Joonas Donskoi and Joe Pavelski scored in the shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 win against the Florida Panthers at BB&T Center. Nick Bjugstad scored in the shootout for Florida, before San Jose goalie Martin Jones won the game when he stopped Jussi Jokinen in the top half of the third round.
Jaromir Jagr gave Florida a 1-0 lead at 2:23 of the third period with his 740th NHL goal, putting him one behind Brett Hull for third on the League's all-time list. Jagr scored when Vincent Trocheck's shot from the slot was blocked by Tomas Hertl and bounced right to him. Jagr one-timed the loose puck between Jones' legs for his 18th goal of the season, tying him for the Panthers lead with Reilly Smith. The 18 goals are one more than Jagr had in 77 games last season with the New Jersey Devils and Panthers. He has played 55 this season. Jagr, the oldest player in the NHL, joined Gordie Howe as the only forwards to score an NHL goal at age 44 or older. Jagr turned 44 the previous Monday.
Logan Couture tied the game 1-1 at 8:56 when he took a feed from behind the net from Joe Thornton and put a quick shot in the upper-left corner past goalie Al Montoya. The assist extended Thornton's point streak to seven games.
Couture's goal came on the Sharks' only shot of the third period, although they had the puck in the Panthers zone for large periods of time. The Panthers had three shots in the period.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic hit the post in overtime, when the Sharks had a power play for the last 1:38. Vlasic's eight-game point streak, which tied a Sharks record set this season by Brent Burns, ended. Montoya, making a second consecutive start for the first time this season, made 14 saves. Jones made 17 saves.
Montoya was 9-4-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .929 save percentage, and has allowed more than two goals twice in 15 starts.
San Jose had the third-best road record in the NHL at 19-8-2, which included a 4-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning the previous Tuesday. The Sharks swept the season series; they won 5-2 at SAP Center on Nov. 5. The Panthers lost for the fourth time in seven games (2-3-2). The Panthers again played without five regulars: forwards Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Pirri and Quinton Howden, and defensemen Erik Gudbranson and Willie Mitchell.
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