In San Jose, Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the first period for the Winnipeg Jets to grab a 1-0 lead, Andrew Copp added a shorthanded in the middle frame for a 2-0 advantage over the Sharks on Saturday. 
That was basically it for the Jets.
The Sharks replied with a shorthanded goal of their own and two power play markers to take down the Jets, 4-3.
San Jose scored four straight to wrest control of the game from Winnipeg.
Jasper Weatherby debuted for the Sharks in his first NHL game and came away with a goal and two points on the night.
“Weatherby [had a] big game, I was happy for him,” the Sharks’ Tomas Hertl said.
Adin Hill made 20 saves. in the win.
“You couldn’t ask for a much better way to start the season. It was a team win,” Sharks head coach Bob Boughner said. “We tried to play to our identity as best we could. I think everybody knows there were some nerves there at the beginning, especially for some of the young guys.”
Andrew Cogliano got the rally started with a shorthanded goal.
“[Cogliano’s] goal I think really gave the whole team life,” Boughner said. “We needed something to happen at 2-0. We needed the next one or it would have been a tough mountain to climb there.”
Weatherby tied the game up, 2-2, and Hertl scored off the power play for a 3-2 lead.
“We lost momentum after [the Sharks’] first goal and it kind of went from there,” Dubois said. “I think that’s where, in the second period, we kind of got spread out. Forwards got spread out from the defensemen, making it hard to make plays.”
Rudolfs Balcers put the Sharks up 4-2.
The Jets’ Jansen Harkins scored in the third period to make the final, 4-3.
Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves in the loss.
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