
Late rally sparks San Jose Sharks to 4-3 win over Calgary Flames
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Logan Couture scored the game-winner on Tuesday as the San Jose Sharks scored 28 seconds apart in the third period for a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.
Logan Couture scored the game-winner on Tuesday as the San Jose Sharks scored 28 seconds apart in the third period for a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Timo Meier and Alexander Barabanov also scored for San Jose (28-27-8). The Sharks will look to sweep their two-game road trip to Alberta when they play in Edmonton on Thursday.
Johnny Gaudreau, Dillon Dube, and Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary (38-17-8), which lost at home in regulation for just the second time in their last 19 games (15-2-2). Matthew Tkachuk had a pair of assists.
It’s also the first time all season the Flames have lost in regulation after heading into the third period with a lead (31-1-2).
After giving up a couple of early goals, Sharks goaltender James Reimer settled in, finishing with 28 stops. He improves to 17-13-6.
At the other end, Jacob Markstrom had 34 saves and fell to 29-12-7.
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Down 3-2 after 40 minutes, San Jose tied it 11:07 into the third when Tomas Hertl worked the puck out front where Barabanov was wide open and he snapped a shot inside the post for his 10th goal.