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Radim Simek also scored in regulation for San
Jose before Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc found the back of the
net in the shootout. Martin Jones made 22 saves in the win.
Marcus Johansson, Nick Bonino and Kevin Fiala scored regulation
goals for the Wild. Fiala and Mats Zuccarello were successful in
the shootout. Minnesota goalie Cam Talbot made 36 saves.
The Sharks are still just 3-5-1 in their past nine games while
the Wild are 3-0-1 in their past four.
The Wild went without registering a shot on goal for the first
10:51 of the opening frame, but their third shot of the period
got them on the board at the 12:41 mark when Johansson's snap
shot eluded Jones.
The Sharks leveled the score at 16:04 of the first when Simek's
shot from inside the blue line beat Talbot. The tie didn't last
long as Joel Eriksson Ek set Bonino up for the go-ahead goal at
the 19-minute mark. Despite being outshot 18-7 through the first
20 minutes, the Wild took a 2-1 lead into the first
intermission.
In the second period, Evander Kane broke up a play in the
Sharks' zone and started a two-on-one in the opposite direction
before setting Karlsson up with a saucer pass right in front of
Minnesota's net. Karlsson's shot picked the corner over Talbot's
shoulder and tied the game 2-2 at the 15:45 mark.
Karlsson scored his second goal of the evening at 4:11 of the
third period, a slap shot that rung off the post before going in
and giving San Jose a 3-2 lead. Fiala tied the game when he
buried a Johansson rebound to make it 3-3 with 10:12 left in
regulation.
It appeared that Minnesota's Jared Spurgeon scored the winning
goal with 2:53 left in overtime, but it was waved off after the
officials determined the puck was knocked down by a high stick.
Fiala and Couture exchanged goals in the second round of the
shootout, and Zuccarello and Labanc tallied in the third round.
No other players were successful until Karlsson buried the puck
with a slap shot in the eighth round after Minnesota's Ryan
Hartman missed the target with his attempt.
--Field Level Media
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