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 Logan Couture recorded a goal and an assist while rookie Barclay
Goodrow and defenseman Brent Burns also scored for the Sharks, who
had their four-game winning streak snapped with a 2-1 loss at
Edmonton on Sunday. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau each notched a
pair of assists and Alex Stalock made 25 saves as San Jose kicked
off its five-game homestand in impressive fashion.
Jordan Eberle and David Perron tallied for the Oilers, who lost for
the 12th time in 13 games (1-8-4). Ben Scrivens turned aside 19
shots as Edmonton was denied its first winning streak since Nov.
7-9.
Pavelski and Goodrow scored 56 seconds apart early in the first
period to give San Jose a 2-0 lead, with Pavelski putting a spinning
backhander from the right faceoff circle into the top left corner of
the net at 4:33 and Goodrow burying a rebound on the doorstep for
his first NHL goal. Eberle halved the deficit at 12:08 and Perron
took a cross-slot pass from Teddy Purcell and beat Stalock from the
left hash marks 4:07 later to knot the contest.
Couture snapped the tie 6:14 into the second, tipping defenseman
Scott Hannan's shot from the left point past Scrivens. Pavelski
restored the two-goal advantage during a power play 81 seconds later
as he converted Marleau's touch pass from below the left circle and
Burns sealed the win with a shot from the right point with 5:29 left
in the third.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: San Jose C Melker Karlsson notched an assist in his
NHL debut. ... Sharks D Marc-Edouard Vlasic left the game in the
first period with an undisclosed injury and RW Mike Brown suffered
an apparent leg injury late in the second and did not return. ...
Thornton raised his career point total to 1,218, moving ahead of
Jeremy Roenick and Larry Murphy for sole possession of 40th place on
the all-time list. ... Edmonton has lost six straight on the road
(0-3-3) and fell to 1-13-4 against the Western Conference -
including a 1-9-1 mark versus Pacific Division rivals.
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