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Couture unable to save Sharks

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By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Logan Couture returned, but San Jose still hit a season-high four game losing streak, as the Calgary Flames won 4-2.

Playing for the first time since October 13, Couture played 12:38 minutes, had one assist, one shot on goal and was 38% on the face off.

San Jose was still missing defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic though, with his lower-body injury. Vlasic did not fly out for the two-game road trip.

The Sharks will have to hope the season-high losing streak adds that needed edge to get them back in the win column. In the Pacific Division, they have the same number of points as the Vancouver Canucks and are only one point ahead of the Arizona Coyotes and the Anaheim Ducks. Calgary is now only four points behind San Jose.

The Flames have scored at least three goals in each of their current three game win streak.

Calgary’s Mikael Backlund had a goal and assist and Mark Giordano and Dennis Wideman had two assists apiece.

The Flames’ Markus Granlund scored first 1:45 into the game, aided by Jiri Hudler and Wideman, both of whom got their twelfth assists.

The Sharks’ fourth line tied the game at 4:31. Chris Tierney was helped by Joonas Donskoi and Dainius Zubrus, who got his first assist.

The teams then exchanged power play goals.

Sean Monahan made it 2-1, assisted by Giordano and Wideman.  San Jose managed to only give up this special teams goal, amongst the six other opportunities.

The Sharks then got a power play goal for the second straight game when Joe Thornton was aided by Patrick Marleau and Couture. It was Couture’s second assist of the season. Calgary challenged the goal for interference, but was overruled.

In the second, Michael Frolik scored what would be the game winner, helped by Backlund and Dougie Hamilton.

The Flames’ first attempt at making it 4-2, was taken back after a victorious challenge by San Jose after review.

At 8:59, Backlund made it 4-2 for good, assisted by Giordano and TJ Brodie.

The Sharks’ Alex Stalock then came in and stopped 10 shots against the power play during the night.

San Jose’s Melker Karlsson had a shot that was just denied by the left goalpost and Couture had two penalties in the period.

The Sharks had penalties late in the game, similar to the game versus the Ducks. Donskoi was called at 16:15, voiding a power play and Pavelski, who was called with 3:23 left against Anaheim, went in the box for holding at 18:34.

Game notes: Zubrus had a penalty in each period. San Jose had 30+ shots for the second straight game. The Sharks will try to turn the tides when they face their former Coach Todd McLellan and his new team, the Edmonton Oilers for the first time, Wednesday at 6:30pm.

San Jose Sharks Friday: Gibson shuts out Sharks

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By Pearl Allison Lo

photo credit: otttawacitizen.com of Anaheim goaltender John Gibson

ANAHEIM– The Anaheim Ducks’ John Gibson got his second shutout in three games, as the Ducks beat San Jose Friday on the Sharks’ one-game road trip.

It was another tight rivalry contest played between the teams, where defensed dominated. All three games so far have been shutouts.

San Jose Coach Peter DeBoer said, “Both goalies were great, special teams were even. It just came down to who’s probably going to get that first goal is probably going to win. We had our opportunities early in the game, I thought they were a little better in the third…”

The Sharks only had one shot for the most of the third period. Their second and last shot came with less than a minute left.

San Jose Captain Joe Pavelski said, “It seemed that we weren’t clean enough. When we had our chance to break out it was either a puck hopped or we missed the play. They had good pressure.”

Sharks’ center Joe Thornton added, “…we didn’t sustain too much in their end…we were just kind of hesitant a little bit, and we shouldn’t be. We have good players, we make good plays and we didn’t execute as good as we did the first two periods.”

San Jose had four opportunities, but were unable to continue their power-play goal streak. The loss also ended Joel Ward’s five-game point streak and Patrick Marleau’s four-game goal streak.

The Sharks got their first penalty kill at 3:02 of the first period. Sami Vatanen had a shot which Melker Karlsson went down to block. Vatanen’s shot nearly went into the net, as it hit post.

San Jose’s second penalty of the night came when Micheal Haley, who was just recalled from the San Jose Barracuda before the game, got into a fight with Chris Stewart at 9:40.

Both teams each had another penalty and then one more penalty came at the 20-minute mark, which gave the Sharks a man advantage going into the second period.

Both San Jose’s Brent Burns and Anaheim’s Rickard Rakell had three shots apiece. The Ducks outhit the Sharks 17-8, Kevin Bieska with four of them.

