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Wednesday 9 January 2019

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San Jose Sharks’ Evander
Kane (9) fires the puck as
Joonas Donskoi (27), skates
to the net for a rebound goal
against the Los Angeles Kings
in the first period of an NHL
hockey game in San Jose,
Calif., Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.
Associated Press
Karlsson has

3 assists as

Sharks top

Kings 3-1

By GIDEON RUBIN
Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —
The blockbuster trade that
sent Erik Karlsson to the San
Jose Sharks during the off-
season didn’t pay imme-
diate dividends. But the
two-time Norris Trophy win-
ner has emerged as one of
the team’s most impactful
players lately. Karlsson had
three assists, Tomas Hertl
scored the go-ahead goal
midway through the sec-
ond period and the surging
Sharks defeated the Los
Angeles Kings 3-1 on Mon-
day night. Joonas Dons-
koi and Joe Thornton also
scored for San Jose. Martin
Jones made 22 saves as
the Sharks won their fifth in
six games. Karlsson has at Harden, Capela lead Rockets to
least one assist in 13 con-
secutive appearances go- 125-113 win over Nuggets
ing back to Dec. 7, with 22
points (one goal, 21 assists)
during that stretch.
“I think we’re starting to Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket
figure each other out out between Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) and forward
there and it’s nice to see Torrey Craig, back, during the second half of an NBA basketball
when guys take advan- game Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Houston.
tage of the scoring chanc-
es that we got,” Karlsson Associate Press
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