Late Rally Lifts Sharks Over Flyers, 4-2

The San Jose Sharks reeled off three unanswered goals in the third period Wednesday night to steal a 4-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Two of the three scores came on the power play. After a scoreless first period, the Sharks’ Joe Thornton opened the game’s scoring with yet another power play goal at 9:53 of the second before Claude Giroux tied the game on an unassisted goal, his 12th of the season. Sean Couturier gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead at 4:19 of the third with his sixth goal of the season on an assist from Wayne Simmonds (11). Steve Mason had 29 saves on 33 shots in the losing effort. For more on this game, click here.