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Jersey . -- The San Jose Sharks squandered another chance to open up their
lead over the Anaheim Ducks. Tobias Enstrom scored a power-play goal with 3:36
remaining in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets deal a blow to San Joses
chances to finish in first place by beating the Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night.
"Weve let some teams that are not as good in the standings beat us and take
points away, for whatever reason Im not sure," captain Joe Thornton said. The
Sharks have lost six games since the Olympic break, all to teams that would not
be in the playoffs if the season ended now. San Jose still holds a two-point
lead over Anaheim in the Pacific Division but the Ducks have three games in
hand. "We cant give away points," forward Joe Pavelski said. "Weve given away a
few too many lately. They got the games in hand. If they do their job theyll be
there but theres still quite a bit of hockey left." Dan Boyle, Brent Burns and
Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who have lost four of six. Antti Niemi made
27 saves for San Jose. Blake Wheeler added a goal and two assists for the Jets,
who trail Phoenix by nine points in the race for the second wild card spot in
the Western Conference. Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, and
Al Montoya made 27 saves. "We talked about the playoff race for the first time
tonight," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "Its a long hill to climb but this is
the way we need to play every night." Couture scored the tying goal in the
second period for San Jose but then committed the penalty that led to the
game-winner when he shot the puck over the glass while trying to kill a penalty.
The Sharks managed to kill 11 seconds of the 5-on-3 but couldnt kill the second
penalty when Wheeler slid a pass to a pinching Enstrom, who beat Niemi. "Were a
long shot coming into the building against arguably the best team in the
league," Wheeler said. "We just tried to make one more play than they did and it
worked out for us." The Jets took a 3-2 lead by scoring twice in the first 10
minutes of the second period. The equalizer came early when Wheeler skated into
the offensive zone and fired a bad-angle shot at Niemi from along the goal line
that somehow sneaked into the net. Winnipeg took its first lead after Thornton
negated a San Jose power play with a tripping penalty. Just seconds after
Paul Postma came out of the box to give the Jets a power play, Wheeler slid a
perfect pass to Byfuglien, who beat Niemi with a one-timer for his 20th goal.
"Our power play was kind of sloppy but we were able to pull together a couple of
times and set it up," Ladd said. "I wanted to come here, have a good effort and
give ourselves a chance to win, and we did that." The Sharks tied it later in
the second when they capitalized on another power-play chance. James Sheppards
slap shot deflected off Coutures thumb and into the net to give San Jose its
fifth power-play goal in two games. Couture also got his 20th goal in his return
to the lineup after missing one game with an injury from blocking a shot on
Monday in Calgary. The Sharks opened the scoring less than 2 minutes into the
game when Sheppard sent a pass from the point that deflected off Marty Havlats
stick and right to Boyle, who beat Montoya with a backhand for his first goal in
30 games. The Jets answered just 36 seconds later when Ladd put in a rebound of
Michael Froliks shot for his 22nd goal. It came in Ladds first game back after
missing Mondays tilt in Dallas for the birth of his daughter. "Theres a little
bit of energy in the building, and bang its gone," Sharks coach Todd McLellan
said. "They come right back down and score and we have to start all over. That
was probably a bit of a turning point, may have been an indication of things to
come." San Jose went back in front late in the period on Burns power-play goal.
NOTES: Thornton became the 100th player to play in 1,200 career NHL games. ...
Former Sharks F Devin Setoguchi was a healthy scratch for the Jets. ... San Jose
recalled F Freddie Hamilton from Worcester of the AHL to replace F Adam Burish,
who had surgery on two broken fingers on his left hand.
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with 77.01 points, just behind Olympic bronze medallists Aliona Savchenko and
Robin Szolkowy of Germany. The four-time world champs lead at 79.INDIAN WELLS,
Calif. -- A year ago, Flavia Pennetta was close to retiring from tennis. Her
ranking plunged to 166th in the world in June, and she had struggled to rebuild
her career after having right wrist surgery the previous August. Now shes glad
she stuck around. Pennetta routed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday in the
BNP Paribas Open to win the biggest title of her career. "After so many years,
so much work and everything, this is the moment I always waited for," she said.
"And its coming when you dont expect. It was something I was waiting since long
time, and finally I have a good trophy in my hands." Actually, the crystal
trophy was so heavy, she didnt hoist it for photographers. The 32-year-old
Italian became the third-oldest winner of the desert tournament after Martina
Navratilova, who won at age 33 and again at 34 in 1990-91. It was Pennettas
first title since winning at Marbella in 2010. "We are old, but we still good
athletes," Pennetta said. "We are strong. We have so many years on the tour, and
we know how to handle the emotion and everything." Novak Djokovic and Roger
Federer resumed their long rivalry in the mens final later in the day. As the
20th seed, Pennetta became the lowest seed to win the title. She came in ranked
21st and is projected to rise to No. 12 in the world Monday in the WTA Tour
rankings. She beat top-seeded Li Na in the semifinals on her way to winning the
title worth $1 million. The green-white-and-red Italian flag fluttered in the
breeze from the stands as Pennetta ran to hug her team. She got doused by a
bottle of water from Italian mens player Fabio Fognini in celebration. "It was
hot, so it was good," she said, smiling. Radwanska, seeded second, was bothered
with a left knee injury during the final. She twice calleed for the trainer in
the second set and had her knee heavily taped.
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saying she was unable to run. "I had the tape stronger and stronger every
changeover," Radwanska said. "I thought that going to help, but not really.
Didnt work." It equaled the most one-sided womens final in the tournaments
26-year history. Maria Sharapova lost just three games in beating Elena
Dementieva in 2006, and Lindsay Davenport dropped three games in defeating Irina
Spirlea in 1997. "This one is one of the best tournaments in the world,"
Pennetta said. "Its mine today." Pennetta threatened from the first game of the
match, when she held two break points and had one more in the third game. She
finally converted in the fifth game on Radwanskas errant backhand, then broke
again in the seventh game on the Poles forehand error. Pennetta won the final
five games to wrap up the first set, 6-2. Radwanska held for a 1-0 lead in the
second before she got the trainer on court and Pennetta called for her coach.
Pennetta staved off a break point to hold at 1-1, the last challenge Radwanska
offered before it became evident she wasnt herself. Radwanska said she hurt her
knee a few days ago in practice. "I just didnt expect it was going to be much
worse today," she said. "But when the pain is so big that nothing is working --
no painkillers, no tape -- that means it is bad." Pennettas lob over Radwanska,
who didnt even try to go after it, helped her earn the break and a 2-1 lead. The
Italian swept the last six games, with Radwanska ending the match on three
consecutive errors. She earned $500,000. Pennettas previous biggest title came
at Los Angeles in 2009, a Premier-level event that no longer exists.
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