Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal center, San Jose Sharks center Tyler Toffoli (73) and defenseman Radko Gudas (7) defending in the first period at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tue Apr 1, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

Anaheim Ducks Mason McTavish scored what would be the game winner and the only shootout goal scored in the stanza that stood up to defeat the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-3 at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

The Ducks Trevor Zegras and Sam Colangelo helped out scoring a goal a piece and delivering with an assist each. Jackson LaCombe scored a goal and McTavish had himself a game adding three assists. The Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal saved 28 shots and the effort helped Anaheim win their fourth out of their last six games.

The Sharks got goals out of Alexander Wennberg, Shakir Mukhamadullin and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. Sharks goaltender Alexandar Georgiev stopped 34 shots but the Sharks fell short and picked up their third loss in a row.

In the shootout stanza McTavish scored during the third round which stood up to be the game winner. Tyler Toffoli in the shootout shot wide right in San Jose’s last attempt at trying to score falling short.

The Sharks had a valiant effort as they were down by two goals after 20 minutes into the third period. Vlasic got the Sharks within a goal at 4:08 remaining in the game. For Vlasic it was his 1315th career game and 19th goal of the season.

Thursday night the Edmonton Oilers come to SAP Center. The Oilers are third in the Pacific Division at 43-26-5. The Oilers have won six of their last ten games and have won their last two games. This is a gritty club. The Sharks who are struggling have now lost eight of their last 11 games and are last in the Pacific Division. Faceoff between the Oilers and Sharks is at 7:30pm PDT.