Arizona 5, San Jose 2
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, April 7, 2024
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees:
Pierre Lambert, Graedy Hamilton
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons, Trent Knorr
Attendance:
11938
By Field Level Media
Clayton Keller, Lawson Crouse and Nick Schmaltz each scored a goal and an assist as the Arizona Coyotes defeated the host San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Sunday.
Liam O'Brien and Dylan Guenther had the other Coyotes goals, while Connor Ingram made 25 saves as Arizona swept the three-game season series against San Jose. The Coyotes (33-39-5, 71 points) have won seven of their last 11 games (7-4-0).
Henry Thrun scored a goal and assisted on Luke Kunin's goal for San Jose (18-51-8, 44 points). Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots for the Sharks, who have lost 11 of 14 (2-11-1).
Guenther gave the Coyotes a 3-2 lead by putting a wrist shot under the blocker arm of Blackwood for his 14th of the season at 4:56 of the third.
Keller doubled Arizona's lead by one-timing Schmaltz's pass off the post and past Blackwood for his 33rd of the season at 14:13 of the third. Keller extended his point streak to 11 games (eight goals, 10 assists).
Schmaltz added an empty-netter, his 22nd goal of the season, with 3:06 remaining.
San Jose scored the lone goal of the second period, tying it 2-2 heading to the third.
Kunin tipped in a pass from Thrun past Ingram for his 10th of the season. Collin Graf, who signed as a free agent with the Sharks on Thursday, picked up his first NHL point with the secondary assist on the goal.
The Coyotes led 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Crouse opened the scoring, one-timing Matias Maccelli's pass from the top of the faceoff circle past Blackwood at 3:17 of the opening frame for his 22nd goal of the season.
San Jose responded on the man advantage 1:11 later as Thrun one-timed Mikael Granlund's pass from the point past a screened Ingram for his third of the season at 4:28.
Arizona took its second lead of the period when O'Brien tapped the puck between Blackwood's pads for his fourth of the season at 11:07.
Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott left the game with 8:20 to play in the second period after being hit from behind by Kunin. He did not return.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Arizona |
|
San Jose |
|
Lawson Crouse 2 |
Points |
Henry Thrun 2 |
|
Lawson Crouse 1 |
Goals |
Henry Thrun 1 |
|
Lawson Crouse 1 |
Assists |
Henry Thrun 1 |
|
Lawson Crouse 1 |
Power Play Goals |
Henry Thrun 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Connor Ingram .926 |
Save Percentage |
Mackenzie Blackwood .852 |
|
Connor Ingram 25 |
Saves |
Mackenzie Blackwood 23 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Arizona
|
28 |
5 |
1-3 |
5-6 |
14 |
23 |
| San Jose
|
27 |
2 |
1-6 |
2-3 |
18 |
26 |
Upcoming Games
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San Jose will play their next game at home against Calgary. The Sharks have a W/L % of .278 after a win and .220 after a loss.
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Arizona will play their next game on the road against Seattle. The Coyotes have a W/L % of .455 after a win and .409 after a loss.
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