San Jose got a penalty kill in the second when Nick Ritchie was called for too many men on the ice.

Right after the horn blew to end the second period, a number of players got into a scuffle.

Anaheim blocked eight shots. The Sharks returned the favor in hits, 11-6.

Mike Santorelli finally broke the deadlock when he got the puck under goalie Martin Jones’s left arm. Santorelli was fed by Nate Thompson at 2:49. Stewart had the second assist. It was Thompson’s first point of the year in two games.

On his goal, Santorelli said “The three of us got in on the forecheck. Stewart and Thompson were down low and Thompson made a good pass up to me.”

San Jose’s chances to get back in the game got slimmer when Joe Pavelski was called for tripping at 16:37.

Ducks’ center Shawn Horcoff said on winning games in this fashion, “…Playoff games are like that. You have to learn how to close these games out. We did it by being aggressive.”

Game notes: Jones has now stopped 68 of 70 shots against Anaheim this year. Burns had a game-tying four shots and a game-high four blocked shots and 27:14 of ice time. The Sharks’ Justin Braun had a game-high seven hits. Anaheim’s Corey Perry, Vatanen and Rakell had four shots apiece. Frederik Andersen was still missing in action, as backup Gibson made his sixth straight start. Gibson was the third goalie San Jose has faced in the teams’ three games so far this year. After Mirco Mueller was reassigned Thursday, Dylan DeMelo became the seventh defenseman who flew with the team to Anaheim. The Sharks play the second of back-to-back games, against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday at 7:30pm.

 

Jones and Karlsson give Sharks the edge

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By Pearl Allison Lo

AP photo SJ Sharks Martin Jones shutting out Philadelphia

~ San Jose took part in a markedly different game than Tuesday’s, as they waited until overtime to score, in a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Thursday’s game had many different parallels.

The Sharks’ fourth win in a row matched their season-high win streak from the beginning of the season.

San Jose’s Martin Jones’s last shutout was also part of that winning streak. It was the Sharks’ third game of the season, October 13 against the Washington Capitals.

The deciding period as well, ended up being a familiar scene for both teams. It was the Flyers’ third straight game going at least as far as overtime. On Saturday, the game before last, both teams won their games in overtime.

That same game for San Jose, halted an eight-game losing streak against the Buffalo Sabres. This game was the Sharks’ eighth straight win against Philadelphia.

A quiet first period led to the game’s highest shot period in the second. The Flyers outshot San Jose 15 to 5. Neither team saw any action in the box in the game, either, until 7:41.

The Sharks’ third of four power plays came at 10:40 of the third. Nick Schulz was called for closing his hand on the puck.  The power play was cut short though when Joe Thornton was called for tripping.

San Jose received their fourth power play with 18.9 seconds left, leading to 4-on-3 overtime.  

The game-winning play started in the Sharks’ end with Paul Martin passing to Joonas Donskoi. Michael Del Zotto tried to dive and put out his stick in a blocking attempt, but Donskoi waited and used a saucer pass to reach Melker Karlsson. Karlsson was quick to release and the puck passed goalie Steve Mason with 1:15 left. It was Karlsson’s second goal in as many games.

Game notes: Jones’s 34 shots faced and saved was a season-high. San Jose’s Brent Burns had a game-high eight shots on goal, the Sharks’ Justin Braun had a game-high seven blocked shots and Philadelphia’s Radko Gudas had a game-high six hits. San Jose’s Marc-Edouard Vlasic saw the most ice time with 28:39. The Sharks will go for a season-high five game win streak when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins at 4pm Saturday.

Sharks win in scoring special

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AP photo SJ Sharks Joe Thornton scored game winner at 9:21 in the third period

~ San Jose emerged the winner amidst a flurry of goals, as they continued their perfect road trip, while the Boston Bruins’ win loss pattern continued in a 5-4 loss Tuesday.

Both teams combined had four goals in each of the first two periods, as the Bruins had a lead twice.

Boston’s special teams had an edge in that they broke the Sharks’ pristine penalty kill record for the first time in five games, with two power play goals.

For goals against, San Jose’s Martin Jones matched a season-high and the Bruins’ Tuukka Rask was one shy of his season-high.

