The San Jose Sharks (39-19-7) completed their regular season sweep of the Winnipeg Jets (30-31-6) behind a 3-2 victory on Monday night, while Joe Thornton came away with career assist number 1000.
The game on Monday night marked the return of Joonas Donskoi to the Sharks’ lineup after missing 16 games with a lower-body injury. He took the place of Marcus Sorensen in the lineup, as he skated with Joel Ward and Tomas Hertl at the beginning of the game, while Melker Karlsson was moved up to the first line with Joe Pavelski and Thornton.
The Sharks jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a Pavelski goal from Karlsson and Brenden Dillon.