The San Jose Sharks made it eight straight Monday night in Chicago with a 4-3 win in the skills competition over the Blackhawks.
The win kept pace with the Vegas Golden Knights and the Sharks still trail the Knights by six points for the Pacific lead.
The win streak is the third longest in franchise history.
“The other night (against the Calgary Flames) it wasn’t a 5-1 game,” Joe Pavelski said. “We found a way that way. Tonight, we get the extra point. That’s how it goes when you’re winning. You win eight in a row, you have a lot of guys contribute. Tonight, we had that again.”
Martin Jones made 28 saves to pick up the win as the Sharks moved to 44-23-9.
“It wasn’t pretty for a lot of it,” Jones said. “But we found a way to win, and we’ve been doing that a lot lately, so that’s a good sign.”
Marcus Sorensen, Evander Kane and Tomas Hertl struck for regulation time goals for San Jose.
“Our game’s still in a good spot, but it has to go back up a level instead of trending down. We understand where we’re at, what time of the season it is, what needs to be done,” Pavelski said after the win.
Alex DeBrincat, Connor Murphy and Patrick Sharp were Chicago’s goal scorers.
Kevin Labanc was credited with the deciding goal in the shootout.
“It’s just about winning on the road, learning that and understanding,” Pavelski said. “We’ve always been a strong-willed team. Tonight we found a way.”
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Anton Forsberg made 35 saves in taking the loss.
“I thought we had a good first, good third, overtime was pretty entertaining,” Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville said. “A lot of high quality stuff, you know I thought there were some decent things, but they’re definitely playing well.”
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