SAN JOSE — The Sharks’ game Thursday against the Vegas Golden Knights provided the type of atmosphere normally associated with the NHL playoffs.
Logan Couture made sure the sold-out crowd at SAP Center went home happy.
Couture kept the puck on a rush up the ice with Marc-Edouard Vlasic, cut to the middle and beat goalie Malcolm Subban with a perfectly-placed backhand 39 seconds into overtime as the Sharks beat Vegas 2-1 for their sixth straight victory.
Brent Burns also scored, and Sharks goalie Martin Jones made 24 saves as the Sharks, now have 93 points, sit six points back of the Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights and four ahead of the third place Los Angeles Kings with eight games left to play.