Mason McTavish scored the only goal of the shootout and added three assists in regulation as the Anaheim Ducks edged the visiting San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Tuesday.
McTavish, who was the third shootout participant for the Ducks, skated in and showed great patience as he waited for Sharks goalie Alexandar Georgiev to make a move, then slid the puck between the goalie’s legs.
Trevor Zegras and Sam Colangelo each had a goal and an assist and Jackson LaCombe scored for Anaheim (33-33-8, 74 points), who wrapped up a 3-2-0 homestand by completing a three-game season sweep of the Sharks. Lukas Dostal made 28 saves.
Shakir Mukhamadullin, Alexander Wennberg and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored goals and Georgiev stopped 34 shots for the Sharks. San Jose (20-44-10, 50 points) has lost three straight, getting outscored 17-5 in those games, not counting Anaheim’s extra “goal” for the shootout win.
Ducks forward Zegras opened the scoring just over two minutes into the first period off a faceoff in the Sharks’ end. McTavish won the draw back to Colangelo, whose shot was tipped in by Zegras.
The Sharks tied it 1-1 at 5:28 of the first as Mukhamadullin’s long shot from the point somehow slipped through the legs of Dostal, who misplayed the puck.
LaCombe scored at 8:13 of the first on a power play. His long wrister from the point beat a screened Georgiev to the blocker side.
Colangelo scored with 59 seconds left in the opening frame to make it 3-1. Georgiev made the first save, but he lost sight of the puck and Colangelo was able to poke it into an empty cage.
Mukhamadullin left the game with an injury early in the third period and did not return after being tackled by Ducks forward Frank Vatrano in front of the Sharks’ bench.
Vlasic scored his first goal of the season to pull the Sharks to within 3-2 at 4:08 of the third.
Wennberg took a pass out of the corner from teammate William Eklund and one-timed a shot past Dostal to tie the game 3-3 late in the third, setting the stage for overtime followed by the shootout.