The Sharks’ Joe Pavelski started off the scoring with a goal 42 seconds in, his team-leading tenth goal. Melker Karlsson almost had the goal, but settled for his first assist as the puck clanged and Pavelski scored from Rask’s unprotected right side. Brent Burns also aided on the play. It was Pavelski’s second goal in three games.

Tyler Randell tied the score at 9:20, helped by Dennis Seidenberg. It was Seidenberg’s first assist.

Boston then got the 2-1 lead on the first period’s only power play goal. Brad Marchand was assisted by Zdeno Chara and Brett Connolly at 11:50.

Joonas Donskoi re-tied the game at 15:08, aided by Paul Martin and Tommy Wingels.

The Bruins then went back up with a goal 1:53 into the second period. David Krejci and Seidenberg helped.

The game’s third and last tie came at 5:56. Karlsson was assisted by Joe Thornton and Pavelski.

Three minutes from the last goal, the first of three straight power play goals ensued. San Jose’s Patrick Marleau was aided by Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Burns. Marleau now has 999 career points.

Thornton made it 5-3 at 9:21, what would be the game winner, helped by Pavelski and Burns.

With the only goal of the third period at 6:28, Patrice Bergeron made it interesting. He was assisted by Ryan Spooner and Krejci. It was Krejci’s team-leading 12th assist.

Game notes: Bergeron now has a five game point streak. Burns has a three game assists and points streak with five assists during the road trip. The Sharks will go for a fourth straight win in the fourth game of the road trip, Thursday 4pm against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Quakes see end of 2015 season

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By Pearl Allison Lo

~ In an important Decision Day match, San Jose was unable to hold on to their lead against FC Dallas, in a 2-1 defeat Sunday.

The Quakes have now missed the playoffs for three straight years, but were the closest to making that portion of the season this year. San Jose ended up four points under the red line, behind the Seattle Sounders FC, LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City, who finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively with 51 points apiece.

The Quakes’ website now reads “Thank You, Quakes Fans. SJ 74” on top of a video, which when clicked, says “Thank you, Quakes Fans, for an unforgettable 2015 season.” It featured gratitude from Chris Wondolowski, Jean Baptiste Pierraci, Bryan Meredith, David Bingham, Marvell Wynne, Marc Pelosi, Shaun Francis, Paulo Renato, Shea Salinas and moer.

San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa first had an attempt on goal in the 11th minute.

Two minutes later, he did not miss. Fatai Alashe used some footwork to get the ball to Amarikwa who just had one person in front of him. There might have been a shove as the defender tumbled to the ground. Matt Hedges raced to help and both he and Amarikwa bumped into each other. Amarikwa then switched directions and worked his way around Hedges. After taking a few more steps, Amarikwa shot the ball past a sliding Hedges and just underneath goalie Jesse Gonzalez. It was Amarikwa’s sixth goal.

The Quakes’ lead held until Fabian Castillo got the ball along the endlines against Wynne, past a diving, Bingham past two defenders and FC Dallas’s Mauro Diaz. Diaz was able to get the ball out eventually and into the net in the 38th minute.

In the first half, only players for San Jose had multiple shots on goal. Those shots belonged to Wondolowski and Amarikwa. The Quakes outshot FC Dallas 7-3.

Things then got bad in the 67th minute when San Jose went a man down. Matias Perez Garcia and Diaz ran into each other and then collided again when Perez Garcia raised a hand to Diaz. Protests afterwards by the Quakes ran about two minutes. Perez Garcia received a red card and Diaz a yellow after he motioned Perez Garcia to the locker room. That was the only card FC Dallas received during the game. San Jose received two more yellow cards later on in the match.

Things got worse when the Quakes’ Clarence Goodson’s second attempt at a clearance hit Victor Ulloa, who gave it to Castillo. Castillo gave it back to Ulloa at the edge of the box and Ulloa scored against Bingham, who came out to meet him. It was Ulloa’s second goal of the year.

Game notes: San Jose’s Victor Bernardez, who returned due to yellow card accumulation, got another in the 27th minute. The New York Red Bulls ended up winning the Supporters’ Shield over Dallas. The Quakes remained winless in three meetings this season versus FC Dallas. Salinas reached over 10,000 career minutes with San Jose. Wondolowski led all with five shots on goal, the next set of people with two shots.

Warriors end preseason with a bang

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~ Golden State followed up their worst preseason loss with their biggest preseason margin, win or lose, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday in the teams’ preseason finale, 136-97, at the Honda Center.

