother him.”

“It’s great to be able to go deep in the games and still have quality pitches,” Kazmir said of his outing.

The A’s look for the sweep on Sunday with Jesse Chavez facing Houston’s Brad Peacock.

NOTES: The numbers continue to bare out what A’s fans—who have been flocking to the Coliseum for a couple of years now—already know: the A’s are among the biggest winners in the game. The A’s have won 202 of 341 games since opening day 2012, which is the best record of any major league team during that span (tied with the Atlanta Braves after their 3-1 win over the Mets on Saturday).

Larry Leavitt on the Sharks: Look for lots of goals and offense in a series that could six or seven

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by Larry Leavitt

SAN JOSE–It’s like San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock said your not going to have a blow out three game lead in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Los Angeles Kings are going to adjust their A game. The Kings came out flat the first time but their not going to come out flat often. It was amazing the execution played by the Sharks in game one and the lack of play by the Kings.

The best way to describe how the Sharks sucess have come on in the last few weeks of the regular season and in game one in one word is wow, wow, wow, they played a number of one goal games that were close games and obviously the Kings didn’t show up and don’t get me wrong the Sharks executed and they executed good. The best sign of the whole game was that they got good scoring from all lines.

If your going to win Stanley Cups you need scoring from all four lines and everybody went out there and played every shift for the Sharks in game one and when you have a five goal lead going into the third period it could be easy to sit back and say, “let’s protect this lead” and that’s when you get into trouble. If the Sharks continue to play third periods like that their going to get into trouble.

It’s easy to play a 60 minute game and a commanding game all the way through and if the Sharks can do that for 15 more games their going to be hoisting the cup. The Kings however in that third period caught up to the Sharks defensive zone strategy and they capitalized scoring three times. The Sharks instead of being agressive and attacking they became defensive and were not executing their defensive game like what they had earlier in the game.

So the bottom line is the Sharks need to stay agressive and keep attacking and you don’t have to keep worrying about your defensive game it will play itself out. So part of a good defense is having the puck and if you have the puck on the offensive zone that’s your defense.

You don’t have to have worry about the team scoring at the other end if you control the puck on the offenisve zone it’s a chess match and generally its a game of inches and San Jose came out with that big win but boy the Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick didn’t look as good as he could have been and it’s not his fault one of those goals were secondary shots that didn’t get cleared on the rebound.

Don’t expect this series to be a blow out, the only thing surprising is that all the NHL games for the Stanley Cup have been high scoring there have been a lot of goals scored. These are the best 16 teams in the league and the scores are pretty high. There not 2-1 or 1-0 games, there’s a lot of scoring which the fans like and teams just work for it. Normally games between the Sharks and the Kings are two or three goal games.

Larry Leavitt does Sharks commentary each week for Sportstalk radio