Brent Burns broke a third-period tie on the power play and Joel Ward added an important insurance marker in a 5-4 Sharks win at the Saddledome in Calgary on Monday.
San Jose didn’t have a power play until the final frame, when Mikael Backlund went to the box for holding Brenden Dillon’s stick. The Sharks took advantage of the league’s worst penalty kill, though, when Burns spanked a pass through the slot by Patrick Marleau inside the near post at 5:12 to give San Jose a 4-3 edge.
Ward, who missed a first-period breakaway when the game was still scoreless, increased the lead to 5-3 at 10:21 when his attempted pass went off of Mark Giordano and through goalie Karri Ramo.