10 February 2010 / REUTERS/AP, TORONTO
Ryane Clowe used a borrowed stick to score the late game-winner as the San Jose Sharks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday for a ninth straight NHL road win on the road.
The Western Conference-leading Sharks (39-11-9) moved within one road triumph of tying a franchise record for successive wins away from home, and within a point of the Washington Capitals for the top spot in the NHL. Clowe got the decisive goal at 13.21 in the third period using a stick owned by his more prolific team mate Dany Heatley. “I guess it goes to show, it’s not the player, it’s the stick,” joked Clowe, who has scored 15 goals this season to Heatley’s 32. “I didn’t think there was any goals left in it, but there was one left. I’m going to have to hold on to that one.” Other NHL: Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2; Colorado 5, St. Louis 2; Phoenix 6, Edmonton 1; Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 2.
