SAN JOSE – Call him Captain Clutch.
Joe Pavelski scored a late third period goal on Saturday afternoon, breaking a 3-3 tie and extending the Sharks’ point-streak to eight games (7-0-1) in a 4-3 defeat of Minnesota.
When the Sharks require a goal, more often that not it’s number-eight finding a way to get it done. Of his team-leading 23 scores, more than half of them have come in the third period (12).
After the game Pavelski played off his late-game success as a coincidence, but coach Pete DeBoer was having none of it.
"Great players make great plays at the right time, and he's one of those guys,” DeBoer said.