Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski scored in the first period, and Martin Jones made 31 saves for the San Jose Sharks in a 2-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens at SAP Center. San Jose defeated Montreal here for the 10th straight time. The Canadiens are 0-8-2 since Nov. 23, 1999. The Sharks (15-9-1) won for the sixth time in seven games, and Jones is 8-2-1 in his past 11. Artturi Lehkonen scored on a 6-on-4 power play with 1:17 left in the third period after the Canadiens pulled goalie Carey Price. Price made 28 saves for the Canadiens (16-6-2), who are 1-5-0 in their past six road games. Montreal forward Alexander Radulov went to the locker room with 4:06 left after being high-sticked in the face by Logan Couture, who drew a 4:00 penalty. Burns gave San Jose a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 5:22 of the first period. He took a pass from Pavelski in the left circle and beat Price with a slap shot to the far side. San Jose made it 2-0 when Pavelski scored on an odd-man rush at 19:03. Joe Thornton had his second assist of the game.
* Pavelski set the stage for his first-period goal by forcing a Canadiens turnover, knocking the puck ahead to Thornton along the left boards, and igniting a 2-on-1. Thornton passed from the left circle to Pavelski, who was skating down the slot and lifted the puck over Price's glove from close range.
"I think at that point I was just kind of reacting to the play," Jones said. "You're not going to see me pull that out too, too often. Just tried to get over and bring as much of my body as I could."
* Lehkonen knocked in a rebound with a wrist shot from close range, beating Jones through the five-hole to make it 2-1.
"Kind of an unlucky bounce there in front of the net that just kind of squeaked through my legs there," Jones said. "But we killed really well tonight. We didn't let them get set up for the most part. That's a good power play. They're going to get some chances."
* Montreal forward Brian Flynn returned to the lineup after missing nine games with an upper-body injury; he skated on the fourth line. ... Sharks forward Tommy Wingels returned to the lineup after missing three games with a lower-body injury and centered the fourth line, replacing rookie Ryan Carpenter. ... Sharks defenseman Paul Martin played his 800th NHL game..
"[Jones] did his job. He always does his job. He shows up. We have a lot of confidence in him, and he showed you why tonight. Guys did a good job in front of him, and it was a really good effort I think against a good team." Pavelski said.
"Just a good play by [Pavelski]. Obviously shooting against Price you know there's not many holes. It's good that one found its way back. I was swinging all night and none of the other ones went in." Burns said.
"That's one of those internal things. I think when he looked down 200 feet away and saw Carey Price, what a great challenge for [Martin], and he was outstanding tonight, as was Price for them. That's as good a goalie duo as I've seen in a long time. That was a heck of a hockey game by both goaltenders." -- Sharks assistant coach Steve Spott
"I was just going to the net, and I think [Couture] was trying to protect the slot area and not let me in, and it's part of the game. Scary, but it's OK." Radulov said.
* Jones was under siege midway through the first period when Canadiens center Alex Galchenyuk tracked down a rebound in the low right circle and sent a wrist shot his way. Jones, sliding right to left through the crease, made an off-balance glove save, preserving San Jose's 1-0 lead at 11:29.
* Sharks forward Joel Ward paid the price to help kill a penalty early in the third period. Ward blocked a slap shot by Montreal defenseman Shea Weber, who has one of the hardest shots in the NHL. Ward and Weber were teammates for three seasons with the Nashville Predators.
"Kind of an unlucky bounce there in front of the net that just kind of squeaked through my legs there," Jones said. "But we killed really well tonight. We didn't let them get set up for the most part. That's a good power play. They're going to get some chances."
* Montreal forward Brian Flynn returned to the lineup after missing nine games with an upper-body injury; he skated on the fourth line. ... Sharks forward Tommy Wingels returned to the lineup after missing three games with a lower-body injury and centered the fourth line, replacing rookie Ryan Carpenter. ... Sharks defenseman Paul Martin played his 800th NHL game..
"[Jones] did his job. He always does his job. He shows up. We have a lot of confidence in him, and he showed you why tonight. Guys did a good job in front of him, and it was a really good effort I think against a good team." Pavelski said."That's one of those internal things. I think when he looked down 200 feet away and saw Carey Price, what a great challenge for [Martin], and he was outstanding tonight, as was Price for them. That's as good a goalie duo as I've seen in a long time. That was a heck of a hockey game by both goaltenders." -- Sharks assistant coach Steve Spott
"I was just going to the net, and I think [Couture] was trying to protect the slot area and not let me in, and it's part of the game. Scary, but it's OK." Radulov said.
