~ Photo credit: AP wire service: The Arizona Coyotes Ryan White (25) gets in a chase with the San Jose Sharks Nikolay Goldobin during the third period at SAP Center on Friday night

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Dylan DeMelo gave San Jose its second straight 3-2 overtime win, as they defeated the Phoenix Coyotes Friday.

40 seconds in from the point, DeMelo shot with a defender in between him and the goalie. Tommy Wingels got the assist. DeMelo had a team-high 22:25 time on ice.

The Sharks are now 2-0 in the preseason. It was the Coyotes’ first overtime game.

Both teams have scored at least two goals in each game.

Like San Jose’s last game, neither team scored on the power play. The Sharks, 0-for-4, had a power play opportunity in each period of regulation. In the first two periods, Phoenix, 0-for-2, was on the power play first.

San Jose continued their trend of outshooting their opponent in each period, except for overtime in the first game. This time they shot double digits in each regulation period, surpassing their first game shot total by three, with 36 shots.  Goalie Aaron Dell stopped 20 of 22 shots in his first preseason game.

The Sharks’ Justin Braun had two assists and five takeaways.

Both goals for the Coyotes came from San Jose miscues in their own zone.

In the first period, Conor Garland robbed Justin Braun and Jordan Martinook made it 1-0 at 8:45.

The Sharks tied the game at 11:18 of the second period. Ryan Carpenter got the puck from the left faceoff circle and put it in from the side. Adam Helewka and Braun aided.

San Jose’s celebration was short-lived though, as Michael Bunting capitalized on Mirco Mueller’s turnover.  Ryan MacInnis and Ryan White helped at 11:51. It was Bunting’s second goal and third point in four games.

At 7:11 of the third, Tomas Hertl’s persistence paid off, as he was rewarded with a much-awaited goal to retie the game. Braun got his second assist and Nikolay Goldobin aided with the play. Teammate Joel Ward and another player collided and fell in front of the net right before Hertl rounded the back of the net.

Game notes: Sharks’ coach Peter DeBoer said Patrick Marleau missed the third period because of “a bug”. San Jose next faces the Canucks again, at 5pm October 2 in Vancouver.