Klingberg, Ducks rally for OT victory against Sharks

ANAHEIM -- John Klingberg scored at 1:08 of overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5-4 win against the San Jose Sharks at Honda Center on Friday.

Klingberg won it when he one-timed a feed from Troy Terry between the face-off circles after Mason McTavish scored on a wrist shot from the high slot to tie it 4-4 with 6:47 left in the third period.
It was Klingberg's fifth goal of the season and first in eight games.
"I needed it," Klingberg said. "It's always fun to score goals, so it felt good."
McTavish had two goals and two assists, and Anthony Stolarz made 37 saves in his first game since Dec. 9 for the Ducks (12-24-4), who are 3-3-1 on their 10-game homestand.
"Good to see him put some points up tonight," Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said of McTavish. "He's out there because he's earned trust; not only the trust of me, but he's got the trust of our coaching staff and he has the trust of his teammates."

Erik Karlsson extended his point streak to 14 games, and Timo Meier scored twice for the Sharks (12-20-8), who will host the Boston Bruins on Saturday. Kaapo Kahkonen made 24 saves in his second straight start.
"We find ways to give them chances, even though we outplayed and outshot them (41-29)," Meier said. "We just find ways to lose. We had plenty of chances. We could've had one or two more."
San Jose took a 1-0 lead 38 seconds into the game when Matt Nieto scored on a rebound.
Steven Lorentz made it 2-0 at 6:03 of the first period on a redirection of Karlsson's slap shot.
Karlsson has two goals and 20 assists during his 14-game point streak, which is a Sharks record.
"I like a lot of our game tonight, but I think we thought it would be easy," San Jose coach David Quinn said.

Trevor Zegras scored on a wrist shot after a feed from Klingberg to cut it to 2-1 just at 6:38 to end an 11-game goal drought.
Lorentz was then called for a double-minor high-sticking penalty at 10:37, but the second half of the penalty was wiped out by an interference penalty against Terry at 12:44.
Ryan Strome tied it 2-2 at 14:15 after a backhand feed from McTavish during the ensuing 4-on-4 situation.
Meier gave the Sharks a 3-2 lead when he tipped in a shot from Labanc at 10:16 of the second period, but McTavish tied it 3-3 at 13:06 when the puck caromed out of the corner and slid into the crease while Kahkonen was behind the net.
"Anytime you even score one, it's really special and to be a difference-maker in a game is pretty cool," McTavish said.

San Jose scored 14 seconds later at 13:20 on another tip by Meier off a one-timer from just inside the blue line by Labanc for a 4-3 lead.
The final two goals were initially awarded to Labanc before being switched to Meier.
"I knew I tipped both of Kevin's goals," Meier said. "Great plays by him to get the puck to the net."
NOTES: The Sharks challenged McTavish's tying goal, but video review determined there was no conclusive evidence that Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler made contact with the puck prior to forward Adam Henrique legally tagging up at the blue line. Additionally, there was no conclusive evidence to show Fowler was in an off-side position before Henrique legally tagged up. … Karlsson and Terry were each selected Thursday to represent the Pacific Division at the
2023 Honda NHL All-Star Game
on Feb. 4. Karlsson's 54 points (13 goals, 41 assists) are the most by a defenseman through 40 games since Al MacInnis had 55 for the Calgary Flames in 1990-91. … At 19 years 341 days, McTavish is the second-youngest player in Ducks history to get four points in a game (Stanislav Chistov against the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 10, 2002; 19 years, 176 days). … Stolarz, who played for the first time since sustaining a lower-body injury Dec. 9, improved to 8-0-0 against San Jose with Anaheim. … Meier had 10 shots on goal. … Ducks defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk did not play because of an illness; defenseman Colton White had an assist in 12:17 of ice time in his first game since Dec. 17.