Ottawa Senators @ Sharks 4-2 - Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Chris Kelly scored with 1:06 to play to help the Ottawa Senators defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 at SAP Center. Kelly tracked down a loose puck that bounced over the stick of Sharks defenseman Justin Braun in the neutral zone and beat goaltender Martin Jones from close range. Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic tried to hit the bouncing puck just after it came off the right side boards but missed. Then Braun whiffed. Jean-Gabriel Pageau had an empty-net goal with 15.1 seconds left for the Senators (16-9-2), who defeated San Jose for the fifth straight time and beat the Sharks at SAP Center for the third straight time, a franchise record. Mark Stone and Erik Karlsson scored first-period goals for Ottawa, and Mike Condon made 35 saves. Karlsson also had two assists. Logan Couture and Brent Burns also scored for San Jose (15-10-1), which played for the first time since Friday and saw its three-game winning streak end. Stone gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 3:42 of the first period on the power play, his ninth goal of the season. Karlsson made it 2-0 at 7:19 with his seventh goal of the season, a wrist shot from above the right circle. The goal gave him 411 career points, and he passed Wade Redden to become Ottawa's all-time scoring leader among defensemen. Couture cut Ottawa's lead to 2-1 at 8:19 of the second period with a power-play goal. It was his 10th of the season and sixth on the power play. Burns made it 2-2 with a wrist shot from above the right circle at 6:30 of the third period with the Sharks and Senators playing 4-on-4. Paul Martin had the assist, giving him 300 career points. The Sharks went 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Senators went 1-for-4.
* Sharks forward Joe Pavelski had a 13-foot wrist shot from the slot with 4:20 left in the first period, but Condon got his pads down, preserving Ottawa's 2-0 lead.
* Pavelski had a game-high seven shots, a number of good scoring chances and hit a post but couldn't get the puck past Condon. Pavelski also won nine of 13 faceoffs (69 percent).
* Stone got Ottawa off to a fast start with a power-play goal. Mike Hoffman's shot from the right circle deflected off of Burns' skate. Stone got to the loose puck in the slot and beat Jones with a backhand.
* Senators goaltender Craig Anderson returned to Ottawa on Tuesday to be with his wife, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. ... Senators wing Bobby Ryan returned after missing three games with an injured hand. ... Sharks defenseman David Schlemko missed the game with a lower-body injury.
"Just a weird flow of the game. Killing penalties, power play. We're getting chances, the puck's bouncing everywhere. Just one of those weird games I think. Two of their goals were just crazy bounces." Burns said.
"I thought early in the game we were good. Their goalie I thought played well in the first, kind of let them hang around. They were opportunistic on their goals. That was the story of the game. I think you play that way or that game 10 times, you probably win eight or nine of them, but we didn't." Peter DeBoer
Sharks @ Anaheim Sucks 2-3 - Friday, December 09, 2016
Hampus Lindholm scored the tiebreaking goal with 5:38 left in the third period to give the Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center on Friday. Lindholm took a feed from Nick Ritchie at the top of the right circle and banked it in off the crossbar for his first of the season in his 15th game. Rickard Rakell and Antoine Vermette scored, and Shea Theodore and Nick Ritchie each had two assists for Anaheim (14-9-5). Ducks goalie Jonathan Bernier, in his first start since an 8-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Dec. 4, made 22 saves, including a series of stops in the final minute when San Jose came with hard pressure and an extra attacker. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said he felt it was important to start Bernier this week in order to allow him to move past the loss in Calgary. Brent Burns scored his Sharks-high 12th of the season, and Kevin Labanc scored for San Jose (15-11-1). Martin Jones made 29 saves.
Labanc tied it 2-2 at 8:40 of the second period, finishing a cross-ice feed from Logan Couture. Burns made it 2-1 with a power-play goal six seconds before the first period expired. Vermette made it 2-0 at 15:06 of the first, scoring off the rush. After missing two games with a lower-body injury, Rakell returned and scored at 4:44 for a 1-0 lead. He has 11 goals in 17 games, one goal behind Ryan Kesler for the Ducks lead.
"I thought we did a good job holding the net," Bernier said. "I had the short side and I thought we did a good job keeping them on the outside."
* With the return of Rakell, Ritchie was moved to the third line. He assisted on two goals, including Lindholm's game-winner.
"He drove the puck deep, stopped up and went back up the strong side," Carlyle said. "He had to read that, and that's a good read on his part."
* Patrick Marleau passed through the crease to Burns, who one-timed his goal from his knees.
* Rakell has 15 points in 17 games since making his season debut Nov. 1. He ranks third in the NHL in goals per game (0.65), behind Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins (0.85) and David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins (0.78). … Theodore and Ritchie each had his first multiassist game in the NHL.
"We didn't hang our heads and we battled. We are just finding our way to lose right now instead of win." Peter DeBoer said.
"We had chances. We were there, but it doesn't matter. We just kept plugging away. We had some good looks. We have to start putting them in the net. It's frustrating when you know a goal can change a game like that and you're missing some good opportunities. You keep working for the next chance." Joe Pavelski
* Ritchie came down the wall, stopped at the edge of the circle and sent the puck to Lindholm.
