SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mikael Granlund broke a tie 22 seconds into the third interval, Ty Emberson scored his first profession NHL aim and the San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday evening for his or her fourth victory within the first 21 video games.

Granlund scored for the primary time since becoming a member of the Sharks within the Erik Karlsson commerce this offseason. The veteran ahead sped from his personal finish, deked Filip Hronek with an inside-out transfer and beat goalie Casey DeSmith.

“I just found a lane and obviously got around the D-man there and was able to put the puck in,” Granlund mentioned. “Obviously, it feels good to get the goal and get on the scoreboard.”

Mike Hoffman scored on a 4-on-3 energy play minutes later, his sixth aim in six video games. Fabian Zetterlund rounded out the scoring and Kaapo Kahkonen made 33 saves. San Jose has earned factors in consecutive video games for the second time this season.

Sharks coach David Quinn was happy with his group for the progress it has made during the last three weeks since giving up 10 targets in back-to-back video games at dwelling, considered one of them towards the Canucks on Nov. 2.

“No one’s probably faced more adversity than we have, and these guys have stuck together and all they’ve done is come here and get better every day,” Quinn mentioned. “I give them a ton of credit.”

PHOTOS: Mikael Granlund breaks tie early in third interval, Sharks beat Canucks 4-3

The Sharks ended an 11-game dropping streak towards the Canucks, which had been the third longest lively streak within the NHL.

Emberson, kicked off the scoring within the first interval with a slap shot.

“It’s a dream come true, and obviously something that you work a long time for,” Emberson mentioned. “But it was nice to get it in a win.”

Canucks coach Rick Tocchet mentioned he thought too many gamers weren't prepared. Both groups had been taking part in the second of a back-to-back. The Canucks, who're off to a scorching begin this season, have misplaced 4 of their final six.

“You’ve got to respect your opponents,” Tocchet mentioned. “This is a learning lesson. Playoff teams don’t do this sort of stuff.”

Brock Boeser had two targets for the Canucks, the second chopping the lead in half with 3:13 left. He had an influence play aim within the second.

Canucks star defenseman Quinn Hughes prolonged his NHL-best factors streak to 11 video games, getting the second help on Hronek’s power-play aim within the first interval.

Vancouver ahead Andrei Kuzmenko was a wholesome scratch for the second straight sport. He has struggled after scoring 39 targets final season. Tocchet declined to touch upon the choice after the sport, saying solely that “we’ll deal with that later.”

The Sharks and Canucks performed one another thrice in November, with San Jose lastly notching a win.

“In my opinion, they’ve gotten better and better each game we’ve played,” Boeser mentioned. “They were ready tonight and we got off to a slow start, so we got to be better.”

UP NEXT

Canucks: Host Anaheim on Tuesday evening.

Sharks: Host Washington on Monday evening.

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