NEW YORK (AP) — Erik Karlsson scored 49 seconds into overtime and the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night for their first victory of the season.
Logan Couture and Radim Simek also scored for the Sharks, who got former Rangers coach David Quinn his first win after beginning the season a franchise-worst 0-5-0. James Reimer stopped 21 shots.
Artemi Panarin and Filip Chytil scored for the Rangers, who had beaten the Sharks seven straight times. Igor Shesterkin had 24 saves.
In overtime, Timo Meier — playing in his 400th NHL game — went around the left side of the net sent a pass from behind to Karlsson, who fired it into the net on the right side before Shesterkin could slide over.
With the score tied at 2 early in the third, Rangers captain Jacob Trouba fired a shot off the right post from the right side.
After facing just nine shots over the first two periods, Shesterkin had to make 16 saves in the third — including a stop on Nico Sturm in close with 28 seconds left to send it to overtime.
Trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes, the Rangers tied it 1:50 into the second period. Chris Kreider’s clearing pass went over Luke Kunin’s stick and Chytil beat the Sharks’ center to the puck near the left side boards at the red line, skated up and fired a shot past Reimer from the left faceoff circle. It was Chytil’s second of the season.
Panarin gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 9:05 of the middle period. He brought the puck up the side, passed to a charging Adam Fox from the left circle and the defenseman sent it back to Panarin, who fired it past Reimer for his third goal of the season and NHL-leading 11th point.
Simek tied it later in the period after San Jose’s Oskar Lindblom got the Rangers’ clearing attempt just outside the blue line. Simek beat Shesterkin with a shot he got off from between the circles just before he was taken out by a sliding Fox with 6:50 left.
The Rangers outshot the Sharks 8-5 in a penalty-filled first period that saw the teams whistled for six infractions — four by San Jose. The Sharks had three penalties in the first eight minutes, including two that overlapped to give the Rangers a two-man advantage for 11 seconds.
Couture got the Sharks on the scoreboard first for the fifth time in six games this season, 6:02 into the game on San Jose’s first power play. He got his second of the season as he scored from the left side on a rebound of a shot by Karlsson that deflected off teammate Luke Kunin on the way to Shesterkin. It was also the Sharks’ second power-play goal of the season after coming in 1 for 19.
QUINN’S RETURN
Quinn was back at Madison Square Garden for the first time since he was fired following the abbreviated 2021 season. Fans booed when the Rangers showed him on the scoreboard with a message saying “Thank you Coach Quinn.” Quinn went 96-87-25 in three seasons with Rangers.
STATS
The Rangers fell to 0-1-1 when giving up the first goal. … The Sharks are 1-1-0 when tied after two periods. … The Rangers fell to 1-0-1 when tied after two.
UP NEXT
Sharks: At the New Jersey on Saturday night in the third of a four-game trip.
Rangers: Host Columbus on Sunday night in the third of a four-game homestand.
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