Hertl scores twice as San Jose’s streak stretches to five
ANAHEIM — Brent Burns scored on the power play and Evander Kane had a shorthanded goal in the third period, helping the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 53 Thursday night for their fifth straight win.
Tomas Hertl scored twice for the Sharks, who added a road victory to four previous home wins. The run of success has come immediately after a fivegame losing streak.
Logan Couture finished off the victory with a goal in the final minute, his third of the season.
Rickard Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg and Max Jones scored goals for the Ducks, who stumbled to a 232 record on a sevengame homestand. The Ducks opened the season 610 at home.
Burns’ goahead goal came on a rush at 8:05 of the third as he took the puck up the middle and fired a shot from the slot past John Gibson for his fifth of the season.
Kane delivered his 12th of the season just over two minutes later for a 42 lead. He broke free with Couture on a 2on1, getting just enough on a deflection to slide the puck past Gibson. Kane added an assist on Burns’ goal, the 200th assist of his career.
Jones scored for the Ducks with just over four minutes remaining, his second of the season.
The teams traded goals in each of the first two periods.
The Ducks took a 10 lead 1:09 into the game when Rakell picked up a loose puck after Silfverberg forced a turnover and scored to the top left of the goal past goalie Martin Jones. It was Rakell’s sixth goal of the season.
The Sharks evened the score at 6:44 of the opening period on a goal that had to be confirmed by replay. Hertl pounded on a rebound after a Barclay Goodrow shot and jammed the puck past Gibson’s pad. The Ducks did not challenge that Hertl interfered with Gibson.
The Ducks took the lead again at 13:00 of the second period when Silfverberg cleaned up a loose puck in front of the goal and pushed it through the legs of Jones for his ninth of the season. Rakell took a shot from the right point with both Silfverberg and Adam Henrique pouncing on the rebound.
The Sharks made it 22 at 18:28 of the second period when Hertl took a pass from Timo Meier and fired a quick shot to the upper left of the goal past Gibson. It was Hertl’s 10th goal of the season.