Game 35: Stars vs Sharks

It's sickening with how the Cowboys played yesterday. Sickening. And the Bears... well, they at least went out with some dignity. If Wade Philips is still the head coach come 2009, well, I will be shocked. And if he is the head coach at the start of the new season, well, something will just be wrong with the world.

The Stars aren't expected to make the playoffs at this point. So, there is no proverbial carrot dangling before them. Stranger things have happened, so I won't count them out until they are mathematically eliminated, but I am not holding my breath, to say the least.

Dallas Stars Player Stats 08-09

Name	Mike Ribeiro	Brad Richards	Loui Eriksson	Mike Modano
Goals	6	10	18	12
Assists	25	21	8	12
Points	31	31	26	24
+/-	-4	-6	+5	+2

Everyone is up two from the previous post. That's good news. The Star beat the Ducks 4-3 on Saturday. The Stars are starting to gel some... I would hope that is good news.

Sharks Player Stats 08-09

Name	Joe Thornton	Patrick Marleau	Devin Setoguchi	Dan Boyle
Goals	9	18	17	11
Assists	32	22	19	18
Points	41	40	36	29
+/-	+16	+16	+16	+6

So, the Stars are 15-14-5 (or 15-19, adjusted) while the Sharks are 27-4-4 (or 27-8, adjusted)... so the Stars and Sharks are two very different teams. One which is very, very good. And the other is very, very average. Really, the players on the Stars roster are ready to go to pasture, while the Sharks have players ready for the spotlight.

Goalie Comparrison

Name	Games (Starts)	Record	GAA	SV%
Marty Turco	31 (31)	14-12-5	3.27	.880
Evgeni Nabokov	25 (25)	19-3-3	2.45	.908

Who's the better goalie? Well, that's pretty straight forward. Still, Turco is doing enough to grab some wins of late...
Forecast: This is a mismatch. The Sharks are too good for the Stars. The Stars have already dropped two to the Sharks, 11/8 was a 2-1 game and on 11/28, a 6-2 loss for the Stars. This one, will be a 4-1 loss for the Stars.

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