Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals, and the San Jose Sharks hung on to defeat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in Game 4 of their Western Conference First Round series at SAP Center on Wednesday. The Sharks lead the best-of-7 series 3-1. Game 5 is at Staples Center on Friday.
Burns and Pavelski scored in the second period, and Marleau made it 3-0 early in the third. But Luke Schenn and Trevor Lewis scored in the third period to get the Kings within a goal with 13:16 remaining.
San Jose goalie Martin Jones made 26 saves, including 10 in the third; Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick also had 26. The Kings outshot the Sharks 12-5 in the third. With Quick out of the net, Kings defenseman Drew Doughty took a shot from above the right circle with a little more than 20 seconds left, but Marc-Edouard Vlasic blocked it. Los Angeles called timeout with 18.3 seconds left after San Jose iced the puck. Center Vincent Lecavalier won the faceoff, but the Sharks blocked the Kings’ final three shot attempts.
Burns gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 2:09 of the second period with Jeff Carter in the penalty box for roughing Vlasic. He one-timed a cross-ice pass from Joel Ward past Quick from the left circle. The goal was Burns' second of the series. The assists went to Ward and Vlasic.
The Sharks killed two Kings power plays, then went back on the man-advantage at 8:42 of the second period when Los Angeles defenseman Rob Scuderi went to the box for tripping Tomas Hertl. Thornton fed a pass from behind the net to Pavelski, who had position in the low slot and beat Quick with a slap shot for his fourth goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Thornton and Marleau had the assists.
The Sharks had one more power play in the second period after Schenn went to the penalty box for roughing Thornton. They generated plenty of pressure but didn’t score.
San Jose increased its lead to 3-0 on Marleau's power-play goal at 1:40 of the third. He scored six seconds after Los Angeles defenseman Jamie McBain went to the penalty box for high-sticking Joonas Donskoi. Quick stopped Logan Couture's shot from the right circle, but Marleau controlled the rebound and beat him from the slot for his first goal of the playoffs.
The Kings cut the Sharks lead to 3-1 at 2:49 when Schenn had a shot from the point that went off Lewis in the blue paint and got past Jones. Sharks coach Peter DeBoer challenged the goal, claiming Lewis contacted Jones, but the call stood after video review determined Burns caused the contact. Schenn made it 3-2 when he scored at 6:44 with another point shot through traffic. Dwight King provided a screen in front. Anze Kopitar and Marian Gaborik had the assists.
The Kings had seven of the game's first nine shots, but the Sharks came on strong and outshot them 11-8 in a scoreless, fast-paced first period that had no penalties. Early in the period, Gaborik had a backhand from the slot and Lewis had a wraparound, but Jones made the save on each. Quick robbed Marleau at 11:09 of the period. Marleau took a pass in the slot from Matt Nieto on a 2-on-1 rush, but Quick made a blocker save of his snap shot.
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