Sharks rally, end 8-game skid with shootout win against Maple Leafs

The San Jose Sharks rallied with two goals in the third period and ended an eight-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Monday.

Jack Thompson and Tyler Toffoli scored, and Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves for the Sharks (16-37-9), who won for the first time since defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Jan. 27 (0-5-3). Alexander Wennberg had two assists.

John Tavares had a goal and an assist, and Anthony Stolarz made 20 saves for the Maple Leafs (38-20-3), who had won five in a row.

Toronto outshot San Jose 21-10 through two periods.

Thompson cut it to 2-1 at 2:23 of the third period. Wennberg’s point shot came back off the end boards to Thompson, who shot past Stolarz from the right face-off circle.

The Sharks tied it 2-2 at 10:10 when Wennberg carried the puck into the offensive zone and looped around the net before finding Toffoli for a tap in at the top of the crease.

Tavares put the Maple Leafs ahead 1-0 at 8:28 of the second period when he redirected Mitch Marner’s point shot past Georgiev on the power play.

Matthew Knies made it 2-0 at 19:55 on the power play, scoring for the third straight game. After Auston Matthews’ shot from the bottom of the right face-off circle resulted in a loose puck in the crease, Knies got inside positioning on Marc-Edouard Vlasic and jammed it in.

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