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The depth that has been lacking at times in recent years in San Jose is a key reason why the Sharks are now on the brink of returning to the playoffs in their first year under coach Peter DeBoer.
Martin Jones kept the San Jose Sharks rolling on the road. Jones made a career-high 47 saves and Joe Pavelski scored 19 seconds into overtime and the Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 Monday night.
One season after bottoming out in February on the way to missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003, the San Jose Sharks are heading into the stretch run with perhaps their deepest team in years and realistic hopes of making a postseason run.
Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl scored 2:28 apart in the third period Sunday as the San Jose Sharks downed Vancouver 4-1 to hand the Canucks their 10th loss in a game they led after 40 minutes.
Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene scored in the shootout, Matthias had a goal in his Colorado debut and the Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Wednesday night.
The NHL has suspended St. Louis Blues forward Ryan Reaves for three games without pay for a blindside hit into the boards that injured San Jose defenseman Matt Tennyson.
Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton each scored two goals, powering San Jose to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.
The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday to add veteran depth to help boost the team on a possible playoff run.
Joe Pavelski scored the winning goal in the shootout and the Sharks beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Thursday night for their third straight victory.
Matt Nieto and Joel Ward both had a goal and an assist as the Sharks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Tuesday night. The Sharks improved to 19-8-2 on the road after opening a five-game trip with victory.
Jonas Hiller was more spectator than participant and was only concerned that Calgary had taken too many penalties in the third period. Then, he found himself on the ice in a thankless position.
Jones made 33 saves for his fifth shutout this season and Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal in the second period to lead San Jose past Chicago 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Thornton had two assists to become the 33rd player to reach 1,300 career points and the San Jose Sharks extended their point streak to 10 games with a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.
For the Los Angeles Kings, a one-goal deficit never seems daunting no matter how late in the game it gets.
The San Jose Sharks and Arizona Coyotes both acknowledged it wasn't just another game in the long slog of an 82-game season. The first of five meetings over the final three months of the season was critical to set a tone and provide a little separation in the jumbled Pacific Division.
