Rookie Goalie Shines For Sharks

Archived from 2000-01 season.

2001 Playoffs

Rookie goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, who was making his debut playoff start, stopped 39 shots as the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 to tie the first round series 2-2.

Kiprusoff was a last-minute replacement for Evgeni Nabokov, who came down with the flu one night after shaky performance in Sharks 6-3 loss in Game 3.

Sharks got goals from Vincent Damphousse, Scott Thornton and Owen Nolan in the first 13 minutes of the second period.

Game 5 is in St. Louis on Thursday.

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