Boyle scores in the final minute to give Sharks 4-3 win over Predators

Associated Press

Last update: November 11, 2009 - 12:17 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dan Boyle scored with a minute left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Joe Pavelski, Jamie McGinn and Devin Setoguchi also scored for the Sharks, 6-0-1 at home. Thomas Greiss made 23 saves for his second win in three games.

Michael Santorelli, Marcel Goc and Patric Hornqvist scored for the Predators, who lost for just the second time in six games. Dan Ellis stopped 25 shots.

Pavelski has scored in two straight games after returning from an injury that caused him to miss 15 games.

Patrick Marleau created the scoring opportunity when he took the puck behind the net and found Pavelski open for a 1-on-1 with Ellis midway through the first period.

The Predators tied it with 1:40 left in the first. Michael Santorelli knocked the puck out of the air in the crease and outfought Sharks forward Manny Malhotra and slipped a shot into the net. Greiss was on the ice after blocking Martin Erat's shot attempt.

The Sharks regained the lead early in the second period on McGinn's goal. Marc-Edouard Vlasic took a long shot that deflected off Brad Staubitz's stick. McGinn settled in and released a shot from the left side.

Goc, formerly of the Sharks, scored his first goal of the season and recorded his first point in nine games. He tied the game with 5:11 left in the second period after taking a crossing pass from Jordin Tootoo.

Nashville took a 3-2 lead when Hornqvist redirected Dan Hamhuis' shot midway through the third period.

Setoguchi, in the lineup for the first time in seven games, tied it 3-3 with 6:34 left when he steered Boyle's shot over Ellis' right shoulder.

NOTES: The Sharks assigned F Torrey Mitchell to AHL Worcester for a conditioning assignment. ... Predators D Shea Weber returned to the lineup after missing two games because of a foot injury. ... Marleau has 34 points in 39 games against Nashville. ... Goc recorded his first points in nine games. ... The Predators went 53 minutes, 50 seconds without drawing a penalty. ... Sharks C Joe Thornton had a four-game point streak snapped.

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