Sharks shut out Jets

SAN JOSE -- Martin Jones made 38 saves, and Logan Couture scored two goals to help the San Jose Sharks to a 4-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets at SAP Center on Saturday.
Tim Heed and Tomas Hertl scored for San Jose (12-8-2), which has won four straight against Winnipeg.

Jones was examined by a Sharks trainer with 6:32 remaining in the third period but stayed in the game despite an apparent lower-body injury. Jones was not available for comment after the game.
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"He's in with our medical people right now, so we'll know more [Sunday]," Sharks assistant coach Steve Spott said.
Couture leads the Sharks with 14 goals and has five goals in his past eight games.
"It's been good," Couture said. "I've scored some goals. The puck has found its way in. So, got to keep shooting, stick with it, and hopefully it continues. It's a long season. There's ups and there's downs. Right now, the puck is going in."

Jones was pulled early in the second period Friday after giving up three goals in a 5-4 overtime road loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, but he bounced back for his 10th victory of the season.
Steve Mason started for the Jets (14-6-3) but left the game after the first period because of an upper-body injury. He gave up two goals on 13 shots.
Mason was hit in the mask by Jannik Hansen's slap shot at 8:43 of the first period, but Jets coach Paul Maurice said he "was fine" initially.
"By the time he got off the ice [for the first intermission], he was not feeling right," Maurice said. "And for us, that was enough. He has to come out. We pulled him as a precaution. We'll get him looked at [Sunday] and get a good idea of how he's feeling."
Connor Hellebuyck relieved Mason at the start of the second period and made 20 saves.
Heed, who was a healthy scratch the previous two games, gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 11:30 of the first period. Kevin Labanc faked a shot from the right circle and sent a behind-the-back pass to Heed in the high slot. Heed scored on a slap shot for his third goal of the season.
"Sometimes it's good to watch the game from the side and get another view of it," Heed said of being scratched. "Took something out of it and tried to do something better."
Couture made it 2-0 when he scored on a rebound with 16 seconds left in the first period.

Couture extended San Jose's lead to 3-0 with a shorthanded goal on a breakaway at 13:30 of the second period.
"I honestly thought it was going to be a 2-on-1 at first," Couture said. "I looked up and saw no one near me. So, fake shot, he kind of froze, and I went around him."
The Jets have scored 13 power-play goals in November, but they went 0-for-3 with the man-advantage Saturday. The Sharks went 1-for-2 on the power play and scored a shorthanded goal.
"Anytime you give up a shorthanded goal, it's going to be tough to win the game," Jets defenseman Ben Chiarot said. "They were good on their special teams and we weren't so good on ours."
Hertl scored an empty-net goal at 16:50 of the third period.

Goal of the game

Heed's power-play goal at 11:30 of the first period.

Save of the game

Jones against Mark Scheifele at 11:44 of the second period.

Highlight of the game

Couture's shorthanded goal at 13:13 of the second period.

They said it

"I thought the [shots] we did get there, their goaltender was really good. He made some real good saves, but we missed the net on a bunch of real good opportunities too. We certainly didn't make the most of the opportunities that we had." -- Jets coach Paul Maurice
"It was better than last game, but I still think it's not near where it needs to be. I think [Jones] bailed us out way too often. Too many odd-man rushes against. They probably had close to double digits. Fortunately, [Jones] made the big saves." -- Sharks forward Logan Couture

Need to know

Winnipeg is 1-1-1 in the second of back-to-back games this season. … Sharks defenseman Joakim Ryan was scratched after playing 19 straight games. ... Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic had his first multipoint game of the season (two assists).

What's next

Jets: Host the Minnesota Wild on Monday (8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-N, NHL.TV)
Sharks: At the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, NBCSCA, NHL.TV)