Hertl supplies all the offense

PHILADELPHIA — Tomas Hertl completed his hat trick 24 seconds into overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night.

Brent Burns assisted all three goals and Timo Meier had two assists for the Sharks, who ended a four-game road trip 2-2. Adin Hill stopped 29 shots.

James van Riemsdyk scored both goals for Philadelphia, which has lost five in a row. Former Sharks goaltender Martin Jones had 44 saves.

In the extra period, Hertl beat Jones on a 2-on-1 in which he elected to shoot for for his team-leading 20th goal, giving him 18 points (12 goals, six assists) over the past 12 games. He also had the winner in overtime in the Sharks’ 3-2 home victory over Philadelphia on Dec. 30.

“Nice to see I can help the team,” Hertl said.

The Flyers continued to play without key players due to COVID-19 protocols and injury. Captain Claude Giroux, forward Travis Konecny and defensemen Travis Sanheim and Ivan Provorov sat out because of health and safety protocols.

San Jose was missing captain Logan Couture and center Nick Bonino for the same reason.

“I’m very proud of those guys,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. “There’s a lot of reasons, excuses — every team’s got them: injuries, COVID, the way road trip started. We finished on a positive note.

A lot of guys played well; we needed 20 guys tonight.”

Boughner said Hertl provided a boost with more than just his scoring.

“What I loved is even when we got down 2-0, he took a huge leadership role (saying), ‘We’re still in this, we got this, let’s keep working,’ ” Boughner said. “He was pretty inspirational.”

The Flyers started backup goalie Jones against his former team. The Sharks bought out the final three years of Jones’ contract over the summer after three subpar seasons in which he had an .896 save percentage. Jones won 170 games in six seasons in San Jose and in 2016 helped the club reach their only Stanley Cup Finals.

Jones stopped the first 35 Sharks shots before they scored three in the final 12:37 of regulation and OT.

“It doesn’t feel very good that we lost; that’s it,” he said.

Photos by Derik Hamilton / Associated Press Tomas Hertl (left) celebrates after scoring the winning goal — his third of the game — in overtime against Philadelphia.

Flyers goaltender Martin Jones, formerly of the Sharks, makes a stop as James van Riemsdyk defends the San Jose’s Jasper Weatherby.