It was a much different game than Los Angeles’s last game and the shortened game the last time the teams met on Saturday.

The Warriors’ Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry led all with 24 points apiece, Harrison Barnes just behind with 23 points. Golden State outscored Los Angeles each quarter, the biggest being the third, where the points margin was 16. The Warriors also outrebounded the Lakers, 57-34.

Lou Williams, who had not played since October 13, led the Lakers with 19 points, which made it double digits in all his preseason appearances. It was the fourth time Williams led his team in points. Los Angeles was again without Kobe Bryant.

There was only one tie, the second shot of the game and Los Angeles’s first. The Lakers had the lead for 42 seconds until Curry’s first three of the game, which came with 9:37 left in the first period. Curry had three three’s in the period, as he scored his most in the first quarter, with 11 points. Barnes also scored a tie for his most in the quarter, just behind Curry with 10 points.  Los Angeles almost went to the free throw line as often as they scored from the field in the first. Williams and Ryan Kelly each scored eight points apiece for the Lakers.

In the second, Golden State started with a 6-0 run as Los Angeles did not score until 9:44 remaining in the half. Two turnovers by the Lakers’ Julius Randle eventually led to jump shots by Leandro Barbosa. The Warriors also had an 8-1 run and during an 8-0 run, with 6:17 left in the half, Los Angeles Coach Byron Scott, made five substitutions. Clarkson left during then due to injury and did not return.   

Curry got a technical and Scott made another four substitutions with 6:14 left in the third. Golden State went on a 10-0 run with 2:36 left thanks to three’s by Curry and Barnes. Five rebounds, two apiece for Marreese Speights and Barnes, led to the other four points.

The Lakers went a span of over five minutes without a field goal. It went from 2:49 left in the third to 9:26 left in the game. Scott made his final round of substitutions, five, with 5:46 remaining. The Warriors’ Chris Babb, who entered in the fourth quarter, scored five points in eight minutes as he made the final two shots for Golden State, a jump shot with 59 seconds left and a three with 13.6 seconds left.

Game notes: Harrison led all with five three pointers. Thompson and Curry had four apiece. Barnes and Thompson shot 9 of 12 and Curry shot 9 of 14 from the field. Curry also led all with 10 assists and four steals. Los Angeles’s Roy Hibbert led all with 10 rebounds. The Warriors’ Jason Thompson was the only player not to score in the game. Golden State kicks off the regular season Tuesday, when they face the New Orleans Pelicans at 7:30pm.

Raanta stalls Sharks in New York

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~ The backup goalie won in this game, as Antti Raanta made his Rangers debut with 22 saves, in a skid-ending game, 4-0 Monday.

Raanta became the first to have a shutout debut for the team since Marcel Paille on November 2, 1957.

New York ended their three game losing streak, while San Jose lost two straight for the first time this season.

Marc Staal and Jesper Fast each had a goal and assist. All were their first of the season. In fact, three of the four goals were the first of the season for the scorers.

The Rangers scored in each period, as they amassed double the number of goals they had during their losing streak.  

Staal started the scoring at 10:36 of the first period. He was aided by Derick Brassard and Fast.

New York doubled their lead in the second. Mats Zuccarello scored on the power play, helped by Rick Nash and former Shark Dan Boyle. It was Zuccarello’s fourth goal, as he tied teammate Oscar Lindberg for the team lead.   

Both the third and the fourth goal in the third period started in the Rangers’ end.

The puck went off the boards and Chris Krieider made a long pass up the ice to Fast, who true to his name, was the closest player to goalie Martin Jones at the time. Defenseman Brenden Dillon tried with his stick, but was not able to stop Fast from making the shot. The puck initially hit Jones’  stick and then went under his legs while he was sprawled out at 3:47. Keith Yandle got the second assist.

For the fourth and fnial goal, San Jose had a 4 on 2, but Staal broke up possession and the puck went to Viktor Stalberg, as he went five hole against Jones.

Game notes: The Sharks went 0 for 2 on the power play. San Jose’s Bryan Lerg played his first game in place of Ben Smith. It was Jones’ first loss, as he stopped 24 of 28 shots. The Sharks’ Paul Martin missed his second straight game and Joonas Donskoi was also out due to injury. San Jose now returns home to host the Kings on Thursday at 7:30pm.

