Sharks’ fortunes turn in Montreal
Martin Jones stopped the Montreal Canadiens — and the San Jose Sharks’ four-game skid.
Jones made 40 saves — 22 in the third period — to help the Sharks beat the Canadiens 3-1 on Sunday. Justin Braun, Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski scored for San Jose.
“We did a great job of eliminating those Grade-A chances and those odd-man rushes that have been causing us some problems,” Jones said. “It was much better tonight.”
Jones improved to 7-1 against Montreal as the Sharks beat the Canadiens for the seventh consecutive time.
Jeff Petry scored for Montreal.
“When you run into a goalie like that, and he’s seeing everything, you have to make it hard for him,” the Canadiens’ Max Domi said. “We managed to do that on Petry’s goal. Just not quite enough.”
San Jose opened the scoring at 2:55 of the first, with Braun beating Price after a bad giveaway by Petry in his own end. With San Jose on a 5-on-3 advantage, Burns made it 2-0 with a wrist shot from the slot at 10:29 of the first to extend his points streak to four games. Ducks 6, Capitals 5: Pontus Aberg scored twice in the third period, including the go-ahead with 5:05 remaining, and visiting Anaheim stopped Washington’s sevengame winning streak. Tom Wilson was in the Capitals’ lineup after the NHL declined to seek a suspension after he received a match penalty Friday for an illegal check to the head of New Jersey’s Brett Sevey. Kings 2, Hurricanes 0: Los Angeles — with goals by Alec Martinez and Kyle Clifford — defended its home ice with a shutout of Carolina. Jets 4, Rangers 3: Mark Scheifele scored to start Winnipeg’s third-period comeback and then got the deciding goal in the shootout as the Jets rallied to win in New York. Avalanche 2, Red Wings: Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves for his 24th career shutout in Colorado’s road win. Flames 3, Blackhawks 2: Sean Monahan and Elias Lindholm each had a goal and an assist as visiting Calgary edged Chicago and moved into first place in the Pacific Division. Sidelined: Kings forward Ilya Kovalchuk will be out for about four weeks after undergoing a procedure on his ankle, the team announced.