Philipp Kurashev scored the lone goal in a shootout and also scored in regulation as the San Jose Sharks pulled out a 4-3 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday to earn a point for the ninth time in their past 11 games.
Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout while Ty Dellandrea and Adam Gaudette also scored goals for the Sharks. Collin Graf had two assists.
Teen sensation Macklin Celebrini had an assist as the Sharks avenged a 4-3 loss at Los Angeles on Oct. 28 and picked up their 10th victory in 21 games after not reaching double-digit wins until their 28th game last season.
Joel Armia, Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe scored goals and Anton Forsberg made 21 saves for the Kings, who lost their second consecutive game and finished 4-2-0 on a six-game road trip. Kempe sent the game into OT on a goal with 58.3 seconds remaining.
The Sharks got off to a quick start when Gaudette scored 2:33 into the game following a Kings turnover at their own blue line.
Armia tied the score 1-1 with a short-handed goal at 16:04 of the first period when he forced a turnover and scored on a breakaway stick side past Askarov.
Dellandrea gave San Jose a 2-1 lead 10 seconds before the end of the opening period when he deflected a centering pass from Graf off his skate blade and into the goal.
The Kings pulled even 2-2 when Kopitar scored 1:47 into the second period on a backhand between the legs of Askarov.
San Jose went back on top 3-2 with 2:56 remaining in the second period when Kurashev took a feed from Will Smith at the edge of the left circle and used the Kings’ Andrei Kuzmenko as a screen to score past Forsberg.
The Kings pulled Forsberg for a late 6-on-5 advantage and Kempe tied it 3-3 with less than a minute remaining when he cleaned up a loose puck in front of the Sharks’ goal following a shot from Kevin Fiala.
–Field Level Media
