SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Owen Nolan and Marco Sturm scored 79 seconds apart in the third period Saturday night as the San Jose Sharks stunned the Boston Bruins, 3-2.
San Jose was on a power play when Nolan took a pass from Vincent Damphousse and fired a slap shot from beyond the right faceoff circle that deflected off Boston defenseman Don Sweeney and past goalender Byron Dafoe to tie it at 2-2 with 95 seconds left.
The Sharks kept the pressure on Dafoe and Patrick Marleau nearly scored on a shot from the slot. After Dafoe made a pad save, Marleau sent a pass back to Sturm, who lifted a backhander over the goalie from the right of the crease for his first goal of the season.
San Jose had just 12 shots over the first 40 minutes before outshooting the Bruins, 16-5, in the third period.
The Sharks were unable to beat Dafoe until defenseman Brad Stuart got his first goal of the season with 5:20 to play.
Martin Lapointe and Brian Rolston scored for Boston, which is 0-2
0 on a six-game road trip.
