SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Lucas Carlsson scored the go-ahead purpose — his first of the season — with 3:23 left within the recreation and the San Jose Sharks topped the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Saturday evening.
William Eklund and Barclay Goodrow additionally scored and Alexander Georgiev made 22 saves for the Sharks.
Casey Mittelstadt scored the lone purpose for Boston, which misplaced its fifth straight. Joonas Korpisalo had 19 saves.
Eklund’s sixteenth purpose, which matched his profession excessive, got here at 2:13 of the second off a crossing cross from Macklin Celebrini to place San Jose up 1-0.
Boston tied it at 16:50 of the second when Mittelstadt scored off a turnover.
After Carlsson’s purpose put the Sharks again up, Goodrow scored an empty-netter to seal the win.
Takeaways
Bruins: Boston’s playoffs hopes are fading after the Bruins newest loss. They’ve dropped 22 of their final 33 (10-18-5) since Dec. 31.
Sharks: San Jose has received two of its final 4 after going 7-27-4 since Dec. 5.
Key second
Mittelstadt’s purpose got here at an important level for Boston, with the Bruins having been held scoreless for near the primary 37 minutes. Mittelstadt fired a shot previous Georgiev after amassing a unfastened puck simply outdoors the crease for his thirteenth purpose.
Key stat
Sharks rookie defenseman Luca Cagnoni had an help on Eklund’s purpose for his first NHL level.
Up subsequent
The Bruins play at Los Angeles on Sunday, and the Sharks host Toronto on Thursday.
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