Erik Karlsson gathered a rebound in the slot and beat Chad Johnson

SAN JOSE Custom Colorado Avalanche Jerseys , Calif. (AP) — Erik Karlsson gathered a rebound in the slot and beat Chad Johnson with a slap shot, finally shedding the burden of searching for his first goal with a new team.The star defenseman sparked a three-goal outburst for San Jose in less than five minutes of the second period, and Aaron Dell earned his fourth career shutout as the Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 on Saturday night.“It’s nice to finally get one in the back of the net,” Karlsson said. “But at the end of the day this is a great win. We played well for 60 minutes. That’s something we haven’t done well over the course of this year so far, so it’s nice to get that.”Karlsson has taken some time to adjust to his new team after being acquired from Ottawa just before training camp. The two-time Norris Trophy winner came into the game with 11 assists and a minus-9 rating before delivering in a big way against the Blues with a goal and an assist during San Jose’s second-period surge.Joe Pavelski scored the first of his two goals shortly after Karlsson’s tally, and Evander Kane followed with another as the Sharks struck three times in 4:11 to take control.Dell did the rest, making 30 saves as the Sharks limited odd-man rushes after giving up nine goals over the past two games.“That’s what we were striving for,” Pavelski said. “No breakaways. That was nice. I don’t know if they had any 2-on-1s. There were a couple breakdowns here and there, but Deller was great for us. But we got the offense off of being smart. It comes when you do it right www.bluejacketsshoponline.com , for the most part. Tonight was a good bounce-back game for us.”Eight days after San Jose lost 4-0 in St. Louis while playing on consecutive nights and for the third time in four days, the Sharks turned the tables on a Blues team facing the same grueling situation.St. Louis won 4-1 at Vegas on Friday but couldn’t build on that win against the Sharks.“We just can’t keep coming and saying OK, it’s good one night, it’s not good the next night,” coach Mike Yeo said. “We have to demand it of ourselves that we bring it every night for 60 minutes.”After a scoreless first period, the game quickly turned in the second. The Sharks began on the power play and generated several good chances without scoring, but drew another penalty to get a second shot with the man advantage.That power play was mostly sloppy until the end, when Karlsson got a rebound in the high slot and beat Johnson high to the blocker side. Fans gave him a big ovation and Kane raced over to give him a big embrace. Karlsson had a wide smile when he was shown on the video board sitting on the bench shortly after the goal.“You could just see it in his face that it was weighing on him, there’s no doubt Columbus Blue Jackets T-Shirts Womens ,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “But he’s been playing some real good hockey, and I think he’s been really solid for us lately. For me, the offense is a bonus. We know it’s going to be there and the numbers are going to be there at the end of the year because they have to be based on what he’s doing.”San Jose didn’t stop there. Pavelski fed Timo Meier on a rush and Johnson made the initial save, but Pavelski won the race to the rebound and tucked it into an open net to make it 2-0.The Sharks converted on another rush shortly after that with Karlsson setting up Kane in the high slot for a drive that beat Johnson.Pavelski added another in the third period, giving him six goals in the past four games.“I think we got away from our game a little bit,” Blues forward Ryan O’Reilly said. “We got a little hesitant and started watching a bit more and obviously they came. . They got confident and came at us hard and we didn’t do enough to counter that.”NOTES: Logan Couture had three assists. … Blues forwards Alexander Steen and Jaden Schwartz and D Carl Gunnarsson all missed the game with upper-body injuries. … Sharks forward Tomas Hertl missed his second straight game with a lower-body injury.UP NEXTBlues: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.Sharks: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Connor McDavid brought the Edmonton Oilers back from a late deficit and delivered a victory.The defending NHL MVP scored with 1:50 to play in the third period, and then won it in the shootout as the Oilers edged the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night.”He just takes over the game when he wants to,” said Oilers goalie Cam Talbot Columbus Blue Jackets Hoodies Womens , who made 30 saves. ”He has that ability on any given night. In a one-goal game, that is who you want on the ice. You know he is going to do something special at some point.”He never ceases to amaze.”With the Oilers trailing 1-0, McDavid ended Christopher Gibson’s shutout bid when he banked a shot off of New York defenseman Brandon Davidson and into the net for his career-high 31st goal of the season.”He is such a difference maker,” Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse said. ”When we need a big goal, he always seems to get one. Night-in and night-out, he is making differences like that.”McDavid was hooked on a breakaway three minutes into overtime and was awarded a penalty shot, but hit the post on the attempt.He made up for the miss in the shootout.”We got the win and that is all that matters,” McDavid said. ”It would have been nice to score on that opportunity in overtime, but we’ll take the shootout win.”New York’s Jordan Eberle also came close in overtime Columbus Blue Jackets Hats Womens , but Talbot came across to make a pad save.Thomas Hickey had the lone goal for the Islanders, who have lost eight straight – their longest skid in more than four seasons.”It’s a tough way to lose a hockey game, because for the most part we are in control and we are playing good hockey,” Davidson said. ”It would be nice to get on a roll, but it’s tough one tonight with that bounce.”The game marked the return to Edmonton for Eberle, who was dealt by the Oilers for forward Ryan Strome on June 22, 2017.There was no scoring in the first period, with the Islanders putting nine shots on Talbot and Edmonton sending seven on Gibson, who made just his second start of the season and was playing in the sixth game of his NHL career.The game remained scoreless through 40 minutes Custom Columbus Blue Jackets Jerseys , with Edmonton taking a 22-17 edge in shots.The Islanders broke the scoreless deadlock 1:54 into the third period after the Oilers got sloppy in their own zone, allowing Hickey to get in tight and score, picking the top corner with a backhand shot for his fourth of the season.NOTES: It was the second and final meeting between the teams this season. Edmonton won the first contest 2-1 win in overtime in November. … The Islanders were missing several players, including Nikolay Kulemin (upper body), Shane Prince (upper body), Calvin de Haan (upper body) and Thomas Greiss (lower body). … Edmonton defenseman Adam Larsson returned to the lineup after missing three games while attending his father’s funeral in Sweden.UP NEXTIslanders: at Calgary on Sunday.Oilers: vs. Minnesota on Saturday.