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Rewind: Sharks earn 'happy plane' with win over 'Hawks

CHICAGO – On paper, a 2-2 road trip doesn’t look anything more than average.

In reality, though, it has to be considered a successful one for the Sharks, who played a tight defensive game against the best team in the Western Conference, got solid goaltending from Martin Jones, and won the special teams battle in a 2-0 triumph at United Center on Tuesday night. Against four solid teams in four straight road games coming out of the All-Star break, they could have done much worse than breaking even.

Patrick Marleau’s power play goal and Jones’ 33 saves prevented the Sharks from losing two straight games for the first time in more than a month after they were spanked in Nashville on Saturday.