Marleau, Ward Help Lead Sharks Past Flames, 5-2
SANTA CLARA (CBS/AP) -- Joel Ward and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals 50 seconds apart in the second period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night.
Tommy Wingels, Tomas Hertl and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored and the Sharks won at home for the first time in over three weeks. They had lost five of their previous six at home.
Markus Granlund and Micheal Ferland scored for the Flames. Calgary dropped all three games of its western trip. It won all three games it played in San Jose last season.
Martin Jones stopped 25 of 27 shots for the Sharks and Jonas Hiller saved 24 of 29 shots for the Flames.
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