Sharks top Lightning 2-1

SAN JOSE - Logan Couture scored 22 seconds into the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night.

Ryan Carpenter also scored for the Sharks, who won their third straight and fifth in seven games overall.

Jonathan Drouin scored for the Lightning, who fell to 2-6-1 in their past nine games and 2-9-3 over their past 14 road games.

Rookie Aaron Dell stopped 24 of 25 shots to improve to 8-2. Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 22 of 24 shots.

Following a scoreless first period during which the goalies combined to stop 18 shots, Carpenter got the Sharks on the scoreboard five minutes into the second period for his second goal of the season in his second game back with the club.

Paul Martin passed it to Carpenter, whose shot deflected off a defenseman’s ankle and past Vasilevskiy.

Drouin tied it less than two minutes later on a power-play goal. After taking a pass from Brian Boyle, Drouin avoided a couple of defenders and fired a shot past Dell on a great individual effort.

Another individual effort, this time from the Sharks’ Kevin Labanc early in the third period, led to Couture’s game-winner.

Labanc battled to win the puck along the board behind the net and freed it to Couture, whose shot took Vasilevskiy by surprise.

The Sharks placed Micheal Healy on injured reserve and recalled Joonas Donski from injured reserve.