Blackhawks 4, Sharks 3 (OT)
CHICAGO -- Center Jonathan Toews scored in overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.
Right winger Patrick Kane scored a goal and assisted on Toews' game-winning goal with 2:39 remaining in overtime. Center Artem Anisimov and right winger Andrew Shaw also scored as Chicago (20-11-4) won its third consecutive game.
Sharks left winger Joonas Donskoi tallied a goal and an assist. Right wingers Tommy Wingels and Joe Pavelski also scored for San Jose (16-15-2).
Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford stopped 33 of 36 shots to improve to 18-8-2.
San Jose goaltender Martin Jones turned aside 28 of 32 shots.
San Jose led 3-2 entering the third period before the Blackhawks evened the score with 13:09 to go. Shaw carried the puck to the front of the net and ripped a shot past Jones' glove side.
Both goaltenders stopped shots from point-blank range in the final 10 minutes to force overtime.
Chicago opened the scoring on a backhand shot by Anisimov with 15:42 to go in the first period. Sharks defenseman Paul Martin lost the puck behind the net, and Anisimov quickly capitalized.
San Jose evened the score at 1 on a breakaway by Donskoi with 12:26 remaining in the first period. Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic set up the goal with a stretch pass that hit Donskoi in stride.
A power-play goal by Wingels gave San Jose a 2-1 lead with 6:18 left in the first period. Donskoi screened Crawford in front of the net, and Wingels fired a wrist shot above Crawford's right shoulder.
Kane scored on a rebound less than four minutes later to even the score at 2. The goal marked Kane's 21st of the season and his second in as many games.
San Jose regained a 3-2 lead on a tip-in by Pavelski with 5:15 remaining in the second period. Center Joe Thornton deflected Martin's shot from the blue line, and Pavelski poked in the loose puck for his team-leading 16th goal.
NOTES: Sharks RW Ben Smith returned to the lineup for the first time since Oct. 31. Smith, 27, missed 22 games as he recovered from a concussion. ... Blackhawks RW Marian Hossa (upper body) did not play for the first time since Nov. 6. Hossa, 36, logged more than 16 minutes of ice time one day earlier against the Buffalo Sabres. ... Sharks D Matt Tennyson returned to the ice after missing the previous five games as a healthy scratch. ... Blackhawks RW Brandon Mashinter played on the third line after sitting out the past two games as a healthy scratch. ... Sharks C Logan Couture (lower body) missed his fifth consecutive game. ... Blackhawks C Jonathan Toews played in his 600th career game.