Marleau's Late Goal Leads Sharks Past Islanders
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) -- Patrick Marleau scored with 22.5 seconds left and the San Jose Sharks rebounded after allowing the tying goal in the closing minute to win their third straight game, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Friday.
Nick Leddy had tied it for New York with a one-timer off a feed from John Tavares with 57.1 seconds left but the Sharks bounced back quickly.
Brent Burns took a shot from the point that Marleau deflected in the slot past Thomas Greiss for the winner that helped San Jose improve to 7-2 at home this season.
Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns scored 34 seconds apart in the second period and backup Aaron Dell made 26 saves for the Sharks. Dell has earned both of his wins this season against the Islanders
Anders Lee also scored for New York, and Greiss made 25 saves. The Islanders have one win in eight road games this season and no regulation wins of any kind since Nov. 7.
The Islanders struck first on the power play when Lee tipped a point shot from Josh Bailey past Dell for his third goal in the past two games.
But after a listless start in the rare home matinee, the Sharks took over the play midway through the first period and nearly got the equalizer but Joe Thornton missed the net on a penalty shot. Greiss was sharp early against his former team and kept San Jose off the board in the first period.
But a quick flurry early in the second changed that and put San Jose in control. It started following a defensive zone faceoff for the Sharks after an icing. Matt Nieto had a quick breakout pass to Chris Tierney, who fed an open Pavelski on a two-on-one for a one-timer that tied it.
Less than a minute later, Burns shot from just inside the red line deflected off defenseman Calvin de Haan's stick and beat Greiss to put San Jose up 2-1.
The Islanders have struggled to score away from home with just 15 goals in eight road games. Captain John Tavares has none of them and missed a golden chance at a potential tying goal in the second period against San Jose.
After Burns turned the puck over in his own zone, Bailey fed Tavares for what looked like an easy tap-in into an open net. But Tavares pushed the puck wide and the Sharks remained on top 2-1.
Tavares then was stopped in front by Dell early in the third period.
NOTES: San Jose F Tommy Wingels left in the first period with an undisclosed injury. ... Islanders F Cal Clutterbuck returned to the lineup after missing one game with an upper-body injury. ... D David Schlemko returned to the Sharks lineup after being scratched with an illness Wednesday.
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