In Calgary Monday night, the San Jose sharks got a stellar effort from Martin Jones who made 47 saves in a 2-1 win for the Sharks in extra time over the Flames.
“I’m feeling OK,” Jones said. “I’ll probably be a little tired later.”
Joe Pavelski scored with just 19 seconds elapsed in the extra session for the win.
“Right now you’ve got to keep pace with everybody,” Pavelski said. “Everybody’s playing good. We understand our game’s got to improve over the last week, week and a half. It can get better.”
Sharks Martin Jones made 47 saves in win over Flames – File photo by Jack Lima
The two points were big for the Sharks on a night when the Anaheim Ducks picked up a point in a shootout loss and the Los Angeles Kings won in regulation.
“I’m very proud of our team,” Flames coach Bob Hartley said. “We can count on those guys to go out, game in, game out, we’re a young team and sometimes it doesn’t always go our way, but the one thing that we have to respect from our team is the effort. The commitment to leave everything on the ice, to play with energy, to play with passion and we’re getting this and that’s step one in the right direction.”
Joe Colborne scored the only Flames goal with under 90 seconds left in regulation.
“We kept coming back to the bench and saying, ‘One’s got to go in, one’s got to go in,'” Colborne said. “And sure enough, we got one. And then Thornton, Burns and Pavelski go out and showed why they’re all-world players. It’s frustrating, but that was one of the better 60-minute games that we’ve played.”
Brent Burns scored for the Sharks in regulation and leads NHL defensemen with 24 goals this season.
“We’re creatures of routine, I think,” Burns said. “We do the same thing every night. I think I went 19 games without a goal. You just kind of ride that roller coaster. The guys have been playing well. They’ve been making good plays and a lot of times I’ve been the recipient of a lot of good plays.”
But the game story belonged to Jones who held off the Flames until Pavelski’s goal in overtime.
“He was on,” Pavelski said. “He was reading all the plays. You could see him anticipating everything. It was just one of those performances. It was great. We’ve been on the other side. It’s tough sometimes. It was great to see. We’re happy for him.”
Joni Orito made 21 saves for the Flames in the loss.
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