San Jose Sharks douse Calgary Flames 4-1 – Calgary | The Canadian News

CALGARY – Logan Couture scored the winner of the third period for the San Jose Sharks in a 4-1 victory Tuesday over host Calgary Flames.

Tomas Hertl and Jonathan Dahlen added goals with the empty net and Alexander Barabanov also scored for San José (7-4-1). Brent Burns had two assists.

Sharks goalie Adin Hill, who played minor and junior A hockey in Calgary, stopped 37 of 38 shots to take the win.

San Jose stopped Calgary’s consecutive game streak of at least one point in 10. The Flames lost in regulation for the first time since their season opener.

Milan Lucic scored for Calgary (7-2-3). Flames starter Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves in the loss.

San Jose was without head coach Bob Boughner for the fifth game in a row because it is on COVID-19 protocol.

Seven regulars, including star defender Erik Karlsson, are also in their second week of protocol that required the call-in of multiple AHL Barracuda players.

The Sharks have stated that all players and staff are fully vaccinated against the virus. Assistant coach John MacLean is filling in for the absent Boughner.

The Flames did not score in three power play opportunities, while the Sharks were 0 of 2.

Couture gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead at 4:18 in the third period. When the captain’s wrist shot hit the stick of Flames defender Nikita Zadarov, the change in speed of the puck caught Markstrom sliding too far to his right to wedge it.

Calgary blew the puck against the San Jose post twice in a second period that ended in a 1-1 stalemate.

Andrew Mangiapane’s wrist drifted off the high post in the closing seconds and Matthew Tkachuk’s re-direct of a shot from Noah Hanifin mid-period also found iron.

But Lucic scored on a 1:17 crease in the period to even the hosts at 1-1. The goal stood up after review and also resisted MacLean’s subsequent challenge for goalkeeper interference.

Barabanov of San José scored his first goal of the season at 47 seconds into the second period. From behind the San Jose goal line, Burns threw the puck onto the ice at Barabanov moving on the blue line.

The Russian fired a low shot from Markstrom. Burns extended his scoring streak to five straight games with one goal and six assists in that span.

Calgary outshot San Jose 8-4 in the first period, but the visitors almost scored a goal early in the power game. Couture’s shot from the slot went through Markstrom’s pads, but was deflected from the net.

After a 2-1-2 home stay, Calgary begins a five-game road trip Thursday in Montreal. San Jose continues with a five-game road trip Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets.