San Jose winner of second-round opener

Christian Ehrhoff had the go-ahead goal for the Sharks, who beat Edmonton, 2-1.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Patrick Marleau and the Sharks are off to another speedy playoff start.
The San Jose captain scored his eighth goal of the postseason and added an assist on Christian Ehrhoff's go-ahead goal, leading the Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Sunday night in Game 1 of the second-round series.
Rookie Milan Michalek had two assists and Vesa Toskala stopped 15 shots in his fifth consecutive victory for the Sharks, who took control of the series opener with a one-sided second period featuring Ehrhoff's first career playoff goal.
Game 2 is tonight in the best-of-seven series. Game 3 is in Edmonton Wednesday night.
The goalie
Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves for the Oilers, who went scoreless in the final 57:27 after Jaroslav Spacek's early power-play goal. Edmonton twice grazed the post behind Toskala, but was held to fewer than two goals for the first time in the postseason.
A big shot advantage and aggressive play turned Game 1 into San Jose's 13th victory in its last 15 games.
Spacek scored a power-play goal just 2:33 in, and Edmonton's team speed quickly caught the Sharks' attention.
San Jose tied it five minutes later on a blast from the slot by Marleau, who had a hat trick while scoring seven goals in the five-game first round.
The Sharks completely dominated the second period, holding Edmonton to two shots while keeping the puck in the Oilers' end for minutes at a time.
San Jose's forechecking did much of the work, with pesky forward Ville Nieminen playing an inspired game that included several big checks.
Ehrhoff, a German defenseman gaining coach Ron Wilson's confidence with every game, scored his first career playoff goal on a needle-threading shot from the boards at the blue line, somehow finding the net's top corner off a pass from Marleau.
Mighty Ducks 3, Avalanche 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ilya Bryzgalov tied a 61-year-old NHL rookie record with his third consecutive playoff shutout.
Ryan Getzlaf opened the scoring in the first period, and Ruslan Salei and Joffrey Lupul added goals in the second.
Coming off a 5-0 win in the first game, the Ducks took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal. Game 3 is Tuesday night in Denver.
Bryzgalov, who had 22 saves in the victory, hasn't allowed a goal in 229 minutes, 42 seconds, replacing Jean-Sebastien Giguere in the Ducks' record book for scoreless minutes in the playoffs.
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