DeMelo returned at 8:14 of the second, but Burns played the rest of the game as a defenseman.
"The experiment didn't last very long," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said of Burns playing forward, his position for half of the 2012-13 season and all of 2013-14. "He proved out what I already knew, that he's a better defenseman. He's such a weapon back there. Just felt like the right thing to do, and looking back at the game now, it was the right thing to do."
Jones made 23 saves in the second period.
"He makes the key saves," Sharks captain Joe Pavelski said. "He's just solid. We never worry about him. That's a credit to what he's done and the kind of confidence he puts out. You see some of the saves he can make when he's desperate. He's calm back there, he's solid. That's what we need."
Marcus Sorensen made it 3-0 at 3:06 of the third period when he scored on a wrist shot from above the right circle.
Sedin scored to get the Canucks within 3-1 at 6:43 after he took a cross-ice pass from Thomas Vanek to the left of the crease. Sedin had six shots on goal and five hits.
"He looked like he was 25 tonight," Green said of the 37-year-old forward.
Tierney scored from close range to make it 4-1 at 12:33 after getting a long pass from Burns.
"It's crazy," Canucks center Bo Horvat said of Burns. "He's a special player to be able to do what he does and to be as effective as he is at both ends of the rink. It's tough to defend, and he had a great game for them."
