The Sharks withstood a significant early push by Montreal, and Joe Pavelski, Patrick Marleau and Dainius Zubrus all scored goals as San Jose ended it’s losing streak with a 3-1 win at Bell Centre on Tuesday.
The Sharks had lost their previous six games (0-5-1), but improved to 15-14-1 in what was the first of a five-game road trip.
Despite the ice being tilted heavily in Montreal’s favor in the first period, the Sharks scored the only goal of the opening 20 minutes. It came on a two-on-one rush, when Joel Ward fought off Andrei Markov and slanted a cross-ice pass to Marleau, who skillfully angled his stick to direct it in at 17:34.