Patrick Marleau scored the winner and Martin Jones made 35 saves as the San Jose Sharks downed the undermanned Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Saturday night. Tomas Hertl, Mikkel Boedker and Logan Couture had the other goals for San Jose (36-18-7). Mumps outbreakThe Canucks were without five players because of the mumps, or symptoms associated with the highly contagious virus. Canucks carry play earlyThe Canucks, who carried the play in the first period, kept pushing despite being down 1-0, with Alexandre Burrows and Jannik Hansen forcing saves from Jones in tight. Sharks pull awayThe Sharks would make the Canucks pay when Marleau scored his 22nd after collecting a pass from David Schlemko below the goal line and tucking the puck inside the post with 55.7 seconds left in the period.

Source: CBC News February 26, 2017 05:48 UTC