Sharks beat Blues on Tomas Hertl’s shootout goal
Tomas Hertl scored the only goal in the shootout to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 road victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.
Marcus Sorensen scored the tying goal late in the second period and Martin Jones made 22 saves for the Sharks, who snapped a six-game losing streak to St. Louis that started in the 2019 playoffs.
Jones denied all four Blues shooters in the tiebreaker.
Brayden Schenn scored in his second consecutive game and Jordan Binnington made 37 saves for the Blues.
San Jose appeared to get the game-winner with 11 seconds left in overtime, but the officials quickly waved it off for goaltender interference on Ryan Donato. After a replay review, the call was upheld.
John Leonard almost gave the Sharks the lead, ringing a drive off the post early in the second.
Instead, Schenn put the Blues on top at 4:27 of the second off Jordan Kyrou’s feed. It was the first time in four games that St. Louis scored first.
Vince Dunn came close to building on St. Louis’ lead, but he hit the post late in the second.
The Sharks took advantage, tying the game with 2:03 left in the second as Sorensen made a diving poke off Matt Nieto’s shot to even the game 1-all.
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