SAN JOSE — Joonas Donskoi broke out of his post-injury slump Saturday, recording three points including the game-tying goal with 15.6 seconds remaining in regulation, setting the stage for Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s heroics in overtime.
Donskoi had registered just three points in 10 games since he returned from an injury on Dec. 14 after serving as one of the Sharks lone-offensive catalysts over the first two months of the season.
The reemergence of the player that captain Joe Pavelski referred to as “the father”, as in Don-Father, should give the Sharks (22-13-6) optimism heading into the second half.