MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Mike Ricci and Vincent Damphousse scored power-play goals Friday afternoon as San Jose beat Minnesota, 2-1.
In the win, Vesa Toskala made 17 saves as the Sharks continued their longest winning streak in two seasons. They went 2-for-7 with the man advantage after entering the day with the 10th-best power play in the NHL at 18.1 percent.
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San Jose also killed all five of its shorthanded situations on the way to its fourth straight win, the team's longest run since a four-game stretch during the final two weeks of the 2001-02 season. The Sharks also are unbeaten in six games (4
2) for the first time since that season.
Toskala improved to 3
2 in his last six appearances. He has made three straight starts since Evgeni Nabokov went down with a groin injury.
Andrew Brunette scored for the Wild, who lost their fourth straight game.
