Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4.
Igor Chernyshov scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday at SAP Center. He one-timed a Macklin Celebrini pass under Anton Forsberg with 1:42 left in overtime.
Chernyshov also had an assist in regulation. Tyler Toffoli, Kiefer Sherwood and Nolan Allan scored for San Jose. Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves. It was the Sharks' second overtime win in two games. Celebrini had two assists.
Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield and Artemi Panarin each scored and assisted for Los Angeles. Erik Haula also scored. Brandt Clarke had two assists and Forsberg stopped 20 shots. The Kings have lost both games to open the season.
San Jose led 4-2 at 4:08 of the third on Chernyshov's backhand. Haula made it 4-3 at 10:21, and Panarin tied the game at 14:59 before overtime.
Reuters' separate NHL roundup also recorded overtime wins for Pittsburgh over Montreal and Carolina over Philadelphia, and a 6-0 Islanders win over New Jersey. Those are separate games and are not folded into this result.