Dec 29, 2020
Meier gets first career hat trick as Sharks top Flyers
Timo Meier had his first career hat trick, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1 on Saturday night.
The Canadian Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Timo Meier had his first career hat trick, Martin Jones stopped 26 shots, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1 on Saturday night.
Rookies Mario Ferraro and Joel Kellman each got his first NHL goal, and Patrick Marleau also scored to help the Sharks snap a four-game skid and win for the second time in 12 games.
Ivan Provorov scored for the Flyers, who snapped a four-game win streak. Carter Hart finished with 23 saves.
Meier snapped a four-game pointless streak with his 12th, 13th and 14th goals in his second multi-goal game of the season.
Meier scored 9:21 into the second when he tipped in Brent Burns' shot from the blue line that gave San Jose a 3-0 lead.
Provorov got his ninth on a power play 51 seconds into the third to cut the lead to 3-1.
The Sharks extended their lead to 4-1 on Meier’s second goal of the night 45 seconds later as he finished a 2-on-1 with a backhander off a pass from Evander Kane. He completed the hat trick with 7:08 left as he tapped in a shot from just outside the crease off another pass from Kane.
Marleau scored his seventh goal with 2:40 remaining to cap the scoring. Joe Thornton had an assist on the play for the 1,079th of his career, which moved him into a tie with Adam Oates for seventh on the NHL’s all-time list.
Ferraro scored the game’s first goal from the slot off a pass from Barclay Goodrow, who finished with three assists. The 21-year-old was playing in his 34th NHL game.
The 25-year-old Kellman was on a breakaway when he slipped a backhander past Hart to make it 2-0 early in the second. Kellman was playing in his fourth NHL game.
NOTES: Flyers C Scott Laughton (groin) skated on Saturday but missed his sixth straight game. He will miss a few more days, coach Alain Vigneault said. ... F Andy Andreoff was placed on waivers but played in Saturday’s game. … Former Sharks D Justin Braun played against his former team for the time since San Jose traded him to the Flyers on June 19. ... Sharks C Melker Karlsson left the game after being struck in the head by a slap shot with under eight minutes left in the first.
UP NEXT
Flyers: At Anaheim on Sunday.
Sharks: At Detroit on Tuesday.
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