OTTAWA -- San Jose Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl scored the first of his team's three first-period goals and Alex Stalock made 38 saves in his first NHL start in a 5-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
It was Stalock's second win, his first since his NHL debut on Feb. 1, 2011, when he stopped the nine shots he faced in relief in a 5-3 win against the Phoenix Coyotes.
San Jose improved its League-leading record to 10-1-1.
Hertl scored his eighth goal at 1:16 of the first. Andrew Desjardins made it 2-0 with his first goal at 6:35.
Tommy Wingels scored the Sharks' third goal of the opening period with a shorthanded effort at 18:15.
Logan Couture drove in on Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson, who turned aside the San Jose center's shot, but left the puck sitting just beyond his pad in the crease for Wingels to tap home.
James Sheppard added his first goal of the season at 1:29 of the third to give San Jose its third two-goal lead of the game at 4-2. Joe Pavelski scored the Sharks' fifth goal at 7:59.
Stalock's three previous games with the Sharks were all relief appearances, including two last season. He missed nearly a year after having surgery to repair a nerve behind his knee that was severed in a minor league game on February 4, 2011, just three days after he won his NHL debut.
Antti Niemi was rested for the first time this season after recording his second shutout in three games Saturday in a 2-0 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.
Anderson stopped 24 shots for the Senators, who have lost three of four.
Both of Ottawa's goals came on drives from their defensemen. Erik Karlsson drew the Senators to within 2-1 at 11:07 of the first with his third goal on a one-timer from just inside the blue line. Marc Methot closed the margin to one once again with his first goal at 9:09 of the second.
Cory Conacher screened Stalock and picked up an assist when Karlsson drove a one-timer from just inside the blue line on a pass from Kyle Turris for his third goal.
Methot drew Ottawa within 2-1 with a slap shot past Stalock into the top right corner from the left point.
Karlsson had nine shots, including six of the Senators' 17 in the first. That was one short of tying the team record for shots in a period, which was accomplished three times.
Marian Hossa was the most recent Senators player to achieve the feat. He had seven shots against the Canadiens in the third period of Ottawa's 4-2 win on Dec. 9, 2000.
Senators right wing Chris Neil went to the dressing room at 7:53 of the second after linemate Zack Smith's stick struck him in the face. He returned after missing a few shifts.
Left wing Matthew Nieto was left out of San Jose's lineup despite taking a team-leading seven shots Saturday.
Senators mascot Spartacat held up a purple sign with Roger Neilson's name on it prior to the game in honor of Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night at Canadian Tire Centre. Neilson, who died of cancer in June 2003, was an assistant coach for the Senators when Jacques Martin relinquished his coaching duties to him for the final two games of the 2001-02 season so that Neilson could reach the 1,000 games milestone as an NHL coach.
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