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SAN JOSE Authentic Gustav Nyquist Jersey , Calif. (AP) — In a story Nov. 14 about the Nashville Predators–San Jose Sharks game, The Associated Press erroneously reported a quote from Rocco Grimaldi. The correct quote should read:“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad. Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance, and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third, and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”A corrected version of the story is below:Thornton’s 400th goal lifts Sharks past Predators 5-4Joe Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the San Jose Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 after squandering a three-goal leadBy GIDEON RUBINAssociated PressSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — On a night when he reached an impressive personal milestone, Joe Thornton wasn’t taking stock of his career accomplishments.The veteran San Jose Sharks center even bristled when asked about it.“I’m just trying to improve my game, to be honest with you,” he said.All that hard work is still paying off.Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Tuesday after squandering a three-goal lead.Marcus Sorensen and Antti Suomela also scored to help San Jose win its second straight and fourth in six games. Sorensen had two assists to give him six points (two goals, four assists) over his last three games.The 39-year-old Thornton is anchoring a third line that includes Sorensen (26) and Kevin Labanc (22).“I don’t care who I play with Womens Henrik Zetterberg Jersey , I just want to play and enjoy it and have fun. That’s what you saw tonight,” Thornton said. “That was the purest form of hockey you can have. It was just a bunch of kids playing hockey. Our backs were against the wall, but we came back. It was just a great hockey game.”Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist for the Predators, who dropped to 8-1-1 on the road. They lead the NHL with 27 points.Craig Smith added a goal and an assist for Nashville, which scored four straight times after trailing 3-0. Rocco Grimaldi’s breakaway goal at 2:43 of the third gave the Predators a 4-3 lead.“It was a bad start. That’s the only way to describe it,” Smith said. “We gave them everything they got. In the second period we did to them what they did to us. It’s unacceptable how we started. I’d rather not start 0-3.”Pavelski tied it with his second goal, 13 seconds before Thornton put the Sharks ahead 5-4 at 13:18 of the third.“It was an interesting game,” San Jose coach Pete DeBoer said. “I’m sure I’ve been a part of a game like that, but I don’t remember it and probably don’t care to remember it. The good thing is we came out on the right side.”Nashville had a six-game point streak snapped.“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad,” Grimaldi said. “Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance, and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-jimmy-howard-jersey , and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”NOTES: Predators C Calle Jarnkrok (lower body) didn’t play and is day to day. Grimaldi took his spot in the lineup. … Sharks D Erik Karlsson and C Tomas Hertl both reached milestones on Pavelski’s first-period goal. Karlsson’s assist was his 400th, and Hertl’s his 100th. Hertl left in the second period with a lower-body injury. … San Jose held the Predators scoreless on three power plays. The Sharks have allowed only two goals on 42 power plays over their last 15 games going back to Oct. 11. … The Sharks have given up three or more goals in 10 of their past 11 games.UP NEXTPredators: Conclude a five-game road trip Thursday at Arizona.Sharks: Host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock recently remarked that a tough stretch of the schedule will give an accurate reading of the state of the team.There are still some bumps in the road, but there were some lessons learned, too.Looking to extend a winning streak at Rogers Place, the Oilers square off against the sputtering Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.Article continues below ...Last Saturday, Hitchcock said the “next three games are going to tell us a lot of the things that we’re good at and the things we need to work on.”Hours later, Edmonton defeated the Calgary Flames, 1-0, in the Battle of Alberta. Two days later, the Oilers traveled to the Denver and topped the high-powered Colorado Avalanche, 6-4. On Thursday, Hitchcock’s club erased a two-goal deficit in the second period but fell to the Winnipeg Jets, 5-4 in overtime.“We have not, as a group, have not been even close to being involved in stuff like this and these are great lessons for us moving forward as long as we take them,” Hitchcock said.Since Hitchcock took over on Nov. 20, Edmonton (17-12-3) has won all five games at Rogers Place by a combined score of 14-5. In the first nine home games this season under Todd McLellan Jonathan Ericsson Jersey , the Oilers went 4-4-1 with a 29-28 scoring advantage.Hitchcock is 8-2-2 with Edmonton, which is five points behind Pacific Division-leading Calgary.“We need the points (but) I look at the way we’re playing,” Hitchcock said.The Oilers were swept in the season series in 2017-18 and have dropped three of the last four matchups with Philadelphia. Edmonton has surrendered one power-play goal in each of the last four meetings with the Flyers.But the Oilers will face a team unable to keep the puck out of the net recently.After giving up seven goals in a loss to the Jets on Sunday, the Flyers surrendered two goals in the final 1:08 of regulation and the game-winner 35 seconds into overtime of a 6-5 defeat to Calgary.“We’ve got to find a way to reset,” winger Dale Weise told NBC Sports Philadelphia. “It’s embarrassing.”While Philadelphia (12-13-4) made a change off-ice by firing general manager Ron Hextall on Nov. 26, the team is still struggling. The Flyers have gone 2-2-2 since Hextall’s ouster and sit in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division, two points ahead of the New Jersey Devils.The team has yielded at least four goals four times since Chuck Fletcher took over in the front office. One of his first chores should be an upgrade in goal.With Brian Elliott injured and Michal Neuvirth away from the team as his wife prepares to give birth, Philadelphia is going with the tandem of Anthony Stolarz and Alex Lyon, who was recalled Thursday. The pair have combined for a total of 26 games, including 17 starts.Stolarz allowed 10 goals in his last two appearances and has an .889 save percentage through seven games, but coach Dave Hakstol seems willing to let him learn by doing.“He’s a young guy in terms of games in the NHL,” Hakstol told Philly.com. “And there’s a lot of things that he continues to work at. We don’t want to put too much on his plate that way. Just go out and continue to build his game.”Mikko Koskinen is expected to start in the second of back-to-back games and looks to continue his stellar play on home ice for Edmonton. In seven games (six starts), Koskinen has surrendered just six goals while recording three shutouts.