SAN JOSE – There has probably been no bigger beneficiary of the Sharks having all of their key pieces back in the lineup than Tomas Hertl.
Hertl moved to the wing of the Joe Thornton-Joe Pavelski line on Jan. 9, and the 22-year-old forward has managed three goals and six points since then, including the overtime winner against Dallas in a 4-3 home win on Saturday night.
In what was a wildly entertaining, back-and-forth game at SAP Center, Hertl tallied the first-ever three-on-three overtime winner for the Sharks in their own building. He received a pass from Marc-Edouard Vlasic, cut towards the net, and shot the puck through former teammates Jason Demers and Antti Niemi to give San Jose its most impressive win on its five-game streak.