Burns Gives Sharks 3-2 Win Over Blues In OT
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) -- Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 4:22 into overtime, and the San Jose Sharks rallied past the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Saturday night for their season-best fifth straight victory.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored with 21 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game for the Sharks. Joe Thornton dug the puck out of the corner before delivering the pass.
Steve Ott scored his first goal in 10 months late in the second period to put the Blues ahead.
Patrick Berglund also scored for the Blues, who endured their second straight disappointing defeat. St. Louis lost 6-4 to the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.
Andrew Desjardins had a goal for the Sharks, and Antti Niemi made 18 saves.
Jake Allen stopped 27 shots for the Blues.
Ott scored his first goal with the Blues in his 55th game. He had played 59 games since scoring against the Edmonton Oilers as a member of the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 3.
Desjardins scored midway through the second period after taking a pass from Justin Braun off the boards on Allen's stick side and getting the puck to bounce off the goalie's bodyfrom an extreme angle.
Berglund backhanded a rebound off Niemi's pads to tie it with 5:31 remaining in the second. Alex Pietrangelo ripped a shot from the blue line to set up Berglund.
Maxim Lapierre led Ott with a nice pass and Ott finished the 1-on-1 against Niemi.
NOTES: Blues C David Backes became the 10th player in franchise history to appear in 600 career games. ... Sharks D Mirco Mueller will play for Switzerland in the World Junior Championships that begin next week in Canada. ... Thornton moved into a 22nd-place tie with Phil Esposito on the career assists list with 873. ... The Sharks announced their first sellout in 11 games. San Jose had a 205-game sellout streak that ended earlier in the year.
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