With San Jose in a grueling stretch of eight games in 13 days before the All-Star break, coach Peter DeBoer knows he needs to get help from some unusual places if the Sharks want to avoid a letdown. David Schlemko scored his second goal of the season with 3:42 remaining in overtime and the Sharks got a goal from the fourth line for the third straight game to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Saturday night. Joel Ward scored his second goal of the week and Melker Karlsson contributed the latest goal from the fourth line to help the Sharks win for the 15th time in their past 16 regular-season home games against Colorado.
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