Goodrow tied the game at 1-1 just past the midway mark of the first period. He has two goals on two shots in his last two games after going nine straight outings without a point. Goodrow's newfound scoring touch likely won't last, as he only has four goals and six points in 44 appearances this season.

With the Sharks trailing 2-1 midway through the second period, Smith poked the puck off the stick of Jonathan Beecher to himself in the neutral zone, worked a give-and-go with Mikael Granlund, and beat Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot to the short side.

The San Jose Sharks visit TD Garden to take on the Boston Bruins. Barclay Goodrow and Will Smith and Fabian Zetterlund scored, but the Bruins came back for a 6-3 victory. Period 1 Askarov’s stickhandling should help San Jose Sharks’ breakout.

Charlie Coyle scored twice in the third period to save the Bruins the ignominy of losing to the 31st-ranked San Jose Sharks, lifting the B’s to a 5-3 victory at the Garden on Monday. The B’s coughed up a pair of leads and entered the third period down by a goal.

Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist for the New York Islanders in a 4-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at UBS Arena on Saturday. Barclay Goodrow scored for the Sharks (14-28-6),

Georgiev and the Sharks were playing an Islanders team that had lost five of its last eight games and entered eight points out of a playoff spot on Saturday. The Isles also ranked last in the NHL on both the penalty kill and the power play at 11.9% and penalty kill at 67.0%

The San Jose Sharks had another disappointing performance as the New York Islanders won 4-1 on Saturday night.

Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1.

Barclay Goodrow scored and Alexandar Georgiev had 27 saves for San Jose, but the Sharks lost 4-1 to the Islanders Saturday for their fifth loss in six games.

The Bruins return home after letting a valuable point slip away Saturday in Ottawa as they let a two-goal lead slip away in the final four minutes of regulation before losing in a shootout, 6-5.

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