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Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood stopped
24 of 25 shots in regulation and overtime.
Cole Guttman opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 10:41
of the first period, sliding a rebound of a Ryan Donato shot
from the slot past Blackwood.
San Jose avoided being shut out for the second time in as many
days and the eighth time this season at 5:13 of the third
period. Ryan Carpenter gathered Justin Bailey's pass from behind
the net and beat Mrazek with a snap shot just outside the
crease.
Officials whistled the Sharks' Mario Ferraro for holding just 45
seconds into overtime, giving the Blackhawks a four-on-three
power play. Chicago was unable to capitalize, however, despite a
series of chances.
San Jose nearly scored in the closing seconds of OT. A Tomas
Hertl shot trickled slightly past Mrazek, who had left the
crease, but Blackhawks defenseman Kevin Korchinski knocked the
rebound aside.
San Jose's Kevin Labanc and Chicago's Rem Pitlick scored on
back-to-back shootout attempts, the lone goals in the first
three rounds.
No other player scored for the next five rounds, with Katchouk's
score breaking the drought. Mrazek then saved a wrister by Filip
Zadina to seal the win.
The Sharks hit the post twice in the second period.
Chicago and San Jose, which rank a respective 31st and 32nd in
points in the 32-team NHL, played a physical game throughout the
night.
The second period featured a pair of fights between the clubs.
Guttman fought with San Jose's Kyle Burroughs midway through the
period after Burroughs delivered a big hit to Chicago's Lukas
Reichel along the wall. Burroughs (boarding) and Guttman
(roughing) also were assessed minor penalties as part of the
sequence.
Just over two minutes later, the Blackhawks' Jarred Tinordi and
the Sharks' Scott Sabourin both landed multiple strong punches
before officials intervened in their tussle.
San Jose's Mikael Granlund left the game favoring his shoulder
after taking a big hit from MacKenzie Entwistle early in the
third period.
Nikita Zaitsev of Chicago was injured in the second period and
didn't return.
--Field Level Media
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