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Sharks Avoid Elimination Again

Posted May 3, 08 12:31 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – The Sharks just won't go away _ and now they're going back to Dallas. Joe Pavelski scored 65 seconds into overtime and San Jose evaded playoff elimination for the second straight game Friday, improbably rallying from a late two-goal deficit to beat Dallas 3-2 in Game 5. Brian Campbell scored the tying goal midway through the third period for the Sharks.

San Jose, which lost the series' first three games in five days, is just the fourth team in 20 seasons to stretch a series even to six games after trailing 0-3. Game 6 is back in Texas on Sunday night. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 24 shots for the Sharks, while Marty Turco made 19 saves in another playoff game to forget.

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Dallas Stars left wing Brenden Morrow (10) is congratulated by Antti Miettinen after scoring past San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov (20) in the second period Friday, May 2, 2008, in San Jose, Calif.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
San Jose Sharks defenseman Brian Campbell (51) celebrates with teammates Christian Ehrhoff (10), Milan Michalek (9) and Joe Thornton, after Campbell's goal in the third period on Friday, May 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Sharks center Joe Pavelski, bottom, scores past Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco (35) as Sharks center Patrick Marleau, left, assists in overtime of Game 5 of their playoff series, Friday, May 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov, of Kazakhstan, stops a shot on goal against the Dallas Stars in the first period of Game 5 of a Western Conference semifinal playoff hockey series in San Jose, Calif.,...   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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