Joe Pavelski helped the San Jose Sharks deliver the perfect response to a sloppy game.
Pavelski scored twice, backup goalie Aaron Dell made 29 saves to win his fourth straight start, and the Sharks rebounded from a lackluster loss to beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Sunday night.
“We needed a bounce-back game,” Pavelski said, referring to the Sharks’ 3-1 loss to Nashville on Saturday night. “We turned over too many pucks, we weren’t committed in a lot of areas yesterday. Today, we got the response we needed from a lot of guys.”
Patrick Marleau, Joel Ward and Chris Tierney also scored to give the first-place Sharks their sixth win in eight games.