San Jose drops 4-3 game to Coyotes in shootout

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks managed one point Saturday night, falling to the visiting Arizona Coyotes 4-3 in a shootout.
Arizona saw both a two-goal and one-goal advantage vanish before Antoine Vermette closed out the scoring with a goal at the end of the third round of shooters.
San Jose was able to climb into the eighth spot in the Western Conference, one point ahead of Winnipeg. The Sharks continue the six-game homestand this week with games against Calgary on Thursday and Anaheim Saturday.
The Coyotes, tied for 11^th place in the conference with Dallas, scrambled to a 2-0 lead after one period, despite trailing in shots 10-7.
After Shark Tomas Hertl was sent to the box for interference at 4:58 of the first period, Vermette scored his fifth goal of the season 70 seconds later to open the scoring.
Arizona added an even-strength goal at the 12:05 mark. Defenseman David Schlemko netted his first goal of the season and ninth of his NHL career at the end of a crisp 3 on 2 rush.
San Jose responded with two goals in the second period.
Tommy Wingels snapped home a short-handed goal at the 4:11 mark off a feed from Barclay Goodrow after Goodrow collected a loose puck in the neutral zone.
The Sharks could not convert a power play late in the second, but Andrew Desjardins scored the equalizer by one-timing a rebound of a Tyler Kennedy shot at 17:53.
Arizona moved ahead 3-2 when captain Shane Doan jammed in a short shot past goaltender Antti Niemi 52 seconds into the third period. San Jose bounced back with a power play goal at 7:47. Brett Burns whipped a low shot from the blueline that Joe Pavelski redirected past netminder Devan Dubnyk for his 200^th NHL goal.
“We kept getting better as the game went on,” said Pavelski. San Jose finished with a 43-25 edge in shots on net.
NOTES:  The game drew 17,297, marking the third game at SAP Center that did not sell out…San Jose traded Jason Demers to Dallas for Brenden Dillon Friday. Demers recorded a team-high 25:32 ice time and scored the game-winning goal in the Stars’ 5-4 nod over the Los Angeles Kings.