SAN JOSE Chad Johnson Jersey Womens , Calif. (AP) — In a story Nov. 14 about the Nashville Predators–San Jose Sharks game, The Associated Press erroneously reported a quote from Rocco Grimaldi. The correct quote should read:“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad. Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance, and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third, and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”A corrected version of the story is below:Thornton’s 400th goal lifts Sharks past Predators 5-4Joe Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the San Jose Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 after squandering a three-goal leadBy GIDEON RUBINAssociated PressSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — On a night when he reached an impressive personal milestone, Joe Thornton wasn’t taking stock of his career accomplishments.The veteran San Jose Sharks center even bristled when asked about it.“I’m just trying to improve my game, to be honest with you,” he said.All that hard work is still paying off.Thornton broke a third-period tie with his 400th goal, Joe Pavelski scored twice and the Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators 5-4 on Tuesday after squandering a three-goal lead.Marcus Sorensen and Antti Suomela also scored to help San Jose win its second straight and fourth in six games. Sorensen had two assists to give him six points (two goals Brian Flynn Jersey Womens , four assists) over his last three games.The 39-year-old Thornton is anchoring a third line that includes Sorensen (26) and Kevin Labanc (22).“I don’t care who I play with, I just want to play and enjoy it and have fun. That’s what you saw tonight,” Thornton said. “That was the purest form of hockey you can have. It was just a bunch of kids playing hockey. Our backs were against the wall, but we came back. It was just a great hockey game.”Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist for the Predators, who dropped to 8-1-1 on the road. They lead the NHL with 27 points.Craig Smith added a goal and an assist for Nashville, which scored four straight times after trailing 3-0. Rocco Grimaldi’s breakaway goal at 2:43 of the third gave the Predators a 4-3 lead.“It was a bad start. That’s the only way to describe it,” Smith said. “We gave them everything they got. In the second period we did to them what they did to us. It’s unacceptable how we started. I’d rather not start 0-3.”Pavelski tied it with his second goal, 13 seconds before Thornton put the Sharks ahead 5-4 at 13:18 of the third.“It was an interesting game,” San Jose coach Pete DeBoer said. “I’m sure I’ve been a part of a game like that, but I don’t remember it and probably don’t care to remember it. The good thing is we came out on the right side.”Nashville had a six-game point streak snapped.“The first period, I mean, nothing else can be said about our first period. It was abysmal. It was really bad,” Grimaldi said. “Without Juice (Juuse Saros) back there, it probably would have been four or five to nothing after one. Instead, it was three, he gave us a chance Carolina Hurricanes T-Shirts Womens , and we came back after the first and we knew that was not acceptable for the best team in the league, let alone a middle of the pack team in the league. We came out and showed why we are on top right now. We had a great second and a great third, and just because of that first period it ended up biting us in the end.”NOTES: Predators C Calle Jarnkrok (lower body) didn’t play and is day to day. Grimaldi took his spot in the lineup. … Sharks D Erik Karlsson and C Tomas Hertl both reached milestones on Pavelski’s first-period goal. Karlsson’s assist was his 400th, and Hertl’s his 100th. Hertl left in the second period with a lower-body injury. … San Jose held the Predators scoreless on three power plays. The Sharks have allowed only two goals on 42 power plays over their last 15 games going back to Oct. 11. … The Sharks have given up three or more goals in 10 of their past 11 games.UP NEXTPredators: Conclude a five-game road trip Thursday at Arizona.Sharks: Host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. LAS VEGAS (AP) The Vegas Golden Knights have done an excellent job of not looking too far ahead in their inaugural season.It has served them well during their amazing run as an expansion team, all the way to the top of the NHL standings.After Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens, the Golden Knights lead the NHL with 82 points.Article continues below ...According to the league, Vegas is the first expansion team in its inaugural season to hold the outright lead in the standings this late into a season – 58 games played – besting the 1967-68 Kings, who led the league through 19 games on Nov. 24, 1967.But as veteran goalkeeper and three-time Stanley Cup winner Marc-Andre Fleury said, there is a point in the season every team is either trying to get into the playoffs or stay positioned where they are for the postseason.”Right now, we’re in good shape,” Fleury said. ”We are aware where we are, but we can’t just sit back. We have to keep chasing those points night after night.”The cliche of ”one game at a time” has transitioned into playing with a sense of urgency with seven weeks left in the regular season.Four games into a seven-game homestand, Vegas has won three straight since losing to Philadelphia on Feb. 11. The Golden Knights responded with wins over Chicago, Edmonton, and the Canadiens Christian Folin Jersey Womens , outscoring the three by a combined 15-6.”We’re in a good spot right now, we’re happy where we are, but we’re a team that’s always going to have something to prove,” defenseman Brayden McNabb said.”I think everyone probably watches the standings, a little more closer in the West than the East. It’s one thing about having a lot of points early and being in first place in the West.”It’s a little different with this group, we all have something to prove still. We’re an expansion team, no one ever thought we’d be here, where we are right now.”Nevertheless, McNabb said coach Gerard Gallant has done a good job of keeping his players focused, ensuring they’re performing their best each game.”The whole point of taking it day by day is you’re not focused on the big picture and I feel like that’s a good approach for our team to have,” defenseman Shea Theodore said.”You can’t look too far ahead, it’s just kind of how we’re rolling and we’re doing a good job with that. I feel like we’ve done a good job of showing the league we’re for real.”Even team owner Bill Foley has gotten in on the act of not looking too far ahead. After Saturday night’s win, Foley expressed concern over Theodore’s recent throat infection that kept him out of the lineup, he spoke about Pierre-Edouard Bellemare getting injured during the game and said while he is happy with his team’s success it’s important not to become complacent.”But it is fun, it’s great,” Foley said. ”One thing we did when we did the expansion draft David Perron Jersey Womens , it was a lot of hard work, and we put a lot of planning into it. We had five mock draft sessions in the expansion draft. We knew other teams as well or better than they knew themselves. So, we knew what we were getting. And (general manager) George (McPhee) did a phenomenal job in making some key deals. The result is what we have.”We have guys that have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder and they want to play hard, and they really play hard against their former teams.”With Saturday’s win over one of the NHL’s Original Six teams, Vegas improved to 22-4-2 at T-Mobile Arena, matching the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers (22-12-6) for the most home wins by a team in its first season.It doesn’t get any easier for Vegas, which is 14-1-1 against Pacific Division teams, and faces key games this upcoming week against Anaheim on Monday, Calgary on Wednesday and Vancouver on Friday.”The schedule is going to be tough with a lot of games coming up,” Fleury said. ”We gotta find a way to be consistent all those nights and keep fighting. We still gotta focus playing one game at a time. You don’t want to think too far down the road. Every game is important.”Veteran defenseman Deryk Engelland agreed.”We’ve been doing a good job all year of taking it one game at a time and treating every game as a must win. It’s a tight division, it’s a tight conference and we just have to take it one game at a time.”Come April 8, we can maybe gear up from there, but from now `til then it’s one game at time and get ready for the next one.”—