SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The San Jose Sharks had seen Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith stop just about everything that was thrown his way Tuesday night. It just took a little more time to finally get the result they wanted.
Brent Burns scored the game winner just 19 seconds into overtime, beating Smith with a one-timer off a pass from Joe Pavelski to give the Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Coyotes at SAP Center.
The Sharks peppered Smith with 41 shots through three periods before Burns' goal, his ninth of the season, wrapped up a five-game homestand with a 4-1 record.
Martin Jones made 28 saves for the Sharks, who face the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday at Staples Center.
Chris Tierney tied the game with 4:31 to go in the second period, as he took a pass from Mikkel Boedker in the corner to the left of Smith, skated to the front of the net and beat Smith between the legs for his second goal of the season.
It was Tierney's fourth point in five games and Boedker's first point since he scored against the Coyotes on Nov. 1 in Arizona.
The Sharks were looking to get a jump on the Coyotes after they were outscored 4-0 in the second period in the first two meetings between the two teams earlier this month. That didn't happen Tuesday, as Max Domi scored 7:19 into the second, beating Jones with a wrist shot to the short side for a 1-0 Coyotes lead.
"We want to play in front against this team," Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said Tuesday morning. "The last couple times, they found a way to get out early on us and then they can sit back and defend. We put a lot of pressure on them, but I'd like to try and get out in front in a game against them and play them that way."
The Sharks outshot the Coyotes 14-5 in a scoreless first period, including registering 12 unanswered shots over an 11-minute span.
The Sharks thought they had a lead 60 seconds into the first period as Patrick Marleau took a pass from Joe Thornton and beat Smith with a backhand to the top corner past Smith's right shoulder. But after a coach's challenge from Arizona, it was determined that Brenden Dillon had crossed over the goal line before Thornton carried it across.
Melker Karlsson returned to the Sharks' lineup after a nearly three-week absence with a lower body injury and played on the third line with Tierney at center and Boedker at the other wing.
Smith has been a big part of the Coyotes' recent resurgence. He's 3-1-1 with a .932 save percentage in his last five starts. He made 32 saves in the Coyotes' 3-2 shootout win at home over the Oilers on Friday, then followed that up with 41 saves in Arizona's 2-1 win in Edmonton on Sunday.
The Sharks combined to outshoot the Coyotes 86-56 in the previous two meetings. On Nov. 19 in Arizona, Smith made 43 saves as the Sharks lost 3-2 in overtime to conclude a six-game road trip.
With that victory, Smith improved to 11-7-2 in his career against the Sharks with a 2.09 goals against average and a .943 save percentage.
"We have to find a way to turn the effort and the shots into a win," DeBoer said. "Smith's good. He's got a great record against us. We have to find a way to get to him, get traffic, get some tough goals."
The Sharks won the first three games of their homestand by a combined score of 9-3 before their 3-2 loss to the Ducks. The Sharks weren't as clean through the neutral zone as they would have wanted, with the Ducks taking advantage of one turnover to score their first goal.
"We turned the puck over too much against Anaheim," DeBoer said. "That's something that we stress every game. I thought we had been very good up until the Anaheim game last week of making sure we were clean through the neutral zone and making good decisions. ... We've got to make sure we're clean and that's part of our play every night."
_Matt Nieto was a healthy scratch Tuesday after playing seven straight games. Tommy Wingels (lower body) did not skate Tuesday morning but is improving, according to DeBoer. He remains day-to-day.
