Ducks 1, Sharks 0
SAN JOSE -- The Sharks couldn't solve Anaheim backup goalie Anton Khudobin as the resurgent Ducks skated out of SAP Center Saturday night with a 1-0 victory.
Khudobin stopped all 31 shots San Jose fired, including 10 in the final period for his fifth career shutout and first in the uniform of his new team.
San Jose had an opportunity with two late power plays. But the Ducks' top-ranked penalty kill did the job, even with Sharks goalie Martin Jones pulled to give the hosts a 6-on-4 advantage for the final 1:20 of the second power play.
The Sharks remain without a power-play goal at home through seven outings -- 19 power-play failures in all.
Anaheim managed the only goal of the opening period. And if it wasn't for a couple outstanding stops by Jones, the hosts would have been facing more of a deficit.
Ducks right winger Corey Perry slipped behind the San Jose defense and beat Jones under the right blocker with a wrist shot from the inside edge of the left circle for his second goal at 4:56.
Center Ryan Getzlaf patiently threaded a perfect 80-foot feed to Perry, who was behind San Jose defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic and center Tomas Hertl. Defenseman Justin Braun was caught up ice.
San Jose didn't produce its first shot until rookie left winger Joonas Donskoi fired in close at 6:53 when the visitors already had seven against Jones.
The San Jose netminder came up big going post-to-post to rob center Ryan Kesler at 11:18. He followed that with a sprawling right-toe save on right winger Chris Stewart at 13:47.
The Sharks came to life with the only power play of the period, managing five shots on goal without a conversion. With the late momentum, San Jose managed the final seven shots of the period as both teams finished with 11.
San Jose thought it had tied it at 7:28 in the second period when right winger Tommy Wingels broke in on the right side. His low shot ramped up after slipping through Khudobin's pads, but it struck the corner where the goalpost and cross bar meet. Ruled a goal on the ice, it was overturned following video review.
Khudobin denied Donskoi's redirect of a Joe Thornton feed at 9:20, and San Jose's second power play lasted only 13 seconds before Thornton interfered with Anaheim defenseman Sami Vatanen in the neutral zone.
Each team lost a player to a game misconduct when San Jose defenseman Brenden Dillon fought Anaheim left winger Chris Wagner at 16:38 during the same stoppage when San Jose center Micheal Haley dropped the gloves with Anaheim defenseman Clayton Stoner.
NOTES: Anaheim scored 10 goals during a three-game winning streak through Friday after managing only 11 goals in its first 10 contests. ... Host San Jose was looking for improved special teams after an 0-for-15 showing on the power play at home in six games while permitting 11 goals on 33 attempts on the penalty kill over 10 games. ... RW Mike Brown returned to the Sharks' fourth line after missing one game with an eye injury. ... The Ducks were without C Rickard Rakell (upper body), C Nate Thompson (shoulder), D Simon Despres (upper body) and LW Jim Sekac (ankle). ... C Logan Couture (broken fibula) and C Ben Smith (head) remain out for the Sharks. ... Anaheim host Arizona on Monday to open a three-game homestand. ... San Jose entertains the New York Islanders on Tuesday before heading out on a season-long six-game road trip. ... The Sharks' healthy scratches included C Bryan Lerg and D Mark Cundari, who was recalled from AHL affiliate San Jose on Saturday. ... D Korbinian Holzer was the Ducks' lone healthy scratch.