Montour made it 3-1 at 2:54. He took a feed from Wright at the point, skated down the slot and fired a wrist shot over Askarov’s glove.
“The forecheckers force a turnover, ‘Wrighter’ makes a great play to ‘Monty’,” Bylsma said.
Jaden Schwartz pushed it to 4-1 at 5:58. Jamie Oleksiak found him with a stretch pass as he left the penalty box, and he skated in alone to score through Askarov’s five-hole.
“I think we just get away from our identity as a team,” Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro said. “We started turning pucks back, we weren’t playing behind them. We kind of go off script, and it’s a snowball effect, at least that’s what happened tonight.”
Montour scored his second of the night to make it 5-1 at 7:52 on a 5-on-3 power play, finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play with Stephenson and Jared McCann by sending a one-timer from the left circle over Georgiev’s left shoulder.
“It starts with a face-off win, making plays, getting shooters in the right spots,” Montour said. “And then, obviously, it’s 5-on-3, so spread them out, and good plays by everyone.”