Jones makes 35 saves, Sharks send Kings to fourth straight loss

LOS ANGELES -- Martin Jones made 35 saves for the San Jose Sharks in a 4-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Monday.
Chris Tierney had a goal and an assist, and Barclay Goodrow, Mikkel Boedker and Joe Thornton scored for the Sharks (23-13-6), who have earned a point in 13 of their past 15 games (9-2-4). Joonas Donskoi and Dylan DeMelo each had two assists.

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Trevor Lewis scored, and Darcy Kuemper made 29 saves for the Kings (24-15-5), who have lost four games in a row to match their longest losing streak this season (Nov. 9-16).

The Sharks went 3-0-1 against the Kings this season. They trail Los Angeles by one point for third place in the Pacific Division with a game in hand.
"You dial in a bit more when you're playing a rival and you're playing a division team when they're ahead in the standings, for sure," said Tierney, who scored for the third time in five games and has six points in his past six games. "We're trying to catch them, hunt them down, so anytime you're playing a team that's ahead of you, you are going to bring your 'A' game."

Tierney put the Sharks up 1-0 at 4:38 of the first period when he scored into an open net. Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid was focused on Donskoi after his partner Christian Folin lost his footing trying to play the puck, allowing Tierney to be all alone at the right edge of the crease for Donskoi's pass.
San Jose took a 2-0 lead at 8:52 of the second period when Goodrow followed up the rebound of DeMelo's shot. A charging Melker Karlsson had the first chance at the rebound, but he couldn't get his stick on the puck, and it trickled to Goodrow in the slot.
"We seem to be able to get pucks in behind their D and forecheck these guys pretty well," Jones said. "That's a big part of our game when we turn pucks over in the offensive zone and play down there, it makes everything a little easier."
It was Goodrow's first point in four games after he missed 11 with an upper-body injury.
The Sharks nearly scored again late in the second, but Folin used his skate to keep out Tomas Hertl's shot toward an open net with 17 seconds remaining.
Boedker tapped the puck into an open net to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead at 9:11 of the third period. Donskoi couldn't get off a shot from in front with an open net after Tierney's backhand pass from below the right face-off circle, and the puck went to Boedker off the left post.

Lewis scored his third goal in five games to make it 3-1 with 7:18 left. He has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past six games.
Thornton scored an empty-net goal with 19.4 seconds remaining to make it 4-1.

The Sharks are 10-2-3 against Pacific teams. The Kings are 5-7-3 against the Pacific, the third-worst record in the division, after losing three games in a row.
"We've got to get our team game reset on both sides of the puck … and play with a level of urgency that's necessary every shift," Kings coach John Stevens said.

Goal of the game

Goodrow's goal at 8:52 of the second period.

Save of the game

Jones stopping Kyle Clifford on a breakaway at 12:32 of the second period.

Highlight of the game

Tierney's goal at 4:38 of the first period.

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They said it

"They always bring out the best in us because we know we have to play well in order to win." -- Sharks coach Peter DeBoer on playing the Kings
"We talked before the game: We want to come out and have a good start and play good for 60 minutes. We didn't play good at all for 60 minutes. We have to go back and look at some things and try to be better tomorrow." -- Kings forward Adrian Kempe

Need to know

Kuemper failed to earn at least a point for the first time this season. He is 5-1-3. … Donskoi has six points (two goals, four assists) in his past four games. … Los Angeles had six shots on goal in the first period, its third straight game with seven or fewer shots in the first.

What's next

Sharks: At the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday (9 p.m. ET; FS-A PLUS, NBCSCA, NHL.TV)
Kings: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN360, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV)