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SPORTS Friday 17 May 2019

Karlsson, Sharks beat Blues 5-4 after controversial no-call

By JOE HARRIS so far in the playoffs,” Blues tied it by beating Jones on
Associated Press forward David Perron said. the stick side with a wrist
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Timo Mei- “It’s unacceptable but it’s shot from the left dot with
er handed a big win to Erik OK.” Meier was not avail- 3:57 left.
Karlsson and the San Jose able after the game. St. Louis went on a power
Sharks. The Blues led 4-3 before Lo- play after Brent Burns took
Karlsson scored 5:23 into gan Couture tied it with 61 down Oskar Sundqvist late
overtime after the officials seconds left in regulation. in the period. Perron scored
missed a hand pass by Joe Thornton scored twice his second goal of the se-
Meier, and the Sharks ral- for San Jose, and Martin ries a minute later, giving
lied to beat the St. Louis Jones made 28 saves. the Blues the lead with their
Blues 5-4 on Wednesday Perron had two goals for first power-play goal in 19
night to take a 2-1 lead in St. Louis, and Vladimir chances with the man ad-
the Western Conference Tarasenko and Alexander vantage.
final. “I think we deserved Steen also scored. Colton It was Perron’s first multigoal
to win this game,” Karlsson San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson (65), of Sweden, Parayko had three assists, playoff performance in 73
said. “At the end of the celebrates with Gustav Nyquist (14), of Sweden, after Karlsson and Binnington made 27 games. After an early Blues
day I think neither team scored the winning goal against the St. Louis Blues during stops. The Blues trailed 2-0 push, the Sharks grabbed
drew the shortest stick on overtime in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western after one and 3-1 in the control in the first.
any of the calls out there Conference final series Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in St. Louis. second before rallying. Blues defenseman Vince
so it was a fair game.” Associated Press Tarasenko, who faced Dunn departed with 8:35
But it was the final se- . There’s no reason to ask “Well yeah it was a hand criticism after a lackluster left in the first after getting
quence that likely will live me. I have nothing to say pass, but we’re going to performance in Game 1, hit in the face by a Bren-
on long after the series is about it.”Game 4 of the try and move forward and started the comeback with den Dillon shot, forcing St.
over, possibly sparking a best-of-seven series is Fri- the league is going to take his first goal in six games at Louis to mix and match five
discussion about the NHL’s day night in St. Louis. care of it like they’ve done 4:05 of the second. Perron defensemen. q
replay rules.
Meier used his right hand to
knock a loose puck toward
the front of the net. Gustav
Nyquist then passed it over
to Karlsson, who beat Jor-
dan Binnington for his sec-
ond goal of the game.
“Quick play and I’m not
going to comment on the
officiating,” Sharks coach
Peter DeBoer said. “We
found a way to win a
game. I thought we had a
great chance just before
that, Timo Meier going in. It
was a game of momentum
swings and those quick
plays happen all over the
ice. Some get called, some
get missed. We found a
way to win.”
Binnington and the Blues
complained immediately.
They felt the play should
have been blown dead
when Nyquist got the puck,
but it continued.
The officials huddled while
Karlsson and the Sharks
celebrated, but the goal
stood. “It’s a non-review-
able play,” NHL Officiat-
ing Supervisor Kay Whit-
more told a pool reporter.
“You can read between
the lines. You can figure
out what you want. You
watched the video. But it’s
just non-reviewable. I know
that sounds like a cop-
out answer, but that’s the
truth.”
“No explanation (from the
officials),” Berube said.
“What do you guys think?