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04/12 00:09 CDT The Canucks deal a blow to the slim playoff hopes for the
Sharks with a 4-3 shootout win
The Canucks deal a blow to the slim playoff hopes for the Sharks with a 4-3
shootout win
By JOSH DUBOW
AP Sports Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --- Linus Karlsson scored in the sixth round of the
shootout and the Vancouver Canucks put the San Jose Sharks on the brink of
playoff elimination with a 4-3 win on Saturday night.
After each team scored only once in the first five rounds, Karlsson ended the
game when he beat Yaroslav Askarov to snap Vancouver's four-game losing streak
and spoil the final home game of a promising season for San Jose.
After finishing last in the league the past two seasons, the Sharks have jumped
30 points in the standings. But they trail Los Angeles by five points with
three games remaining in the race for the final wild-card spot in the Western
Conference.
Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the game to give the Sharks a 3-2
lead with 7:16 left in regulation but Teddy Blueger tied it on the power play
with 3:00 left.
Marco Rossi and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks. Kevin Lankinen made
28 saves.
Macklin Celebrini assisted on both of Chernyshov's goals to give him 110 points
on the season, four shy of the franchise record set by Hall of Famer Joe
Thornton in 2006-07.
Tyler Toffoli also scored for San Jose and Askarov made 38 saves.
The Sharks opened the scoring late in the first when Celebrini won an offensive
draw and got the puck to Chernyshov, who went right to the net and beat
Lankinen.
The Canucks tied it in the second when Askarov made a bad read on a dump in
that went off the boards to the other side of the net. He tried to knock the
net over to block the puck from entering but Rossi still scored.
The teams traded goals later in the second with Toffoli scoring on the rush for
San Jose and DeBrusk answering on the power play.
Up next
Canucks: Visit Anaheim on Sunday night.
Sharks: Visit Nashville on Monday night.
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