Jones and Sharks level Capitals

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~ San Jose goalie Martin Jones had his second straight shutout, as the Sharks blanked Washington Tuesday, 5-0, for their third straight win.

Jones made 31 saves and has a scoreless streak dating back to the first period of the season.

San Jose has now won their first three games to start the season for the fourth year in a row. They have scored five goals in two of those games.

Meanwhile, the Sharks’ record on the penalty kill remained pristine as they killed four power plays and are now 11-11.

Joe Thornton scored the first goal for his team again, on the power play at 10:54 of the first period. Joe Pavelski passed the puck behind him to Brent Burns, who readjusted and shot through traffic from the point, and Thornton was there at the end.  San Jose had 17 shots in the period for the second straight period, going back to the game versus the Ducks.

Mike Brown made it 2-0 at 2:36 of the second period. It was his first of the season and first since December 3, 2013. Brown passed to Chris Tierney, whose shot was blocked by goalie Braden Holtby, and Brown put in the rebound. Barclay Goodrow had the second assist.

At 7:25, Tomas Hertl scored his second, to make it 3-0. Matt Nieto passed across to Tommy Wingels, who moved into and shot from the middle of the right faceoff circle. The puck came back and Hertl put in the recoil.

The Capitals’ Dmitry Orlov had a goal at 10:21, but Sharks’ Head Coach Peter DeBoer used one of the new NHL rules to issue the team’s first ever challenge. It resulted in a review that reversed the goal. The referee credited it to goaltender interference by Jay Beagle, before the puck entered the net.

San Jose committed three penalties in the third, but scored two more goals due to an empty net. The Sharks avoided a 5-on-3 by five seconds midway through the period.

Holtby was pulled with 3:45 left. Nieto made it 4-0 with two minutes left and Tierney was aided by Goodrow with 47 seconds left. It was both scorers’ first goal of the season and the plays gave all three players two points apiece in the game.  

Game notes: Washington was without Alex Ovechkin. Brown led the team with three hits. Nieto had a game-tying three blocked shots. San Jose’s Patrick Marleau had a team high five shots. It was the Sharks’ Joel Ward’s first game against his former team. San Jose will now play their head coach’s former team, the New Jersey Devils, Friday at 4pm.

Captain Pavelski leads Sharks’ special teams

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~ LOS ANGELES– San Jose took it to Los Angeles Wednesday in the teams’ regular season opener, in a reversal of the teams’ regular season finale, 5-1.

Newly crowned Captain Joe Pavelski scored the game winner, a power play goal, had two assists and seven shots, to lead the game with three points in his debut. Pavelski at one point had another goal, but it was credited later to Joonas Donskoi.

The Sharks scored goals in each period, including two multiple goal periods. San Jose scored two power play goals and killed all of the Kings’ six power plays, including a 5-on-3.

Los Angeles won the regular season finale, 4-1.

San Jose has now won six straight regular season openers.

As part of the rivalry, the game featured multiple penalties, including a match penalty to Los Angeles’ Milan Lucic, a bloody Logan Couture (Sharks) after a hit to the ice from Dustin Brown, three fights and scrums.

The Kings started off strong to start the game, but ended up behind by the end of the first period and in the box.

Nick Shore scored the game’s first goal in the first minute, at 1:49, aided by Brown and Drew Doughty. After that, Martin Jones, who debuted in goal against his former team, never let another puck get past him. Jones said, “It’s obviously not the way you want to start a game, but I thought we showed a lot of character as a group by not letting that spiral…I thought we did a great job coming back from that. Coach Peter DeBoer added, “I loved our composure as a team. We feed off him,” referring to Jones.

Joe Thornton then almost singlehandedly went from one end of the ice to the other, as he evened the game at 9:43. Paul Martin got his first assist

Los Angeles had the game’s first power play, but it was cut short when Marian Gaborik was booked for tripping. Neither team scored on those opportunities.

However, six seconds after Shore was booked for closing his hand on the puck at 15:46, Pavelski scored his first goal, to put the Sharks up 2-1. Patrick Marleau crossed the puck to Brent Burns and Pavelski tapped Burns’ shot from beyond the left faceoff circle in, on its way to the net.

In the second period, Burns made it 3-1 on his second similar shot, with the puck going around goalie Jonathan Quick into the net. Burns had just shot beforehand and missed. Pavelski and Thornton helped with the play.

