Macklin Celebrini and Timothy Liljegren mixed to attain three targets within the opening 3:43 of the third interval and the San Jose Sharks ended a three-game shedding streak with a 7-2 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Celebrini, the No. 1 total decide on this yr’s draft, delivered the second two-goal effort of his twelfth profession sport. He has six targets total. Celebrini additionally logged an help to publish his first three-point sport.
Nico Sturm, Fabian Zetterlund, Alexander Wennberg and Luke Kunin additionally scored targets whereas Will Smith and William Eklund every had two assists every for San Jose, which scored 5 occasions within the third interval.
Yaroslav Askarov made 22 saves because the Sharks gained their second consecutive matchup with the Kings this season after not beating them in regulation in every of the earlier two campaigns.
Anze Kopitar had a aim and an help, Brandt Clarke scored a aim and Adrian Kempe notched two assists for the Kings. David Rittich made 14 saves as Los Angeles misplaced for the fourth time in six video games.
In a 2-2 sport, the Sharks went to work early within the third interval, taking the lead on a Celebrini aim on the 1:03 mark. Liljegren made it 4-2 simply 1:11 later when he scored his second of the season.
Celebrini’s second aim in a 2:40 stretch got here on two-man benefit after the Kings unsuccessfully challenged the Liljegren aim after which have been known as for a tripping by Warren Foegele.
Wennberg scored his sixth for the Sharks on an influence play close to the halfway level of the ultimate interval, and Kunin netted his fifth with lower than two minutes remaining.
The Sharks wanted all of 107 seconds to take a 1-0 lead when Sturm scored on a breakaway previous Rittich off an extended feed from Mario Ferraro that cut up a pair of Kings gamers at heart ice.
The Kings grabbed a quick lead within the second interval on targets from Clarke, his third of the season, at 2:32 and Kopitar at 8:58, his sixth.
Zetterlund produced the game-tying aim at 13:59 of the second. It was his ninth of the season, tying Mikael Granlund and Tyler Toffoli for the staff lead.
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