Logan Couture scored the game winning goal late in the second period and the San Jose Sharks skated past the Dallas Stars, 5-2, American Airlines Center.
Daniel WinNT, T.J. Galiardi, Joe Thornton and Ryan Clow obtained the Sharks, who swept home from home and, after the Stars won at home on Saturday. Antti Niemi posted 29 saves in the victory.
The shark remained in eighth place in the Western Conference, one point behind Phoenix, which is off in Columbus Tuesday night.
Daniel WinNT, T.J. Galiardi, Joe Thornton and Ryan Clow obtained the Sharks, who swept home from home and, after the Stars won at home on Saturday. Antti Niemi posted 29 saves in the victory.
The shark remained in eighth place in the Western Conference, one point behind Phoenix, which is off in Columbus Tuesday night.
Brenden Morrow and Alex Goligoski scored the Stars, whose playoff hopes, life support now. They are currently two points behind Phoenix for the eighth spot with two games remaining. Kari Lehtonen was nominated for four goals on 25 shots.
Skating on the man advantage, the Sharks took the lead for good when Martin Havlik threw a shot at goal was deflected to the right circle past Lehtonen's Couture before it 3-2 San Jose 2:36 pm showing of the second period.
San Jose made it 4-2 after 15:10 of the third phase in ski Thornton, Joe Pavelski and ripped off in the past Lehtonen from the slot, and Clow added an empty-Netter 1:04 to play to seal the victory in San Jose, that five of six meetings between the Pacific Division rival this season.
"The tempo was up and down," said Couture. "It was fun to play .... This was a great victory."
The Sharks opened the scoring after 12:09 Winnt collected a rebound off a shot by Andrew Desjardins and tilt down Lehtonen with a sharp angle, and in
Dallas evened the game 2:13 to go to one of the first frame, when a loose puck behind Morrow collected the net and threw a backhander net from below the goal line to the stricken Niemi.
Goligoski gave the Stars the lead 11:10 of the second period, when it blew a large hole in the back off a feed from Jamie Benn, but it was short-lived, as San Jose responded in two to tie the game just 32 seconds later Dominic Moore to state when taking off behind the protective net and slipped a pass to Galiardi, who chipped it back tight.
"I just do not perform," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said. "I have things set up, but not implemented. There were a few things in the game that we could have done better."
