Late fade leads to 12th loss in last 14 games

SAN JOSE — Lawson Crouse, Nick Schmaltz and Clayton Keller each had a goal and an assist, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Sunday.

With the game tied 2-all entering the third, Dylan Guenther scored just under five minutes into the period. Keller added an insurance goal with a slap shot at 14:13 to extend his league-leading point streak to 11 games, and Schmaltz scored into an empty net. Guenther's go-ahead goal came off a nifty feed by Alex Kerfoot as Guenther was streaking to the net.

“It was kind of a weird, broken play,” Guenther said. “And then (Kerfoot) got the puck. I jumped through the hole and he made a nice play. I just tried to get the shot off quick.”

Liam O'Brien also scored for Arizona and Connor Ingram had 25 saves.

Luke Kunin and Henry Thrun scored for San Jose, and Mackenzie Blackwood

stopped 23 shots.

The Sharks have lost 12 of 14, but entered the game 2-2 in their last four. The Coyotes swept the season series over the Sharks for the second time in franchise history.

Arizona took 18 penalty minutes but killed five of the Sharks' six power

plays.

San Jose coach David Quinn said he liked the start of the third period, but then the Sharks got demoralized after Guenther's goal gave Arizona the lead.

“Listen, we all know this: We have trouble scoring,” Quinn said. “Offense is hard to come by for us. So when you give up a goal like that, it can be deflating.”

The two teams traded power play goals early in the first.

Crouse scored for Arizona at 3:17 and Thrun responded for San Jose just over a minute later.

Collin Graf, who signed with the Sharks last week as one of the top undrafted free agents, had an assist on the goal for his first career NHL point.

Sharks defenseman Calen Addison received a 10minute misconduct for the second straight game after arguing with the referees in the third period. He was ejected from Saturday's game against the St. Louis Blues.

The Sharks did not make Addison available to reporters after the game, but Quinn said he'd speak to the 23-year-old about his emotions.