TORONTO -- A couple of clutch plays turned an empty night on the road into a big two points for the San Jose Sharks.Logan Couture scored the only goal in a shtout, and the Sharks rallied for a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.San Jose trailed 2-0 before Justin Braun and Joe Pavelski scored in a quick burst in the third period. Martin Jones made 29 saves in the opener of a four-game road trip.We were upset because we didnt play very well in the first two, Couture said. I still dont think we were at our best in the third either but its just finding a way.Zach Hyman and Auston Matthews scored for Toronto, which has dropped five of six. Frederik Andersen made 40 stops.Jones denied Mitchell Marner, Matthews and Nikita Soshnikov in the tiebreaker, and Couture was successful in the second round.Weve got to figure out a way to close out these games, figure out a way to put ourselves in a gd position like weve been able to do and be able to win, Matthews said.Coming off their fourth loss in five games, the Leafs got on the board first, with Hyman at the center of the early action.With Matt Martin in the penalty box for boarding, Hyman got in front of a Brent Burns drive from the right point. The shot drilled the 24-year-old in the left knee, and he had to be helped off by teammates Matt Hunwick and Morgan Rielly.But Hyman quickly returned to the ice and picked up his fifth of the season, getting his stick on Matthews quick shot from the left faceoff circle at 6:58 of the first.Toronto appeared to have a 2-0 lead early in the second, but Reillys goal was waved off because Nazem Kadri was whistled for goaltender interference.Kadri and Toronto coach Mike Babcock protested the decision, and Babcock used his coachs challenge. But the call std.Kadri said he was shocked that they called it off.But Matthews eventually got the goal back with Toronto enjoying a 5-on-3 power play. Matthews shot from just above the goal line went under Jones left pad for his team-best 13th of the season at 7:46.It was the fifth multi-point outing of the year for Matthews, who trails only the Jets Patrik Laine among rkies with 22 points.San Jose outshot Toronto 12-7 in the middle frame, wearing the Leafs down with a few sustained stints in the offensive zone.The Sharks grabbed an early third-period power play and nearly scored when Pavelski found himself open just in front of Andersen. Rkie Connor Brown managed to get a stick on the attempt, sending it over the net and into the crowd.Braun got San Jose on the board at 12:43, whipping a backhand from the slot over the glove of Andersen for his first goal of the season.Big goal by Brauny and then our power play needed to get one, Couture said. We had t many chances not to.Pavelski added a tying power-play goal just over two minutes later, guiding a Burns point pass past Andersen. It was his ninth of the season.I think third period we were waiting for them a little bit t much, maybe let them take over, Andersen said. That cost us.The Leafs had numerous chances to score in overtime, with Jones stopping solid chances for Kadri and Marner.Game notesToronto fell to 10-1-5 when leading after two periods.UP NEXTSharks: Visit Ottawa on Wednesday night.Maple Leafs: Hosts Arizona on Thursday night.Hydro Flask Rietje . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Hydro Flask Korting .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Mre to take over as receivers coach. http://www.belgiehydroflask.com/ .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament. Hydro Flask 40 OZ Belgie . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Hydro Flask Wit . The Dutchmans tenure got off to a pr start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim.Melbournes Etihad Stadium will host Australias crunch World Cup qualifier with arch-rivals Japan.Ftball Federation Australia announced on Wednesday the rfed stadium had won the rights to stage Octobers game, beating bids from other states and preferred to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.The potential to sell out the Docklands venue was cited as the reason to send the biggest match of Australias road to Russia 2018 to the smaller stadium.We fully anticipate we can sell it out and, with gd commercial terms on the table, we felt it was the right place to bring this game, FFA chief executive David Gallop said.The Blue Samurai are the biggest roadblock in Australias path to the World Cup in a qualifying group that also includes Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Thailand.The Soccers are likely to start favourites in three qualifying matches before the Japan clash; a home tie with Iraaq on September 1 in Perth and away trips to UAE and Saudi Arabia.ddddddddddddGallop said he expected the match against Japan on October 11 to give the Soccers a real feel for how were going as they attempted to qualify for a fourth-straight World Cup.The fixture also guarantees a bumper week of ftball at Etihad Stadium, with the first Melbourne A-League derby of the season scheduled for October 15, four days after the Soccers clash.Victorian premier Daniel Andrews used the occasion to gloat at landing the fixture ahead of Sydney and his NSW counterpart Mike Baird.Theres been one soccer match that every state has been vying to secure ... that game will be played in the sporting capital of our nation, he said.This will be a bad day for (premier Baird) Im sure. 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