San Jose 4, Anaheim 2
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 27, 2018
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees:
Brad Meier, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Travis Gawryletz
Attendance:
17562
By Field Level Media
Brent Burns, playing in his 1,000th NHL game, scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Anaheim Ducks 4-2 Thursday night.
Melker Karlsson, Marcus Sorensen and Tomas Hertl also scored, and Barclay Goodrow had three assists for the Sharks, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-1-2). Goaltender Martin Jones made 25 saves, including a couple of highlight-reel stops late in the second period.
Jakob Silfverberg and Kiefer Sherwood scored for the Ducks, who lost their fourth in a row (0-4-0).
Ducks goaltender John Gibson stopped 15 of 16 shots in the first period but didn't come back out for the second because of what the team called an upper-body injury. Nine-year veteran Chad Johnson, claimed off waivers from St. Louis earlier this month after an injury to backup Ryan Miller, made his second appearance for Anaheim, recording 20 saves on 22 shots over the final two periods.
Burns got the winner on a slap shot from the right point at 10:21, assisted by Brenden Dillon and Goodrow.
Hertl added an empty-net goal with 22.2 seconds left.
The Ducks tied the score at 2-2 at 3:53 of the third. Sherwood took a pass between the faceoff circles and beat Jones with a forehander.
Sorensen scored the only goal of the second period, snapping a 1-1 tie at 5:44. Joe Pavelski corralled a rebound and skated in on Johnson, who stopped the initial shot. However, Pavelski was pushed into the goaltender and the puck squirted free in the crease, with Sorensen poking it into the net. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle challenged the call, but after a review, the goal stood.
Jones robbed Silfverberg with less than three minutes left in the second, gliding across the goal line to glove a one-timer from just outside the crease. Jones made another key stop later in the period after leaving his area and hitting the side of the net with a cross-ice pass. The puck deflected through the crease and past one Anaheim attacker, but Jones was able to scramble back into position to make a second stop.
Silfverberg gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 10:33 of the first, but the Sharks tied it on Karlsson's tally at 18:05 of the period.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Anaheim |
|
San Jose |
|
Kiefer Sherwood 1 |
Points |
Barclay Goodrow 3 |
|
Kiefer Sherwood 1 |
Goals |
Brent Burns 1 |
|
Josh Mahura 1 |
Assists |
Barclay Goodrow 3 |
|
Jakob Silfverberg 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
John Gibson .938 |
Save Percentage |
Martin Jones .926 |
|
Chad Johnson 20 |
Saves |
Martin Jones 25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Anaheim
|
27 |
2 |
1-4 |
3-3 |
8 |
25 |
| San Jose
|
39 |
4 |
0-3 |
3-4 |
10 |
24 |
Upcoming Games
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San Jose will play their next game on the road against Edmonton. The Sharks have a W/L % of .474 after a win and .550 after a loss.
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Anaheim will play their next game at home against Arizona. The Ducks have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .368 after a loss.
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