Written by Warren Mayers at ThePressDemocrat.com
Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton each scored two goals, powering the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Monday night.
Thornton also had two assists as San Jose improved to 21-9-2 on the road, matching their total road wins from last season. At home, the Sharks are just 11-12-3.
Hertl had two of San Jose’s three goals in the first. He also scored in the Sharks’ 5-2 loss at Carolina on Friday.
San Jose went up 1-0 when Hertl grabbed a loose puck behind the net and jammed it in against Elliott at 4:44.
Blues forward Ryan Reaves rammed Tennyson into the glass behind the San Jose goal and smashed his face into the divider. Tennyson dropped flat on his back at 8:37, and Reaves received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct penalty.
Hertl scored his 14th goal when he poked in the puck from the cease at 10:18. Goalie Brian Elliott stopped Joonas Donskoi’s shot, but the puck got behind him and Hertl pushed it over the line for a power-play goal.
Robert Bortuzzo then got a slashing penalty, giving the Sharks a two-man advantage for 1:19.
San Jose made the short-handed Blues pay when Couture scored from in front the net at 12:59.
Elliott got hurt on the play. The Blues said he sustained a lower-body injury.
Jake Allen replaced Elliott and finished with 15 saves. The Blues activated Allen from injured reserve Sunday.
St. Louis cut the lead to 3-1 when David Backes scored a power-play goal from the front of the net at 17:36 of the first.
A power-play goal by Vladimir Tarasenko at 11:25 of the second got the Blues within one.
But the Sharks scored 20 seconds later when Couture tapped in a loose puck by the crease.
San Jose made it 5-2 when Thornton scored on a backhander at 7:26 of the third period. He has 52 points in 46 career games against the Blues.
After a review, officials ruled against a Sharks challenge to allow a goal by Jay Bouwmeester at 9:50.
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