San Jose Sharks goaltender James Reimer will have fond memories of Rexall Place, which is in its final season. Reimer made 31 saves for his first victory with the Sharks and first shutout of the season, a 3-0 win against the Edmonton Oilers. Reimer's last previous shutout, on Oct. 29, 2013, was also at Rexall Place, a 4-0 victory as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Reimer was acquired by the Sharks from the Maple Leafs on Feb. 27 and lost 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday in his first start with San Jose.
Logan Couture scored two goals and Joe Pavelski had his team-high 31st for the Sharks, who moved within two points of the second-place Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division after back-to-back wins in Alberta. The Sharks defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 in overtime on Monday. Cam Talbot made 19 saves for the Oilers, who will move to a new arena next season.
Couture scored 1:33 into the first period to put the Sharks up 1-0. His initial shot from the left circle was stopped by Talbot, but the goaltender couldn't locate the puck, which landed between his feet. Couture raced in and banged it into the net. Couture made it 2-0 at 15:50, 10 seconds into a tripping penalty to Oilers forward Jordan Eberle. Couture took a pass from Brent Burns at the top of right circle, walked in and snapped a high shot past Talbot for his 10th goal of the season. It was Couture's 20th two-goal game in the NHL. He has never had a hat trick.
Pavelski scored at 14:03 of the second period to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead, tipping a shot from Paul Martin past Talbot. From there, the goaltenders took over. Joonas Donskoi had an excellent opportunity to give the Sharks a four-goal lead when he took a pass from Couture in front, but Talbot was able to slide across and made an outstanding save.
Early in the third period, Talbot made consecutive saves on Dainius Zubrus and Chris Tierney, each of whom was set up in front. Reimer made an excellent blocker save on Adam Clendening later in the period, then stopped Patrick Maroon from in close on a setup from Eberle. Late in the in game, Oilers forward Matt Hendricks lost an edge and went into the boards awkwardly. He left and didn't return.
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Peter DeBoer: "I thought the first five or six minutes of the game, we looked like we played last night; we turned some pucks over and were a little slow. From that point on, I thought we played a real solid road game. We got great goaltending from [Reimer] when we needed and it was a tidy game from my perspective. That's exactly what we needed; you're in a back-to-back situation and you know you're going to have to make some saves on the road and he did that for us."Logan Couture: "I was trying to get the hat trick, it's never happened to me before in this League. It would be nice if that would happen sometimes soon."
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