~ Photo credit: (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ ANAHEIM– Corey Perry scored 1:13 in overtime to seal a 3-2 win over the San Jose Sharks in both teams’  preseason finale Sunday.

It was not the overtime win the Sharks wanted. With San Jose’s David Schlemko behind him and Chris Tierney charging, Perry made a move from the circle to the slot to slide the puck past Mikkel Boedker and goalie Aaron Dell. For Perry, it was his first goal of the preseason, as he was aided by Andrew Cogliano and Cam Fowler.

The lone wins for the Ducks this preseason (2-4-1) have come versus San Jose, as the Sharks ended with a 3-2-1 record.

Versus last game against Anaheim, San Jose rested all of its veterans. Patrick Marleau, Paul Martin and Joel Ward did not play.

Both teams took the intensity up a notch as the game featured 21 penalties, 13 in the first period. The Sharks killed six power plays during the game and ended with a perfect preseason on the penalty kill (24-24). Boedker replied, “I think that’s a big credit obviously to the system we have, and the coaches that put it into place, but also the players. They’re grinding out there and we’re doing a good job keeping the shots away and making sure that the goalies can see them. Overall, it’s been really good and hopefully we can continue that into the regular season.” San Jose Coach Peter DeBoer added, “It’s an area we’ve flagged for big improvement this year.”

Dell, in goal for the second time this preseason, had 20 saves and opposing goalie Jonathan Bernier had 30 saves.

Absent from the last game played were Pavelski, Marleau, Thornton, Martin, Vlasic and Burns

The Ducks had all four power plays in the opening period but the Sharks drew first blood.

13 seconds after San Jose killed off their first penalty, Joonas Donskoi withstood two defenders, got the puck to Bernier and then as Bernier went down to cover the puck, Donskoi put in his own rebound at 9:05. It was Donskoi’s second goal in as many games, as he was aided by Justin Braun and Tomas Hertl. The assist marked number three for Braun.

Dell robbed Cam Fowler with a high left glove save during Anaheim’s second power play which started at 13:54.

There was certainly no love lost between the teams.

The first of three official brawls in the period began when Cogliano knocked down Dylan DeMelo. Tommy Wingels attacked Cogliano in retaliation, Kesler came in and that brought in the rest of the two teams. Wingels received a double minor and Kesler roughing.

With less than 30 seconds left in the first period, two more fights made it to the stat sheet. It started with the Sharks’ Micheal Haley and Josh Manson fighting. Haley got an additional slashing penalty. The next fight almost concurrently along the boards involved recently recalled Dan Kelly and Kesler again. Both received a game misconduct.

Anaheim’s Kevin Bieska led the first period with three shots and San Jose was outhit 16-6.

Right before the first fight of the second period, the Sharks’ Melker Karlsson received a delay of game penalty. The fight came between San Jose’s Brenden Dillon and Nick Ritchie.

The Sharks’ second power play of the night came at 9:53. That then turned into a 5-on-3 when Ryan Garbutt kneed Schlemko. Schlemko capitalized on the opportunity. He passed down the left faceoff circle to Donskoi, who came back up ice to the middle of the circle and passed back to Schlemko, who then shot the puck under Bernier’s left arm. DeMelo got the second assist as San Jose scored their second power play goal of the preseason.

With 1:50 left in the middle frame, Jakob Silfverberg broke the shutout. The assist went to Antoine Vermette who won the faceoff right before the shot.

The Ducks’ Mason Raymond led with three shots in the second period.

Haley had his second fight, making it at least one fight each period for the teams, when he went against Jared Boll at 5:52 of the third.

The Sharks started with an 8-0 shot advantage, but Anaheim tied the game on their second shot of the period. Silfverberg stole the puck from Schlemko and with DeMelo to his left, scored five hole unassisted for his second straight goal of the night at 10:18.

Silfverberg led with three shots in the period.

Hertl had the first shot in overtime with a breakaway, but was stymied by Bernier. Bernier commented, “That’s three-on-three, so you’re going to get those two-on-ones and breakaways. You’re going to have to make those saves if you want to win. What a play by Perry, that’s for sure.”

Preseason at its end, DeBoer made reference to the final roster, “We’e got, in my mind, four or five forwards, two or three defensemen who aren’t going to make the team, but I’m going to have confidence bringing them up and putting them on the ice, which is a great luxury.”

Game notes: San Jose’s Ryan Carpenter who also played was recently recalled. The Sharks host their other California rival, the Los Angeles Kings, Wednesday at 7:30 for the teams’ 2016 season opener.