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San Jose Ices Detroit 4-3 - Recap
San Jose needed a shootout to earn a 4-3 victory over Detroit on Saturday in NHL action at SAP Center at San Jose.
The Sharks were a -215 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
San Jose got goals from Kevin Labanc, Erik Karlsson, and Marc-Edouard Vlasic in the victory. Labanc opened the scoring at 18:59 of the first period.
Martin Jones stopped 25 of 28 Detroit shots in the victory.
Andreas Athanasiou(2), and Taro Hirose scored for the Red Wings, finding the net behind Martin Jones.
Detroit got a 16-stop effort from Jimmy Howard in the loss.
On the power play, San Jose went 1-for-3, while the Red Wings were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
San Jose lost the shots on goal battle to Detroit by a margin of 28-19.
Next game, San Jose takes its act home to face Edmonton looking for another win. For Detroit, they head home to face Ottawa.