SAN JOSE – Timo Meier scored as soon as within the second interval and twice within the third for his third profession hat-trick as he helped lead the Sharks to a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Geese on Saturday.
Meier scored his second aim of the sport on the 3:56 mark of the third interval, then completed off the hat trick as he took a cross from Tomas Hertl and beat Geese rookie goalie Lukas Dostal with a backhand on the 15:55 mark to provide the Sharks a 4-1 lead.
Meier, who was named to his first NHL All-Star Recreation in January, now has 30 objectives on the yr, matching the career-high he set in 2018-19.
“I’m not an enormous numbers man. My objectives are with the group,” Meier mentioned. “It’s at all times good whenever you rating objectives. Clearly, I like scoring objectives, that’s no secret. However for me, the primary focus is to win video games, so I by no means actually deal with numbers.”
“Timo’s skating nicely, and when he shoots the puck like he's, it’s good to see him get rewarded,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner mentioned. “He has had a terrific season and he’s not stopping.”
James Reimer made 27 saves, Alexander Barabanov had two assists and Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored his third aim of the season because the Sharks received for the third time in 4 video games. Reimer’s been in internet for all three wins in seven days, the primary time he’s had a three-game win streak this season.
With the victory, the Sharks (29-28-8) moved one level previous the Geese (27-29-11) for sixth place within the Pacific Division. The Sharks’ subsequent recreation is Wednesday in Arizona towards the Coyotes.
“It’s good whenever you don’t need to chase the sport,” Vlasic mentioned. “Usually whenever you rating first you've got a greater proportion of successful the sport.”
Barabanov’s second help got here on a Sharks energy play on the 3:56 mark of the third interval, as he had the first helper on Meier’s twenty ninth aim of the season.
Reimer made a handful of clutch saves within the first 10 minutes, then shut the door within the third interval to protect the win, his third straight prior to now seven days. Gerry Mayhew scored Anaheim’s solely aim on the 1:05 mark of the third interval to chop the Sharks’ result in 2-1.
“I believe Reims actually saved us in it in the beginning of the sport, particularly on the penalty kill,” Boughner mentioned. “We have been just a bit sloppy, however we used Reims’ saves and we settled down and we performed a reasonably good hockey recreation after that.”
“We would have liked to attain within the first 10 (minutes),” Geese head coach Dallas Eakins mentioned. “All we needed to do was bang one. I do know James Reimer very nicely, I coached him when he first turned professional, and he was on tonight.”