Sharks get back on track against Devils
Martin Jones made 26 stops for his second shutout of the season and goals from four skaters added up to a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils as the Sharks ended their three-game slide.
Forwards Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture and Chris Tierney, and defenseman Brent Burns scored s to support Jones’ 15th career shutout.
The Sharks struck shorthanded at 1:59 of the first when Tierney’s wrist shot off the rush from the left circle found the back of the net.
San Jose’s struggling power play finally clicked at 10:33 of the second period when Couture wristed a shot from the slot past Kinkaid.
Couture’s fifth goal snapped a 1-for-23 slump over eight games for the power play.
New Jersey left wing Reid Boucher’s attempt from the right point ramped up the stick of penalty-killing forward Tommy Wingels and struck Tierney, who returned 10 minutes later.
The Sharks’ fourth goal came benefit of New Jersey defenseman Kyle Quincey, who accidentally tapped the puck in his own net.
Center Danny O’Regan was recalled from the American Hockey League’s San Jose Barracuda to make his NHL debut.