Sharks score twice in third, win in shootout

TORONTO-- The San Jose Sharks scored twice in a 2:07 span of the third period to tie the game, then scored in the shootout to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 at Air Canada Centre on Tuesday.
Logan Couture scored in the shootout, and goalie Martin Jones stopped three shooters. Justin Braun and Joe Pavelski scored for San Jose (17-11-1).
"They're good, they've got speed, they forechecked hard,'' Couture said. "We didn't create enough in their zone, and that's a credit to them, they broke the puck out pretty well.''

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Frederik Andersen made 40 saves for Toronto (11-11-6), which has lost five of its past six.
"I think in the third period, we were waiting for them a little bit too much, maybe letting them take over, and that cost us,'' Andersen said.
Zach Hyman made it 1-0 at 6:58 of the first period, tipping an Auston Matthews shot past Jones, who was 4-0-0 against Toronto.
The Maple Leafs had a goal from defenseman Morgan Rielly waved off at 3:31 of the second period after forward Nazem Kadri was called for goaltender interference. Toronto challenged, but the decision was upheld.
Sharks forward Tommy Wingels was assessed a holding penalty and forward Matt Nieto took a goaltender interference penalty to give Toronto a 5-on-3. Matthews scored his 13th goal of the season on the power play at 7:46 of the second period to give the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead.

Braun scored at 12:43 of the third period to make it 2-1.
"To a point yes, to a point it felt like it was on us and that we had made it too easy on [Andersen] at times,'' Pavelski said. "He saw a lot of pucks. When we did have looks, we didn't finish.''
Maple Leafs defenseman Matt Hunwick took an interference penalty, and San Jose tied the game 2-2 at 14:50 when Pavelski tipped a shot from defenseman Brent Burns past Andersen.

"Taking the penalty hurt us for sure, but I was pleased with our effort tonight, I thought we did a lot of good things,'' Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. "I thought we were set up good. I just think the biggest thing with our group is, and we've talked about it before, the best way to play when you have the lead is to play like the score is tied and you want to get the next one so you're on your toes and you continue to get after the other team.''

Goal of the game

Braun ended his streak of 34 games without a goal with a backhand high to Andersen's glove side.

Save of the game

Jones stopped Hyman on a shorthanded breakaway at 10:50 of the second period, preventing the Maple Leafs from taking a 3-0 lead.

Highlight of the game

Andersen slid across to his right to rob Sharks defenseman David Schlemko after a San Jose power play at 5:40 of the second period.

Unsung performance of the game

Hyman blocked a shot from Burns while killing a penalty at 3:05 of the first period. He went down and was helped to the locker room but returned without missing a shift. Less than four minutes later, he scored to give the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead.

They said it

"They got a breakaway or two and [Jones] made some huge saves, especially when it was 2-0, shorthanded, all those kind of moments. He really kept us in the game there.'' -- Sharks captain Joe Pavelski
"You're supposed to get a couple shots on the power play, you know what I mean? We took too many penalties, that's the bottom line.'' -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock on the Sharks getting 15 power-play shots
"On the top of the knee; it still hurts but it hurts a lot less when I got hit. I couldn't get up there but just walked it off and kept going.'' -- Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman

Need to know

Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic did not play. He sustained a lower-body injury that limited him to 7:58 of ice time in a 4-3 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Vlasic declared himself ready after the morning skate but Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said his status was a game-time decision. … Schlemko returned after missing three games with an ankle injury. He played 17:08 and had seven shots on goal. … It was the first time this season the Sharks participated in a shootout. .. The Maple Leafs haven't defeated the Sharks at home since Jan. 29, 2002.

What's next

Sharks: At the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, CSN-CA, NHL.TV)
Maple Leafs: Host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; SNO, FS-A+, NHL.TV)