* After Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano was blocked by Burns twice shooting at the empty net, the Sharks came back the other way. Labanc missed on a wrist shot and Joel Ward came within inches of tying the game when he tipped the rebound with 23 seconds left.
* With the return of Rakell, Ritchie was moved to the third line. He assisted on two goals, including Lindholm's game-winner.
"He drove the puck deep, stopped up and went back up the strong side," Carlyle said. "He had to read that, and that's a good read on his part."
* Patrick Marleau passed through the crease to Burns, who one-timed his goal from his knees.
* Rakell has 15 points in 17 games since making his season debut Nov. 1. He ranks third in the NHL in goals per game (0.65), behind Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins (0.85) and David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins (0.78). … Theodore and Ritchie each had his first multiassist game in the NHL.
"We had chances. We were there, but it doesn't matter. We just kept plugging away. We had some good looks. We have to start putting them in the net. It's frustrating when you know a goal can change a game like that and you're missing some good opportunities. You keep working for the next chance." Joe Pavelski
Sharks @ Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 - Saturday, December 10, 2016
Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc scored 1:52 apart in the second period, and backup goalie Aaron Dell made 30 saves to help the San Jose Sharks defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 at SAP Center on Saturday. Labanc's goal at 14:10 gave San Jose a 4-2 lead. Carolina forward Derek Ryan scored a power-play goal at 3:42 of the third period to cut San Jose's lead to 4-3. Patrick Marleau and Paul Martin scored first-period goals for the Sharks (16-11-1), and Dell made four saves in the final 1:39 to help them hang on for the win. Lee Stempniak and Joakim Nordstrom also scored for the Hurricanes (11-11-6), and Cam Ward made 16 saves. The Sharks had lost two straight games, including 3-2 at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. The Sharks took a 1-0 lead 12 seconds into the game when Marleau took a cross-ice pass from Joe Thornton on a 2-on-1 rush and scored his seventh goal of the season. Stempniak scored a power-play goal from close range at 1:59 of the first to tie it 1-1, but San Jose regained the lead at 2-1 on Martin's first goal of the season at 3:14. Martin's shot from the left point hit Carolina defenseman Brett Pesce's skate and deflected past Ward to the far side. The Hurricanes tied it 2-2 at 11:02 of the second period when Nordstrom scored a shorthanded goal. Couture gave San Jose a 3-2 lead at 12:18 of the second with his 11th goal of the season, seventh in his past 10 games, tipping in Brent Burns' shot from the left point. Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic left the game midway through the second period with a lower body injury. He's day to day, coach Peter DeBoer said.
* Sharks defenseman Justin Braun sent the puck along the right boards, and it went through Pavelski's legs in the neutral zone to Thornton, who carried it to the right faceoff circle before sending a backhand pass to a streaking Marleau for a redirection past Ward from close range.
* Sharks defenseman Dylan DeMelo played his third straight game in place of David Schlemko (right ankle) and had a strong game with three shots on goal, two blocked shots, one hit and an assist on Labanc's second-period goal. Ward couldn't control the rebound on DeMelo's point shot, and Labanc scored easily from close range.
"The last minute 6-on-5 is always a really, really long minute. We did a good job and had some big blocked shots there. Couldn't get too many clears but had some good sticks that blocked pucks out." Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell
"You had a feeling it was one of those games you just have to win, you just have to find a way to win. Kind of similar on the road. Be patient, wait for a bounce. The start tonight was big for us to get a goal. They got one back, but we just kept answering and played with the lead. It makes it a bit easier." Joe Pavelski said.
* Dell got his left pad on former Sharks defenseman Matt Tennyson's wrist shot from the right faceoff circle at 1:35 of the second period.
* Nordstrom tracked down a long pass from Victor Rask in the Sharks end, stayed a step in front of a diving Burns, and then faked left before beating Dell through the five-hole.
* Sharks forward Matt Nieto was in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the previous five games. He replaced Micheal Haley. ... The Hurricanes entered Saturday with the top-ranked penalty kill in the NHL (92.0 percent) and killed the only Sharks power play. They are 18-for-18 on the PK in their past six games. ... Carolina forward Elias Lindholm (lower body) missed his fifth straight game.
"You had a feeling it was one of those games you just have to win, you just have to find a way to win. Kind of similar on the road. Be patient, wait for a bounce. The start tonight was big for us to get a goal. They got one back, but we just kept answering and played with the lead. It makes it a bit easier." Joe Pavelski said.
"It's always nice to get some good bounces like that. I think in general most of the season we've been creating chances, getting pucks to the net. At some point, it's nice to get rewarded for that kind of stuff when guys are working hard and creating opportunities." Martin said.
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