Photo credit: San Jose Sharks

By: Pearl Allison Lo

The Montreal Canadiens paved their way back into the game, but the San Jose Sharks’ Timo Meier scored the game-winner to put the game away, 4-1, at the Bell Centre  Tuesday night.

The Sharks recovered from a lopsided loss, 6-0, to the Dallas Stars, with a dominant victory of their own.

After entering the Stars game in relief of Martin Jones in which goalie Aaron Dell received a no decision, Dell continued with the wins. Before the no decision, Dell had five straight wins.

Though there were five penalties in the first period, Thornton scored the sole goal on a 5-on-5, aided by Justin Braun and Vlasic.

Shots were 11-10 in favor of the Canadiens, but the Sharks led 1-0 after the first.

Montreal native Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored his fourth goal of the season at the 11:27 mark of the second period. Mikkel Boedker and Kevin Labanc provided the assists on Vlasic’s goal.

Brent Burns was given a delay of game penalty with 4:11 left in the second. Then, Andrew Shaw scored on the power play for his 10th goal of the season, and the Canadiens cut the Sharks’ lead in half 18 seconds later.

However, Timo Meier responded on the Sharks’ behalf for a 2-1 lead just 10 seconds left in the second. Labanc and Chris Tierney picked up the assists on Meier’s power play goal–his seventh of the season. Joe Morrow was initially called for high-sticking Meier.

Meier struck again in the third period for his eighth goal of the season and second of the game, which was assisted by Burns and Joe Pavelski. The Sharks took a 3-1 lead just 1:13 into the third.

The Sharks went on to beat the Canadiens 3-1. Dell made 30 saves for San Jose.

Meanwhile, Carey Price made 29 saves in a losing effort for Montreal, whose woes continue with their fifth loss in a row. Their scoring during their losing skid has been limited to a goal or less per game.

 

Game notes: Vlasic’s six shots were second only to Pacioretty’s seven.

Up next: The Sharks continue the Canadian part of their road trip vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday at 4 pm PT.