NHL - Los Angeles Kings @ San Jose Sharks 3-2 OT - Sunday, January 24, 2016

Marian Gaborik scored on a breakaway at 4:06 in overtime, lifting the Los Angeles Kings to a 3-2 victory against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center.

Gaborik took a pass from Tyler Toffoli and beat Sharks goaltender Martin Jones with a shot from the left circle for his second overtime goal of the season. Drew Doughty and Vincent Lecavalier had goals and Jhonas Enroth made 30 saves for Los Angeles. The first-place Kings extended their lead on the Sharks in the Pacific Division to nine points.
Los Angeles forced overtime when Lecavalier scored with 12.2 seconds left in regulation with the extra attacker. He poked a rebound through Jones' legs from close range for his fourth goal in nine games after being acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers. Dustin Brown sent the puck toward the net from the right boards, Tanner Pearson redirected it on net, and Lecavalier got the loose puck past Jones.


Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture scored and Jones started against his former team for the fourth time this season and made 29 saves for San Jose, which is 7-0-2 in its past nine games. The Sharks are 9-12-2 at SAP Center. Couture broke a 1-1 tie at 11:42 of the third period with his third goal of the season, putting a shot past Enroth from the left circle. Joonas Donskoi beat Jake Muzzin to the puck behind the net and fed a wide-open Couture.

The Sharks had a prime scoring chance midway through overtime on a 3-on-1 rush, but Donskoi's shot went wide. Pavelski gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 3:39 of the second period when he beat Enroth with a wrist shot from the left circle. Joe Thornton started the play, sprinting out of the penalty box, winning a battle for the puck with Christian Ehrhoff behind the Kings' net and making a pass from his knees to Tomas Hertl in front. Hertl sent a quick pass to Pavelski, who put the puck inside the left post. With the assist, Thornton extended his point streak to nine games. He's had a point in 17 of his past 18.

The Kings pulled even at 6:30 of the third period on Doughty's power-play goal. With Sharks forward Mike Brown in the penalty box for roughing Doughty, the latter took a cross-ice pass from Muzzin and sent a slap shot from the high right circle past Jones. Los Angeles was 1-for-4 on the power play; San Jose was 0-for-4. The Kings were without first-line forward Milan Lucic, who was suspended Sunday for one game for roughing Coyotes defenseman Kevin Connauton on Saturday. Enroth made his eighth start of the season and first since Jan. 4. He is 5-0-0 in his career against San Jose.

Sharks Bites

Peter DeBoer: "Obviously we want to hunt them down. They didn't lock up the division tonight that I know of, did they? So we like how we're playing and we're going to chase them right to the final buzzer."
Joe Thornton: "We feel we can play against anybody, and that's a good feeling to have. We have a great feeling in this locker room. We feel we have our home game in control now. It took us a while, but we feel confident at home, and our road record speaks for itself. We thought we had them. But that's hockey. It's a good hockey team and you can't hang your heads after a lot like that. We played great and we'll get better results in the future."