SAN JOSE — The Sharks were outclassed Monday night as the visiting Calgary Flames routed San Jose. 6-2.
Calgary scored three times on the power play.
David Rittich made 34 saves to get the win for Calgary.
Matthew Tkachuk scored a nifty, between the legs goal on the power play.
“It was good to come out with the start we had and going up 3-0,” Tkachuk said. “All in all, we did a good job of coming out here and playing with the lead the whole game.”
Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns were the San Jose strikers. 
“We’ve said all along we have to be a detailed, structured team,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. “And I don’t think we were either detailed or structured, especially the first 10 minutes.”
Milan Lucic, Mikael Backlund, Tobias Rieder, and Zac Rinaldo all scored for the Flames.
“Goals by the depth of your lineup at this time of the year are usually big goals,” Calgary coach Geoff Ward said. “They were big goals for us tonight and they give a real lift to your bench.”
Mark Jankowski also scored for Calgary.
“We did a decent job to battle back into it,” San Jose’s Barclay Goodrow said. “Then to have a puck go off our stick and their chest into the net is a tough bounce. We could have answered that a bit better and we didn’t.”
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Aaron Dell made 31 saves in the loss.
“We know we have to play a full 60 minutes,” Goodrow said. “We can’t be turning the puck over, losing battles in front of our net, and things like that. At this point of the season we know what we have to do to win hockey games.”
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