Article: Low scoring wasn't supposed to be part of the NHL's new deal.

Byline: Mark Whicker

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Mick Jagger was braying on the other side of the 57, but for a long time this hockey game seemed to be trapped under his thumb.

The Mighty Ducks and the Sharks arrived at the end of regulation without a goal. Jean-Sebastien Giguere was snatching pucks out of the air like fireflies. The Ducks, playing the back end of a back-to-back, couldn't coordinate anything in front of San Jose goalie Nolan Schaefer.

Then, 41 seconds into overtime, Kyle McLaren launched another shot and Marcel Goc flinched as it approached.

"It bounced off my stick and into the net _ I was afraid it was going to hit me," Goc said later, grinning in the reflected light of a 1-0 San Jose victory.

Which explained the message on the locker room greaseboard: "Did Marcel Really Touch That Puck?"

"Just shoot the puck whenever …

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