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It was a battle of exceptional goaltending last night as Evgeni Nabokov and the San Jose Sharks out-dueled Miikka Kiprusoff and the Calgary Flames 2-0 to even that series 1-1. Kiprusoff was the workhorse facing 43 shots (27 in the second period) and kept the Flames competitive. But it was Nabokov who made a pair of spectacular glove-in-the-air desperation saves that could have sent the Sharks spiraling downward if he had not made them. In the first period, he snared a Cory Sarich one-timer from the slot just as it was about to cross the goal line. That would have opened the scoring. Nabokov did the same thing in more dramatic fashion in the third period on Owen Nolan. That would have put the Flames right back in it. BOO, HISS: Both cheers and jeers to referees Tim Peel and Marc Joannette calling last night’s Game 2 in San... [read full story]
