Sharks sunk with penalty over faceoff

Ryan O’Reilly snapped a third-period tie 12 seconds after San Jose was penalized for a faceoff violation, Jordan Kyrou scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Sharks 5-2 on Saturday night.

St. Louis capitalized after a penalty that drew the ire of Sharks coach Bob Boughner. O’Reilly won the offensive-zone draw and then got the puck back in the circle, where he beat Devan Dubnyk 4:22 into the third to make it 3-2.

Kyrou added his second goal of the game late in the period and David Perron scored an emptynetter to give the Blues a sweep of the back-to-back set after arriving in San Jose on a five-game

losing streak.

Vince Dunn also scored, and Perron and O’Reilly each had three assists. Ville Husso made 29 saves.

Dylan Gambrell and Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, who have lost three straight following a season-high three-game winning streak. Dubnyk made 16 saves.

The final meeting of the regular season between these teams was the first of the eight games decided by more than one goal. The Blues won five of the eight games.

The Sharks got on the board first when Husso was unable to control the rebound of Brent Burns’

shot from the slot. Burns got to the loose puck and fed Dylan Gambrell. He beat a scrambling Husso, who was without his stick, to make it 1-0.

The Blues answered 69 seconds later when Dunn’s point shot that was heading wide hit defenseman Erik Karlsson and deflected in.

Kyrou added his ninth goal of the season later in the first and the Blues appeared to take control on a goal by Mike Hoffman. But the Sharks challenged the entry into the zone and the officials wiped away the goal because Sammy Blais was offside.

San Jose tied it in the second when the Blues left Hertl all alone to beat Husso.