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The result spoiled the Sharks debut of
defenseman Erik Karlsson.
Rickard Rakell scored a goal and had two assists, and rookie
left winger Max Comtois also scored a goal for Anaheim, which
won despite being outshot 33-15. Jakob Silfverberg finished with
three assists, and Ryan Getzlaf added two assists for the Ducks.
Henrique also had two points.
Evander Kane and Tomas Hertl each scored goals for San Jose.
Martin Jones stopped just 10 of the 14 shots he faced.
Karlsson, a two-time Norris Trophy winner obtained in a trade
with the Ottawa Senators on Sept. 13, was paired with Marc-Edouard
Vlasic. He played 26:48 and attempted one shot to go along with
one hit and two blocks.
Anaheim, swept by the Sharks in four games in the first round of
last season's Western Conference playoffs, needed just 49
seconds to take a 1-0 lead.
The 19-year-old Comtois, a second-round pick in the 2017 draft,
scored on the first shot of his NHL career after Henrique
poke-checked the puck from center ice to him at the blue line
near the right boards. Comtois then came in on a breakaway and
fired a left wrist shot through Jones' pads.
It was the sixth-fastest goal to open an NHL career in
modern-era history and the fastest since Oct. 5, 1989, when
Alexander Mogilny scored 20 seconds into his first game.
Kane tied it seven minutes later when he picked up the puck
along the left boards and made a nifty move, sliding the puck
through the legs of defenseman Josh Manson before firing a wrist
shot from the left faceoff dot through Gibson's pads.
San Jose took a 2-1 lead at the 17:14 mark of the second period
on a short-handed goal by Hertl. He stole the puck at center
ice, spun around and slid the puck through the legs of Cam
Fowler and then beat Gibson with a wrist shot past his glove
side.
Anaheim came right back to tie it 46 seconds later on a
power-play goal by Rakell, who roofed a crossing pass through
the crease from Silfverberg into the left side of the goal.
Montour then scored what proved to be the game-winner at the
8:02 mark of the third period. His fluttering backhander from
the left side of the net went over the blocker of Jones and
under the crossbar.
Henrique doubled the lead two minutes later, and Rowney added an
empty-net goal in the last minute.
--Field Level Media
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