SAN JOSE , Calif. (AP) why he keeps putting up big numbers against the Calgary Flames.Kane had a goal and an assist to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Flames 3-1 Sunday night.The 27-year old forward, in his 10th season with his fourth team, now has 10 goals and six assists in 12 career games against Calgary.I have no idea, Kane said. Ive played in the (Eastern Conference) a lot of my career, too, we saw those guys twice a season. For some reason, the pucks seem to be going in when we play against these guys.Joe Pavelski had a goal and two assists, Joonas Donskoi also had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones stopped 29 shots as the Sharks snapped a two-game skid.Sean Monahan scored and Mike Smith had 26 saves for the Flames, who had won five of their previous six.Kane put the Sharks ahead 50 seconds into the game with his sixth of the season. Donskoi scored less than a minute and a half into the second with is fourth.Jones stopped a penalty shot from Sam Bennett with 7:38 left in the third period with Calgary trailing 2-1.It was frustrating because we played so well , Bennett said. It doesnt feel good not getting the tying goal. Ill try to think of something else the next time.Under persistent pressure in the third period, Jones had 14 saves.Jonesy made some phenomenal saves and you need that, there guy was making phenomenal saves too on high danger chances, Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. Good teams need great goaltending, and he made timely saves for us.The Sharks were coming off an 0-2 road trip.Obviously it wasnt a great road trip for us, so to come back and respond the way we did at home with the big win, that was huge for us, Jones said.The Flames capitalized on a turnover as Monahan scored a breakaway at 6:02 of the second to make it 2-1. Mark Jankowski assisted Monahans goal after taking the puck away from Erik Karlsson.I thought we generated some good looks in the third, we just werent able to put them in, Flames defenseman Mark Giordano said. We didnt go to the net. They were more committed to putting the puck on the net and forechecking than we were.Pavelski scored an empty-netter in the final minute.It feels good to be home , Pavelski said. Right from the first ceremony tonight there was good energy in this building, I think the players felt it, and responded well too.NOTES: Sharks C Logan Couture played in his 600th career game. Couture left the game after falling awkwardly in the third period. DeBoer said his injury status wasnt immediately known. San Jose C Tomas Hertl played for the first time since suffering a head injury on Nov. 3. He missed three games. Sharks D Joakim Ryan was back in the lineup for D Tim Heed, who played his first game on Friday. The Sharks had given up three or more goals in nine straight games going into Sunday. Flames D Michael Stone played in place of D Rasmus Anderson. The Sharks wore camouflage jerseys as part of the teams Military Appreciation night commemoration.UP NEXTFlames: Open a four-game homestand on Thursday against Montreal.Sharks: Host Nashville on Tuesday. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Tuukka Rask and the stubborn Boston Bruins stymied the Tampa Bay Lightning and got even closer in the standings.Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifted the Bruins over the Lightning 3-0 on Saturday night.It was Rasks third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. It was also the first time the Lightning failed to score a goal since a 4-0 loss at Boston on April 4, 2017 also against Rask.Its playoff hockey, Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said, and I thought we were better at it than they were tonight.David Pastrnak, David Backes and Riley Nash all scored for Boston, which moved within two points of the Lightning for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with one game in hand. Torey Krug assisted on all three of the Bruins goals.But the Bruins hope the win didnt come at a high cost.The Bruins played the final two periods without Backes , who left following a scary incident late in the first period. As Backes tumbled to the ice and fell into the crease area, the back of Yanni Gourdes skate appeared to make contact just below Backes right knee. Backes immediately grabbed his leg. As he was making his way to the Boston bench, blood appeared to seep through his pants as he was rushed back to the locker room.The Bruins reported that Backes was resting after suffering a laceration on his knee that required approximately 18 stitches to close. Cassidy reported there was no structural damage.I think the concern is probably when you have those deep cuts is infection, so thats usually a couple of days to see how it heals up, Cassidy said. I dont want to say he dodged a bullet because its an unfortunate accident, but it looks like hell be OK.Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots for the Lightning, whose last shutout at home came on March 16, 2017, by Torontos Frederik Andersen. Tampa Bay has lost consecutive games for the first time since going 9-0-1 in the previous 10 games.Now is the time when you really have to look yourself in the mirror and really push yourself and hammer down on the details, Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman said. We have to step up , we have to work. That was a good test. We got outplayed and now we have to raise the bar.Pastrnak opened the scoring with his 28th goal of the season, getting a step ahead of Mikhail Sergachev coming down the slot to take a pass from Krug and slip a backhander past Vasilevskiy 3:07 in to the game.Backes scored his 12th off a rebound in front for the first of two Boston power-play goals on the night.Nash increased the lead to 3-0 in the second period with his 14th of the season.Weve been talking about trying to get back to our identity and playing solid defense and finding our offense through that, Rask said. Today we shut it down, came back hard and played solid, solid defense and scored three goals.NOTES: Tampa Bay recalled G Louis Domingue from Syracuse of the American Hockey League before the game and he dressed as the backup. Boston improved to 32-0-3 this season when holding a two-goal lead at any point in the game. The Lightning have allowed five power-play goals in the past three games and at least one power-play goal in 11 of the past 12. Boston D Zdeno Chara missed his second consecutive game with an unspecified upper-body injury.UP NEXT:Lightning: Host Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.Bruins: Host Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.
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