In San Jose, the Anaheim Ducks rallied with two goals in the third period to tie the game, 4-4, and force extra time on Saturday. The extra session solved nothing, and the Ducks used the skills competition to grab a 5-4 win.
Adam Henrique scored the game-tying goal with 88 seconds left on the regulation in the third.
“I don’t think it was a pretty win, by any means, but we stuck with it and stuck with our game,” Henrique said.
Henrique was also credited with the deciding goal in the skills portion of the evening’s affairs.
Mason McTavish also scored in the third period rally for Anaheim. After the Sharks had taken a 4-2 lead in the period, McTavish’s goal made it 4-3.
“It doesn’t matter how you lose, it’s really tough,” Sharks forward Tomas Hertl said. “It seems like every mistake we [made] went in our net. It’s really tough because all of these home games have been so close against all of the teams that we played, and we have just a couple of points.”
Anthony Stolarz made 48 saves in the Ducks win.
“I do give our men lots of credit for staying in the fight right through the end,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said.
Anaheim improved to 4-7-1.
San Jose took a 1-0 lead off a strike form Kevin Labanc in the first period.
“It’s very disheartening because of the result,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “We continue to feel like we’re going in the right direction but we shoot ourselves in the foot, and we did again today.”
The Ducks’ Brett Leason tied it, 1-1, before the Ducks took the lead, 2-1, off a goal from Max Comtois.
Timo Meier got the Sharks even, 2-2, early in the middle frame.
San Jose took the lead, 3-2, on a strike from Luke Kunin late in the second period.
“We’re not satisfied with just being close, obviously you’ve got to win,” Kunin said. “This is a result-based business.”
Hertl advanced the lead to 4-2 early in the third prior to the Ducks rally.
James Reimer made 21 saves in the Sharks loss.
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