SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Niklas Sundstrom scored on Mike Vernon with 18:14 left in regulation Tuesday night as the San Jose Sharks rallied for a 2-2 tie with the Calgary Flames, who have gone a month without posting consecutive wins.
Vernon took a 2-1 lead into the third period as he tried for his first victory since Feb. 9. But, Scott Thornton gathered a loose puck off the end boards and threw it across the crease to Sundstrom, who was stationed in front of the right goalpost and scored into a half-empty net.
Vernon stopped 29 shots over the second and third periods but his long winless streak continued. He moved to 19-2-2 lifetime against the Sharks, a team for which he played for parts of three seasons.
Defenseman Toni Lydman and Craig Conroy scored for the Flames, who were coming off a 2-0 blanking of Los Angeles that remains their only win in nine games (1-4-4-).
Red-hot Teemu Selanne had the other goal for San Jose, which is unbeaten in its last four contests (3
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