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Wolff, who lives in nearby Gilroy (about 35 minutes from the SAP center), said it was definitely a special night for the youngster.

Interestingly, Wolf played in this shed several times when the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda, played at the downtown rink. However, this was the netmins' first taste of NHL action in their own backyard.

“They've been there for me since the beginning,” Wolff said of her family's support. “From my aunt and uncle, my parents who couldn't come tonight. Coming from a small town and playing against your hometown team, it was a dream come true.

“It's (my grandmother's) first time seeing me play live in the NHL. I think she's really excited about it. My grandfather is looking down on us today, I'm sure he's cheering me on.”

After missing five games with an undisclosed injury, Andrew Manjiapane came into the lineup with 15:26 to go with Connor Zary at center and Jonathan Huberdeau on the left wing.

Additionally, Ilya Soloviev played his first game since Dec. 11 after being recalled from the Calgary Wranglers on Monday. Solovyov, who head coach Ryan Huska has been the AHL club's “best guy” lately, played just north of 18 minutes and looked good all-around. But the highlight of his evening was a bone-crunching hit by rookie Collin Graf that Soloviev reached up and pushed the rookie to the outside before slamming him down the ice in the third period.

The home side drew first blood at 7:22 after the Flames were caught flat-footed in the neutral zone, allowing the Sharks to attack in numbers. Mikael Granlund took advantage and passed to Fabian Zetterlund, who took the puck down the right flank before centering for a beautiful backhand to William Eklund.

The Sharks had a chance to extend the stretch late in regulation when Martin Pospisil set up Kalen Addison, but the Flames' penalty kill — a real bright spot all season — didn't allow a single shot.

San Jose is 9-8 in the division after 20 minutes of play.

The Flames came very close to deciding the affair in the first minute of the second when Andriy Kuzmenko's nimble handles made it 2-0-0 with Kadri, but Mackenzie Blackwood cleared the right plate and made a stunning No. 91.

The miss proved costly as the Sharks doubled their lead less than half a minute later.

Mike Hoffman picked off Egor Sharangovic near the blue line for the Flames, and after a quick snap of the hashmarks, Jacob MacDonald put a rebound over Wolf's left shoulder to make it 2-0 at 2:22.

A few shifts later, the Flames nearly pulled one back when Huberdeau and Mangiapan went 2-on-1, but Huberdeau's shot from the rim rang off the iron.

Does not matter.

The visitors broke the goose egg a few minutes later after some great work by Matt Coronato, who made a few moves up top, threw the puck to a pinch-hitting Andersson, who then got into the low slot and ripped off a five-pointer. hole for his ninth season.

Former Shark Nikita Okhotyuk got another assistant to record his first point as a Flame.