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Sharks beat Wild 5-3

January 25, 2021, 8:54 PM ET [0 Comments]
Ben Shelley
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The San Jose Sharks split yet another two-game series, defeating the Minnesota Wild by a score of 5-3 in last night’s game.


The Sharks were outshooting the Wild pretty badly through the first half of the game, however, Minnesota bounced back and got going a bit later.

Defensively, the Sharks looked pretty good and really didn’t give up that many quality chances. They limited the odd-man rushes and overall, this was one of their better defensive efforts of the season. It was good to see, given what we’ve seen over the beginning of the season from the Sharks.

Martin Jones didn’t look great in the win and got beat cleanly by a point shot on the third goal. He wasn’t screened and there was no deflection, which makes that a shot he needs to have. That said, there were some good saves as well, it just wasn’t on the level of two of his three starts he had before this game.

Of course, we have to mention Brent Burns' goal with under two minutes to go. That was a key play from a key player to get the Sharks the win and was it ever a nice goal.

Overall, this was a solid effort from the Sharks. Despite letting off the gas a little as the game went on, San Jose was good defensively and it was a big win to get themselves back to an even record this season.



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OTHER SHARKS ARTICLES FROM JANUARY:

Breaking down the Sharks’ training camp roster
Sharks missed opportunity to capitalize on free agent market
Weekly Recap: Sharks Edition (January 3)
West Division Comparison: Sharks/Avalanche
West Division Comparison: Sharks/Wild
Santeri Hatakka earns Bronze Medal with Finland at World Juniors
West Division Comparison: Sharks/Blues
Sharks/Golden Knights Comparison
Sharks/Ducks Comparison
Weekly Recap: Sharks Edition (January 10)
West Division Comparison: Sharks/Coyotes
Sharks claim Rudolfs Balcers, assign players to AHL
Sharks announce roster and taxi squad
San Jose Sharks 2020-21 Season Preview
Sharks open season with shootout win over Coyotes
Sharks fall to Coyotes in second game of season
Weekly Recap: Sharks Edition (January 17)
Dubnyk to make first start for Sharks, Simek and Handemark expected to play
Blues hand Sharks second loss of season
Sharks beat Blues for second win of season
Sharks fall to Wild in Dubnyk's return to Minnesota
Weekly Recap: Sharks Edition (January 24)
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