With the power play striking for three goals and Logan Couture collecting a hat trick, the Sharks beat the young and speedy Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Thursday at SAP Center.
Couture and Joonas Donskoi scored power-play goals in the first period and Joe Pavelski added one with the man-advantage in the third as the Sharks — playing a fifth straight game without injured center Joe Thornton — improved to 3-3-1.
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Goalie Martin Jones stopped 24 shots and San Jose’s penalty-kill units were 5-for-5 in the game.
Pavelski scored his fourth goal of the season at 11:49 of the third period — just seven seconds into a Marco Scandella tripping penalty — as the Sharks put a close game away in the final period.