Calgary Flames left wing Jiri Hudler scores a goal against San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi during the third period at SAP Center at San Jose on Monday. The Calgary Flames defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-1.

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Jiri Hudler scored his fifth goal of the season against San Jose to help the Calgary Flames win for the fourth time in five games, 4-1 over the Sharks on Monday.
Mason Raymond, Lance Bouma and David Jones also scored for the Flames, who won four of five meetings this season against San Jose to move ahead of the Sharks into second place in the Pacific Division. Jonas Hiller made 33 saves.
Brent Burns scored the lone goal for the Sharks but also committed the penalty that led to Hudler’s power-play goal in the third period that helped seal the game for the Flames. Antti Niemi made 22 saves for the Sharks, who have lost four of five.
After giving the Sharks some momentum with his goal in the final second of the second period, Burns helped turn the game back toward the Flames when he was called for roughing early in the third.
Late on the power play after Andrew Desjardins and Scott Hannan failed to clear the puck, Johnny Gaudreau fed Hudler in the slot for the goal that made it 3-1. Hudler became the first player since Corey Perry in 2010-11 to score five times against the Sharks in one season.
Jones added an empty-net goal as Calgary maintained its perfect record when leading after two periods. The Flames are 14-0-0 in those situations, including three wins against San Jose.
The Sharks fell behind 2-0 midway through the second when Bouma beat Mirco Mueller to the rebound of Mark Giordano’s shot and backhanded it past Niemi.
The Flames had chances to add to the lead but Matt Tennyson broke up a pair of odd-man rushes, and then the Sharks finally got on the board in the final second of the period.
Meanwhile, there are signs, finally, that the Los Angeles Kings are warming and ready to make another run to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Kings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, riding a big night by the “That ‘70s Show” line in a win at Nationwide Arena.
It marked the first time since Dec. 20 that the Kings, the defending NHL champs, have won back-to-back games. They won 4-2 on Saturday in Tampa Bay.
Left winger Dwight King, center Jeff Carter and right winger Tyler Toffoli—who wear Nos. 74, 77 and 73, respectively—each scored a goal and had plus-2 ratings.