By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Martin Jones made 30 saves against Vancouver Tuesday, as the San Jose Sharks got to scoring in their first preseason win, 4-0.

A shutout was not a new concept for Jones, who made his Sharks debut. Jones is in fact known for being the quickest modern day goalie to record seven shutouts (NHL.com). He stopped all shots he faced in relief March 1 and his last shutout came January 12.

The contest mirrored more of a real game with several regulars seeing their first preseason action. To name some, there were the Sedin twins for the Canucks and Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau for San Jose.

Nikolay Goldobin and Paul Martin got their first goals as members of the Sharks.

In the first period, Vancouver won the power play opportunity battle three to zero, but San Jose got the more important stats. John McCarthy capitalized on a turnover, went behind the net and passed to Martin, who scored through traffic. It was the first shot of the game, which came at 2:41.

The Canucks had two straight power plays at 6:50 and 9:02, because Matt Tennyson was called for hi-sticking during the first power play. Vancouver got their first shot during the first power play and three more during the second. The Canucks followed up with three more shots after the man advantage and had a total 11-5 shot advantage over the period.

The Sharks made it 2-0 before period end though. Brent Burns scored his goal similar to Martin, but the puck movement before this goal came in front of the blue line. Ben Smith helped out with the assist at 17:16.

San Jose got their first power play opportunity during the second and made a goalie change. Joe Cannata came in for Ryan Miller. Both goalies ended up giving up two goals apiece.

The Sharks finally converted on the power play, considering the opportunities they had Monday as well, tripling and quadrupling their lead. Tomas Hertl was the first at 9:25, aided by Justin Braun and Tennyson. Goldobin followed at 12:37, assisted by Burns and Hertl.

After, both teams played 3-on-3 overtime despite the result, for acclimation.

Game notes: Vancouver outhit San Jose 17-8 and the Sharks won faceoffs, 30-23. Like Monday’s game, a player had to leave the game due to blocking a shot. In this case, it was San Jose’s Micheal Haley in the first period. The Sharks next play their home preseason opener, Friday against the Arizona Coyotes at 7:30pm.