Dominic was at times ostracized

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Joe Thornton figured he would just toss the puck into a dangerous area and trust that someone would be there.Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 4:22 into overtime after Thornton assisted on San Joses tying tally, and the Sharks rallied past the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Saturday night for their season-best fifth straight victory.Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game for the Sharks. Thornton dug the puck out of the corner before delivering the pass.It was a good all-around game with two good teams going at it, Thornton said. We waited for the last minute to score in regulation and we waited until the last minute to score in overtime. I just figured somebody was going to be there.Vlasic was the recipient of the pass and converted his fourth of the season.Smart man, Vlasic said of Thornton. Theres a lot of ice available and with Jumbo making that pass, hes not going to miss. It took a lot against a good defensive team. We found a way to get a late goal, but we had a lot of opportunities before that. Its nice to get the win the way we did.Steve Ott scored his first goal in 10 months late in the second period to put the Blues ahead.The most disappointing part of it is team-wise we played extremely well and we didnt get the job done, Ott said. Collectively we made some mistakes and unfortunately those mistakes happened late in the game and in overtime.Patrick Berglund also scored for the Blues, who endured their second straight disappointing defeat. St. Louis lost 6-4 to the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Thursday after holding a 3-0 lead.Were an upper-echelon team and we have to show we can close out games, Ott said. San Jose, Los Angeles, those are the cream of the crop and those are the teams we want to beat.Andrew Desjardins had a goal for the Sharks, and Antti Niemi made 18 saves.Jake Allen stopped 27 shots for the Blues.Ott scored his first goal with the Blues in his 55th game. He had played 59 games since scoring against the Edmonton Oilers as a member of the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 3.Desjardins scored midway through the second period after taking a pass from Justin Braun off the boards on Allens stick side and getting the puck to bounce off the goalies body from an extreme angle.I would have liked to have the first one back, Allen said. That was an unacceptable goal.Berglund backhanded a rebound off Niemis pads to tie it with 5:31 remaining in the second. Alex Pietrangelo ripped a shot from the blue line to set up Berglund.Maxim Lapierre led Ott with a nice pass and he finished the 1-on-1 against Niemi.Burns acknowledged he shot the game-winner as hard as he could.He has a shot, doesnt he? Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. He put himself in a good position, created a shooting lane. The pass was in his wheelhouse; he just pounded away at it. Its hard to stop a shot that fast and quick.NOTES: Blues C David Backes became the 10th player in franchise history to appear in 600 career games. ... Sharks D Mirco Mueller will play for Switzerland in the World Junior Championships that begin next week in Canada. ... Thornton moved into a 22nd-place tie with Phil Esposito on the career assists list with 873. ... The Sharks announced their first sellout in 11 games. San Jose had a 205-game sellout streak that ended earlier in the year. Fake Shoes From China . The injury could land Machado on the 15-day disabled list, but its not as serious as it looked on Monday night, when the third baseman crumpled in a heap at the plate after taking an awkward swing in a game against the New York Yankees. Fake Shoes For Sale . -- Its been 21 years since Joe Gibbs Racing celebrated its only Daytona 500 victory. https://www.fakeshoes.net/. And thats about it. After the Salukis 73-65 loss at Murray State on Tuesday night, Hinson called his players "uncoachable," "a bunch of mamas boys" and compared the disciplining of his young team to housebreaking a puppy. Fake Shoes Free Shipping .Y. - Carey Price had an early feeling that one goal might be enough to settle the latest matchup between his Montreal Canadiens and longtime Original Six foe, the New York Rangers. Replica Shoes . Hall had a goal and three assists in a 5-4 loss to San Jose on Tuesday, had an assist in each of Edmontons next two games the capped the week with a goal and two assists in the Oilers 4-2 win over Anaheim on Sunday.This story was tired during round 2, but the media keeps hammering it like it has the narrative of a Philip Roth novel. The passing of St. Louis mother was tragic, as is any unexpected death. Or death