Tyler Toffoli scored twice and added two assists as the host San Jose Sharks doubled up the Utah Mammoth 6-3 on Monday night.
Will Smith added two goals and an assist, while Pavol Regenda and Adam Gaudette also found the back of the net for the Sharks, who have won five of their last eight and improved to 9-4-3 on home ice.
Macklin Celebrini picked up three assists, extending his home point streak to eight games (six goals, nine assists).
Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves as the Sharks took two of three meetings against the Mammoth this season.
Lawson Crouse scored twice and JJ Peterka also scored for Utah, which has dropped four straight and eight of 10 (2-5-3).
Karel Vejmelka made six saves and was replaced by Vitek Vanecek, who stopped 18 shots.
Trailing 6-2, Crouse added his second of the night, a short-handed redirection of a Mikhail Sergachev pass past Askarov.
The Sharks scored three unanswered in the second period to open a four-goal lead.
San Jose took a 4-2 lead at 6:16 of the second as Smith toe-dragged around Nate Schmidt and Brandon Tanev before putting his shot between the pads of Vanecek.
Gaudette gave the Sharks a three-goal lead, putting a backhand shot past the glove of Vanecek at 7:25 of the middle frame.
Smith added his second of the period at 9:09, putting a Toffoli feed under the glove of Vanecek.
Toffoli, who tied a career high with his four-point game, opened the scoring at 4:41 of the first, snapping a Celebrini feed past a screened Valmeljka.
San Jose doubled its lead on a power play at 7:58 as Regenda redirected a Philipp Kurashev shot past Vejmelka for his first goal of the season.
Utah got on the board midway through the period as Crouse tapped in a cross-crease pass from Michael Carcone.
Toffoli added his second of the opening period, restoring the two-goal lead at 12:59, snapping a shot past Valmeljka off a Celebrini faceoff win.
The goal ended Valmeljka’s night as the Utah starter allowed three goals on nine shots.
The Mammoth responded with four minutes remaining in the first as Peterka beat Askarov short side over the shoulder.
The Sharks and Mammoth had split their first two meetings, with each team winning on home ice.
–Field Level Media
