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Sharks look to build off momentum against Blues

Mar 12, 2009 - 4:42 AM San Jose (43-12-10) at St Louis (30-28-8), 8:30 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- With their longest losing streak of the season over, the San Jose Sharks will meet the St. Louis Blues on Thursday.

Defenseman Christian Ehrhoff scored with 86 seconds left in overtime as the Sharks ended their slide Tuesday with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild.

Joe Thornton netted a pair of goals and Travis Moen collected a shorthander and an assist for San Jose, which snapped a four-game slide to maintain the top spot in the Western Conference.

"We've won, finally. That's a really good thing," said Sharks coach Todd McLellan, who saw his team squander an early three-goal lead. "We'll take the win, but I'm disappointed.

"I'm disappointed in the way we carried ourselves. We're a club that's won a lot of hockey games for a reason. We should be playing with a lot of confidence."

David Perron scored twice and David Backes added a goal and an assist as the Blues cruised to a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

Brad Winchester and Keith Tkachuk also tallied and defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo added a pair of assists for St. Louis, which has won five of its last seven games.