Just over two minutes later, after a lot of passing, San Jose scored their second power play goal behind Tomas Hertl. Similar to the last man advantage goal, Hertl was the man up front who put in a farther away shot, this one Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s, as the puck bounced before going through Quick. Tommy Wingels had the other assist.

The Sharks kept on scoring in the third. After Quick blocked several shots, Donskoi got his first career goal, aided by Pavelski and Vlasic, to make it 5-1 at 3:31.

Game notes: San Jose’s Justin Braun had five blocked shots. The Sharks will hold their home opener Saturday as they take on another rival, the Anaheim Ducks, at 7:30pm.

Sharks falter in finale

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ANAHEIM– In the teams’ preseason finale, the Anaheim Ducks remained undefeated, as Anaheim delivered San Jose their second loss of the preseason, 5-1 Saturday.

The Sharks gave up a preseason high in goals, shots on goal and penalties. The Ducks scored a preseason high for goals, two power play goals in the second and then feasted in the third.

Most of the Sharks’ veterans were rested, while all of the recalled San Jose Barracuda players, from Friday played, minus goalie Troy Grosenick.

The Sharks’ Alex Stalock was in net for his second game of the preseason.

Anaheim has dealt both San Jose losses this preseason. Up until the third goal, the scoring went the way it did last meeting, with the Sharks unable to hold their lead.

Both teams received goalie interference calls in the first period, the Ducks’ Chris Stewart 27 seconds in, and San Jose’s Micheal Haley at 4 minutes.

The Sharks’ Matt Nieto blocked two shots not too far apart.

San Jose then received two long penalties. The first one came by way of Raffi Torres at 12:45, a match penalty for a hit to the head of Jakob Silfverberg, which left him down on the ground, before Silfverberg left bleeding. Joonas Donskoi almost had a shorthanded opportunity. The Sharks then went down to 5-on-3 at 16:18, when Haley was called for a major, boarding against Patrick Maroon. Jeremy Langlois, serving the penalty for Torres, almost had a scoring opportunity when out of the box. It became 5-on-3 for about 30 seconds again, with a minute left in the period, when a San Jose player’s stick got broken.

The Sharks outshot Anaheim 14-5.

In the second, San Jose’s Dylan DeMelo struck first at 7:21, a power play goal, aided by Nikolay Goldobin. It was DeMelo’s first goal of the preseason and Goldobin’s second assist. Both players now have three preseason points. That was just the second power play goal the Ducks have let get past them.

The penalties then became too much and Anaheim capitalized on the power play for the first time since their preseason debut.

Corey Perry tied the game at 9:35 on their next power play opportunity. It was his fourth goal, as Perry tipped in Sami Vatanen’s shot. Vatanen got his fourth assist and Cam Fowler his second. Perry also had a power play goal last game against the Sharks. He said, “The biggest thing with us, though, was we weren’t getting too frustrated with all the opportunities we had in the first period. We stuck with our structure.” Regardin the power play, Perry said, “In the past, we’ve had a tendency to get too cute. As soon as I saw a lane to the net, I knew I had to get it there.”

The Ducks scored a second power play goal to go up 2-1 at 15:20. Fowler scored from the left faceoff circle, his first goal, after receiving a horizontal pass by Ryan Getzlaf. Maroon had his second assist.

San Jose outshot Anaheim 15-5.

The Ducks scored three goals in the third period.

Hampus Linholdm scored his first, 2:07 into the third period. He was helped by Stewart.

Josh Manson made it another two goal period when he scored his first at 8:54. Stewart had his second assist of the night and Carl Hagelin had his first assist of the preseason.

New arrival Kevin Bieska scored straightaway from the blue line, at 11:50, with his first. Hagelin also got a second assist.

The Sharks were only outshot 10-8 in the final period, but total shots on goal ended up a lopsided 39-18 in favor of Anaheim.

Game notes: Silfverberg never returned to the game, but Head Coach Bruce Boureau said after, “He’s OK. Thank goodness for that. He was kept out just for precautionary reasons…He could’ve played.” Haley had three of San Jose’s seven penalties. Regarding the penalties, DeMelo said, “…for the most part we were just rolling lines. We just tried to keep shifts short and get out there…” San Jose Head Coach Peter DeBoer said, “…I think our group is excited about the potential. Now we have to translate that into the regular season. The Sharks will open that season against the Los Angeles Kings, Wednesday at 7:30pm.