O'Reilly has four points, Blues defeat Sharks to sweep back-to-back games

Ryan O'Reilly and David Perron each had a goal and three assists for the St. Louis Blues in a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center in San Jose on Saturday.

Jordan Kyrou had two goals and an assist, and Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist for St. Louis (16-10-5), which swept the two-game set after winning 2-1 in a shootout Friday. Ville Husso made 29 saves for his sixth win, all on the road.
"Yesterday, I think we were a little frustrated; we didn't kind of create enough," O'Reilly said of his line with Perron and Kyrou. "I know for myself the last few games, I have not been creating enough offensively. I think we just had a mindset. You could see we were just coming into the zone and we had a certain hunger, we were stripping pucks, we were putting them in the areas and created some really dangerous chances. After getting on the board earlier, you could tell we just had a bit more confidence. We just kept working and got some huge goals for us tonight. It's nice to contribute. We have to keep stepping up in times, especially as we get into these really crucial games."

Dylan Gambrell and Tomas Hertl scored, and Devan Dubnyk made 16 saves for San Jose (11-14-4), which has lost four straight.
"It's frustrating," Dubnyk said. "Sometimes, it just feels like it's something each night. We're playing well and we just can't quite stay with it for whatever reason. We just need to figure out what that is because we've been playing good hockey. We're just not getting the results."
O'Reilly scored a power-play goal from the right face-off circle at 4:22 of the third period to give the Blues a 3-2 lead. It came after the Sharks were called for a face-off violation at 4:10.
"We had to (take advantage of it)," St. Louis coach Craig Berube said. "We didn't do it on the first two power plays, so we needed to take advantage of that one, and we did."
The Sharks were upset that Patrick Marleau, who was the second player in the face-off circle after Logan Couture got kicked out, was called for the infraction.
"It turned the whole game around," San Jose coach Bob Boughner said. "It took the game out of our hands a little bit there, and now we're playing catch-up. … I haven't seen that call in I don't know how long. This year, I haven't seen that call. That one hurts."
Kyrou scored his second of the game at 15:51 to make it 4-2, and Perron scored into an empty net at 18:01 to make it 5-2.
Hertl tied the game 2-2 at 8:10 of the second period when he got in alone against Husso off a pass from the right half-wall by Timo Meier.
Gambrell gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 2:23 of the first period, but Dunn tied it 1-1 at 3:32 when a shot that was going wide went in off the left leg of defenseman Erik Karlsson.

Kyrou tapped in an O'Reilly pass from behind the net to put the Blues ahead 2-1 at 6:45 of the first.
Mike Hoffman scored for St. Louis at 12:32 of the first, but the goal was overturned after San Jose successfully challenged for offside. Video review showed Sammy Blais entered the Sharks zone ahead of the puck at 12:08.
NOTES:The Blues announced before the game that center Oskar Sundqvist will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He was injured in the first period Friday when he collided with teammate Kyle Clifford in front of the Sharks net. ... St. Louis forward Zach Sanford did not play after being placed on the NHL COVID-19 protocol list before the game, and Blues center Tyler Bozak was scratched after warmups with an upper-body injury. ... San Jose forward Matt Nieto was scratched with a lower-body injury and is day to day. ... The Blues went 5-1-2 against the Sharks in the season series. Each of the first seven games was decided by one goal.