Joe Pavelski scored the game-winning goal while short-handed as the visiting San Jose Sharks twice erased deficits en route to a 3-2 overtime victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night.
While the Sharks were down a man for the second time during the overtime period, Pavelski took a feed from Brent Burns during a two-on-one rush and buried his 29th goal of the season at 2:49 of the extra frame. Pavelski has collected three goals and four assists in a four-game points streak.
The Sharks, who have won three straight, got 25 saves from goalie Martin Jones in a back-and-forth game.
Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler opened the scoring 3:08 into the affair with his 11th goal of the season, taking a pass from Josh Morrissey while on the rush and ripping a shot through a defender's legs and over Jones' trapper.
San Jose's Logan Couture evened the count with a power-play goal at 10:54 of the first period, his 20th of the season. Couture, playing the point with the man advantage, gathered the puck in the high slot and sent a wrist shot through the screen and into the net.
Mathieu Perreault put the Jets up again 52 seconds into the second period. Seconds after Tyler Myers intercepted a clearing attempt and kept the puck in the zone, Perreault pounced on a loose puck in the slot and fired it just inside the near post for his 11th of the campaign.
However, Marcus Sorensen again pulled the Sharks even at 2:35 of the third period, finding the puck at the doorstep amidst a scramble and lifting a short-side shot for his 11th of the season.
Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves, 15 of them in the third period, for the Jets, who couldn't find a win on a night their head coach, Paul Maurice, was behind the bench for his 1,500th game -- becoming just the sixth coach in NHL history to reach that milestone. The loss snapped Winnipeg's three-game winning streak.
--Field Level Media