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ST. PAUL Pittsburgh Penguins Hoodies Authentic , Minn. (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson felt he was passing too much and not unleashing his big shot from the point.Chicago is glad Gustafsson let loose on Saturday night.Gustafsson scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.“I think I had an option before I shot the puck and I pass it a little too much, but it was great to see it go in there,” Gustafsson said.Alex DeBrincat and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, and Patrick Kane had an assist to extend his point streak to 11 games. Rookie goalie Connor Delia made 28 saves to help the Blackhawks win their fourth straight.“We put ourselves in a spot where it’s time to go on a run,” Toews said. “We’ve got confidence, we went into the break playing and feeling well, we’re coming out of the break, same thing. We’ve been saying in our locker room that we’ve got to go in every single night playing for two points.”Jason Zucker opened the scoring for Minnesota, while Mikko Koivu and Victor Rask each had tying goals in the third to push the game to overtime. Alex Stalock stopped 27 shots for the Wild.With 19 seconds left in regulation, Minnesota defenseman Ryan Suter sent a puck into the stands from his defensive end Pittsburgh Penguins Hats Authentic , giving Chicago a power play that continued into the extra session.Gustafsson ended it with a slap shot from the slot for his 10th goal of the season.“It sucks that it kind of had to end like that,” Suter said. “I made a bad play. But we played a solid game and that’s how we have to play, and we’re going to win a lot of games.”Gustafsson had gone 15 games without a goal but entered the game with three goals and 16 assists in his previous 20 games. The 19 points were tied for fourth among all NHL defensemen since Dec. 9.“Nice to see him shoot the puck, yeah,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said.Zucker had the lone goal of the first period with his 14th of the season. He has three goals against Chicago this season and three power-play goals in the last 10 games.DeBrincat kept his impressive run going in the second to get the Blackhawks on the board at 7:51. The second-year forward has 26 goals this season, including 15 in his past 22 games. He scored 28 while playing every game as a rookie last season.Koivu and Rask brought Minnesota back twice in the third. Koivu scored his eighth goal at 8:11, butToews answered with 4:35 remaining, redirecting a nifty pass on a power play from Kane, who has nine goals and 17 assists during his point streak.“We came out in the third period and we pushed, and when we got that goal Custom Pittsburgh Penguins Jerseys , I thought things were going to be really good,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. “Jonathan Toews, this isn’t the first time he’s done this to this organization. You could see why him and Kane are making $10.5 million. They’re superstars.”Rask tied the game at 3 with less than 3 minutes remaining with his first goal in five games for Minnesota after being acquired from Carolina for Nino Niederreiter.NOTES: Minnesota scratched F Pontus Aberg with a lower-body injury sustained in Friday’s loss at Dallas. D Anthony Bitetto and D Nate Prosser were also scratched. Bitetto hasn’t played in the two games since being claimed off waivers from Nashville on Jan. 25. … Chicago scratched Chris Kunitz and Brendan Perlini was in the lineup after being scratched three straight games. … Play was halted in the second period when a pane of glass came loose following a big hit from Wild F Marcus Foligno on Blackhawks D Connor Murphy. … Perlini had his first career penalty shot in the first after being hooked on a breakaway, but Stalock made the save. … Minnesota is 12-7-1 in the last 20 games against playoff nemesis Chicago, but the Blackhawks won the final three games of the four-game season set.UP NEXTBlackhawks: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.Wild: At Buffalo on Tuesday night. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sharks coach Peter DeBoer wasn’t overly concerned when his team struggled to get wins on an early road trip despite controlling play for much of the time. San Jose was able to put it all together on a two-game homestand that showed what this team could be capable of achieving this season.Brent Burns scored San Jose’s first goal from a defenseman this season and Logan Couture got his fourth in two games to lead the Sharks past the New York Islanders 4-1 on Saturday night.The Sharks outscored Buffalo and New York 9-2 in winning both games at home after starting the season with just two wins in the first six games.“We didn’t get rewarded on the road to start the season, but I knew it was a matter of time if we kept playing that way,” DeBoer said. “We got home here, we’re comfortable, we started to score www.officialsharks.com , we feel a little bit confident. There’s two good home wins for us. We go back on the road again now.”Timo Meier and Joonas Donskoi also scored to help the Sharks avenge a 4-0 loss at the Islanders earlier this month in a game that got testy down the stretch. There were 76 minutes of penalties handed out over the final 24 minutes, with two fights and several other smaller skirmishes.The Islanders were upset at Burns for what they thought was a slew foot, while the Sharks were angered by a hit from Anders Lee against Evander Kane, among other plays.“I like that we stood up for ourselves,” Couture said. “I’ll never understand when guys go out down 3-1 with 5 minutes left and try to act tough and start fights. It has no bearing on a game when a game is over like that. It’s good to see us stick up for ourselves.”Martin Jones made 24 saves to earn his second straight win after opening the season with three regulation losses in his first four starts.Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders, who finished a 1-3 road trip. Robin Lehner made 37 saves after shutting out San Jose on Oct. 8.“At times we weren’t really fully engaged as a team, especially in the second. When we had a few mistakes the bench kind of sunk, we didn’t pick each other up and find a way to take the game back,” forward Matt Martin said. “That’s disappointing but I definitely think the third period from a physical and emotional standpoint, it’s a positive that we’re all going to have each other’s backs in here San Jose Sharks T-Shirts Authentic , no one’s going to quit.”The Sharks came into the season expecting big production from the blue line after acquiring two-time Norris Trophy winning-defenseman Erik Karlsson from Ottawa. Burns also won a Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman and the two are the top scoring blue-liners in the league in recent years.But neither one had scored a goal until Burns struck in the second period during 4-on-4 play. Shortly after being denied by the post on a big shot, Burns muscled his way in from the boards and beat Lehner from in close with a backhand to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead.Donskoi had put San Jose ahead earlier in the second when he converted on a rebound after fellow Finn Antti Suomela forced a turnover from Scott Mayfield in the offensive zone.Couture, who had a hat trick Thursday against Buffalo, added the insurance goal early in the third off a feed from Tomas Hertl.The teams traded goals in the first period, with Meier opening the scoring after taking a feed from Couture in close. Lehner saved Meier’s first shot with his pad, but Meier knocked the rebound under Lehner’s arm to give him points in five straight.The Islanders answered in the final minute of the first when Nelson converted on a pass from Josh Bailey.NOTES: Islanders forward Anthony Beauvillier (illness) was scratched and replaced by Tom Kuhnhackl. … Sharks C Joe Thornton missed his sixth straight game with swelling in his surgically repaired right knee.UP NEXTIslanders: Host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday.Sharks: Visit the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.

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