The Sharks improved to 13-2-2 this season when scoring first

San Jose, CA (SportsNetwork. Cyrus Jones Jersey .com) - Brent Burns scored with 38 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a dramatic 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. The Sharks tied the game on Marc-Edouard Vlasics goal with 20.6 seconds remaining in regulation and the goaltender pulled, then skated 4-on-3 thanks to Alexander Steens tripping infraction with 2:03 remaining in overtime. Joe Pavelski skated up to the right circle and dished the puck to Burns, who stepped into the pass and blasted it past the blocker of Jake Allen for the win. Andrew Desjardins also scored and Antti Niemi stopped 18-of-20 shots for the Sharks, who have won eight straight home games. Patrik Berglund and Steve Ott each lit the lamp for the Blues, who have dropped two in a row on the heels of a five-game winning streak. We played extremely well, but we didnt get the job done, Ott said. We made some mistakes and those mistakes unfortunately were in the last minute of the game and in overtime as well. Allen made 27 saves in defeat. After the Sharks pulled Niemi with under a minute to play, Vlasic received Joe Thorntons slick cross-ice pass and wristed a low shot off Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelos skate and through the legs of Allen to send the game into overtime. Patrick Marleau barreled in on net from the right circle, but had his quick shot denied by Allen with 1:29 to play in the extra session. After a scoreless first period, the Sharks struck first at 10:47 of the middle stanza. Desjardins fought off a check from Pietrangelo and fired a shot under the arm of Allen. Pietrangelo blasted a shot from the point and Berglund backhanded a rebound into the net for a tie game with 5:31 to play in the second. Ott put the Blues ahead 2-1 after he took Maxim Lapierres lead pass into the San Jose zone on a breakaway and beat Niemi with a low wrister at 17:21 of the second. Game Notes Thornton tied Phil Esposito for 22nd place on the NHLs all-time assists list with 873 ... Blues forward David Backes played in his 600th career game ... Pietrangelo extended his point streak to seven games ... The Sharks improved to 13-2-2 this season when scoring first. Ryan Allen Jersey . "Weve given ourselves now a tougher task," said Carlyle after the Friday practice, the Toronto head coach notably chipper and upbeat throughout. "But the bottom line is we just have to win our share of games [and] not worry about what anybody else is doing. James Harrison Jersey .com) - Klay Thompson is quickly proving he is worth every penny of his recently signed four-year contract extension. http://www.patriotsauthenticshop.com/Patriots-David-Andrews-Draft-Jersey/ . - Rookie Tesho Akindele scored three goals and Fabian Castillo added two in FC Dallas 5-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has another game left on his nine-game suspension for violations of the NFLs substance abuse and personal conduct policies, and Von Miller wait to see his buddy back on the football field.Miller knows exactly what Smith is going through.Denvers pass-rushing linebacker missed the first six games last year while serving a drug suspension and then collected just five sacks in nine games before blowing out his right knee last December and missing the Super Bowl.Miller is back this year and hit the halfway point with nine sacks, on pace to challenge his club record of 18 1-2 he set in 2012. He was named the AFCs Defensive Player of the Month in October.Miller and Smith became friends in 2011 as part of the draft class that came into the league as the NFL and players were hashing out a new labour deal. He said Smith helped him through his suspension last year, so hes returned the favour, texting, calling and encouraging his friend over the last two months.Yeah, he helped me through mine. And we were going through stuff at the same time, too. So, we were talking together about what I was going through, what he was going through: Were going to get through this. We were there for each other, Miller said. It was like I know how it is when you get suspended, it just feels like nobody (has your back). So, I just wanted to be the guy that would just keep reaching out to him, like, I havent forgotten about you. And Im not even on your team.Its bigger than that. Hes my friend. I care about him. Im happy that hes doing a whole lot better, Miller added. Im excited for him to come back and have all that stuff out the way. Its a different feeling when you have all that stuff out the way and can just focus on football.Miller said hes tried to tell Smith about what to expect in returning to action at midseason.Its like the start of the season, everythings new, everythings fresh. So, like coming back is easy, really. And like you get sore. I had that first Wednesday practice in pads and I was sore, Miller said. Matthew Slater Jersey. The danger, Miller said, is that you want to make up for all the games you missed.You want to come back and you want to have four sacks in the first game, another four sacks in the next game and catch up to everybody, Miller said. Like when I came back and I got my first sack, it was like, OK Ive got one. So, Ive got 10 games left. If I can get three sacks this game, four sacks this game, I can catch up to everybody.But thats not my game. I just like to go out there and just play. But I feel like Aldon can come back and get 10-plus sacks, 12 sacks. Especially with the type of schedule they got and theyll get Patrick Willis back. Theyll get Navarro Bowman back later in the year. Theyll be ready to roll.Miller said he had a clear conscience after serving his suspension and never even considers the possibility that if he slips up again he could face a years suspension.Thats part of maturity. You dont even worry about getting in trouble any more, Miller said.He said he suspects Smiths play will reflect the load thats been taken off his shoulders, too.Its a huge burden lifted. Just to be back on the field with the guys is the biggest part. Being back on the field is huge. Its great. Just lifting weights and watching film and going home. Youre back with the guys, Miller said. So, I know how he feels. I know hes working hard. I know hes training, conditioning and all that. I wanted to change my body. I know he wanted to stay exactly where he is.Miller bulked up by 25 pounds heading into last season. The extra weight made him top heavy and might even have contributed to his torn right ACL in December. Hes back down to 245 and said in retrospect he wouldnt have packed on the pounds during his banishment.I probably would have lost a little weight, Miller said.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL___Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton Cheap Denver Nuggets Jerseys Cheap Minnesota Timberwolves Jerseys Cheap Oklahoma City Thunder Jerseys Cheap Portland Trail Blazers Jerseys Cheap Utah Jazz Jerseys Cheap Los Angeles Clippers Jerseys Cheap Los Angeles Lakers Jerseys Cheap Phoenix Suns Jerseys Cheap Sacramento Kings Jerseys Cheap Dallas Mavericks Jerseys Cheap Houston Rockets Jerseys Cheap Memphis Grizzlies Jerseys Cheap New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys Cheap San Antonio Spurs Jerseys Cheap Golden State Warriors Jerseys ' ' '