~ Photo credit: Trevor Hagan/The Candian Press via AP
~ By Pearl Allison Lo
~ San Jose’s styling in the extra period came shorthanded as they won their third straight, 3-2, halting the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday.
Brent Burns created a turnover and initiated the pass to Joe Pavelski as he went top shelf at 2:49. Coach Pete DeBoer called both plays “world class”.
Pavelski was leaving the ice and Evander Kane entering as they took a penalty for too many men on the ice at 1:20.
The Jets were on a three game winning streak and a longer seven-game one at home.
“I think PK won that game for us,” replied Pavelski with Logan Couture agreeing “the kill getting it done,” and Justin Braun echoing the same.
Winnipeg went scoreless through their five power play advantages. “We got fortunate on the first one. Laine had 3-4 open looks,” DeBoer asserted.
The Jets’ Blake Wheeler kicked it off with his second in as many games at 3:08 of the first.
Couture then scored from the slot 13 seconds into Jacob Trouba’s tripping penalty to even the score at 10:54. It continued a now four-game point streak for Couture.
Winnipeg’s Mathieu Perreault retook the lead with his second point in as many games, this goal just under a minute into the second.
At 9:35, it looked like the Jets would take on an even bigger lead courtesy of Mark Scheifele. However, “Danny in the video room made a great call,” as video coach Dan Darrow noted Winnipeg was offsides and DeBoer was successful in his coach’s challenge. Thinking about the alternative, Braun commented, “going down 3-1 in this barn is tough.”
It was not until 2:35 of the third that Marcus Sorensen then pushed to re-tie the game before almost tripping over goalie Connor Hellebuyck.
A joint penalty was called at 11:51 to Perreault for interference and Timo Meier for embellishment.
Up Next: The Sharks continue toward game two of their Canadian road trip with their next opponent, the Calgary Flames, Thursday at 6 pm.
