The Sharks are coming back to San Jose with a bad taste in their mouth after back-to-back losses to end a three-game road trip.
To finish off a three-game Canadian road swing, San Jose took two early leads, but a late shorthanded goal by Joel Farabee gave Calgary a 3-2 lead and the win at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Will Smith scored the game’s opening goal on a power-play tap-in at the 3:11 mark of the first period, depositing a perfect pass across the slot from Alexander Wennberg for the backdoor score.
Calgary responded later in the period when Morgan Frost flung in a loose puck in front of the net as the Sharks scrambled to defend down two men.
San Jose got back on the board just after the expiration of a power play that carried across the first two periods, as William Eklund drove the net and poked a puck loose in the crease that found Adam Gaudette’s stick on the right side of the net for a quick tap.
Matvei Gridin answered for Calgary off a beautiful cross-ice pass from Morgan Frost, who winged the puck across the shot for a fluid one-time finish from Gridin. The 19-year-old winger beat Sharks goalie Alex Nedejkovic to his left side.
Calgary took its first lead when Farabee swiped in a backhand shot while the Flames were shorthanded at the 6:53 mark of the third period.
Goaltender Alex Nedelkovic, who made 39 saves to keep the Sharks in the game, left the contest with 3:15 remaining after taking a hard shot to his lower body. He returned to the ice after taking some time during a break in the action.
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