in general. Death is tragic. Thats why tragedies end in death. This is a narrative trope older than the playoff beard. But did it "galvanize" the Rangers efforts? Perhaps. But when reporters answer their own questions by asking players, "Did the passing of Martys mum bring this team closer together?" the story is being written and not reported. Its one of the tragic flaws of sports journalism. Additionally, part of the story being left out is how St. Louis sulked like a petulant child when not named to Canadas Olympic team, played poorly when added to the squad justifying managements decision to leave him off in the first place as he did not fit into their system, and then forced his trade to New York. Good player and teammate? Maybe. Virtuous hero of a tragic narrative? Hardly.Celebrities(Source: FameFlynet Pictures)Welcome to TMZs NHL final. With the Stanley Cup being played in New York and Los Angeles, the opportunity presents itself for endless celeb spotting. Coverage will no doubt be tirelessly freckled with shots of Robert De Niro, Michael J. Fox, and Wayne Gretzkys daughter. "Oh hey, look! Its venerable character actor ?eljko Ivanek! He watches hockey just like a normal person!" I fully expect at least one, if not two, Scott Oake "Inside Hockey" features on Matthew Perrys beer league for displaced Canadians in L.A. If somehow Jay-Zed and Beyoncé make it rinkside, NHL media types might actually spontaneously combust, leaving a trail of iPhones and unwritten columns about who will play Marty St. Louis in the movie version of the postseason smoldering in the press box.Major Markets(Source: cgodley - Hollywood Reporter)Yes, L.A. and New York are the two largest media markets in the league, so ratings for this final should get a bump from years past, at least stateside. But in actuality, a Stanley Cup final on NBCSN 7 or whoever it is who televises hockey poorly in the United States these days still rates lower than a Reba marathon on CMT. Add in the fact that the NBA finals feature a rematch of last years epic Heat-Spurs series, a compelling Lebron as Jordan narrative, and the dichotomy of the Heats talents in South Beach and the Spurs team first philosophy, some Americans might not even find time to watch Reba. Certainnly a major market clash is good for the NHL, and good for hockey.dddddddddddd But it wont be the epic sea change in the sports national visibility and popularity that the media will portray it as.Canadians (Source: nhl.com/kings)In the absence of Canadian teams in the final, the nationalist hockey media will do its best to attach Canada to the series narrative as best they can. Theyll count the amount of Canadians on each team. Theyll do a feature on the Sutters, how theyre cheering on Darryl from Viking, but cant make it to the games because the spring crop needs a plantin. There will be mention of how many Canadian Olympians are on each team. Stephen Harper will somehow make an appearance. Therell be something about a loonie at centre ice. And, of course, the annual Bettman-MacLean smug-off where Ron will ask about Quebec City and Gary will wish he were still with the NBA. If it goes 7 games, the contrived Canadiana will get thicker than a beer commercial. The Unmentioned(Source: Dirk Shadd - Times)The final will be notable not just for the tired recycled stories of rounds past, but also the issues facing hockey that will not be mentioned. Sure, a wedding isnt the place to discuss your partners flaws, but during its second biggest moment of the year (to the inexplicably popular outdoor games) certainly some of the sports challenges could be included in the pre-game and intermission discourse. It would be interesting, and beneficial, to have the pundits debate why fighting barely exists in the playoffs yet is apparently crucial to the game, if Zenon Konopkas PED use is an isolated case or hockeys dirty little secret, or have an open dialogue about concussion protocol, or the lack thereof, especially in the postseason. And Dominic Moores story is a truly heartbreaking tale, but some moment should be found to mention how it has been ten years since Todd Bertuzzi ended his brothers career, how Dominic was at times ostracized from NHL circles because of it, and how the case has yet to go to trial. But, you know, Don Cherry trying to pronounce Anze Kopitar is interesting in its own way.The Stanley Cup final matchup promises an entertaining series. Both the Rangers and Kings are built around speed, hard forechecking, and timely goaltending. There will be plenty of stories that will grow organically. This is the beauty of sport; the story writes itself, and that story will be best told if its storytellers eschew the contrived and indulge in its evolution. ' ' '