Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm and Ryan Garbutt scored goals, and Frederik Andersen made 30 saves to help the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center. The victory was the fourth in a row for the Ducks, who are 11-3-1 since Dec. 26. San Jose lost in regulation for the first time since Jan. 7.
After San Jose forward Dainius Zubrus' tip-in 2:43 into the second period tied the game at 1-1, Lindholm put the Ducks ahead to stay at 4:19 with a shorthanded goal. With Rakell in the penalty box for tripping, Ryan Getzlaf found Lindholm for a high snap shot that went past Martin Jones and gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead.
Garbutt made it 3-1 at 12:07 with his first goal since being acquired by the Ducks from the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 21, burying a rebound just after coming over the boards on a line change. Tommy Wingels' slap shot beat Andersen 65 seconds later to get the Sharks within a goal.
Rakell opened the scoring 16:09 into the first period. He split the defenders with a pass to Patrick Maroon and took a return feed before beating Jones top-shelf for his 11th goal of the season.
The Ducks, the NHL's top penalty-killing team, went 3-for-3 and have killed off 48 of the last 50 opposition power plays. With 2:07 left, defenseman Cam Fowler, in his first game back from a knee injury, was penalized for hooking. The Sharks got four shots on goal but couldn't beat Andersen, who won for the second time in 10 career decisions against San Jose (2-8-0). Jones finished with 22 saves.
The Sharks continue their four-game road trip at the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. The Ducks visit the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday in the second of three straight Pacific Division games.
The other game in the Pacific Division saw the Los Angeles Kings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 6-2 at Gila River Arena. Kings Captain Dustin Brown grabbed two of the goals with Marian Gaborik also found the net.
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Joe Pavelski: "It was there; we were fighting hard and we had the chances to score tonight but we didn't find a way to get that extra one that we needed. Overall, it was good when we laid it in and forechecked it was there for us. But we were a little too cute through the neutral zone and it kind of went the other way. They probably won a few more faceoffs than we did. At least against me they did. So I could have helped a little bit. But we had some looks."
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