NHL Monday: Visiting Blue Jackets put up 6 spot on Bruins

San Jose needed this win, especially against a Blues team that had won its last five games coming into Monday’s matchup with a 7-2-1 record in its last 10. The Sharks took the St. Louis crowd out early with three goals in the opening 13 minutes of the game and the rest was theirs.

The victory keeps the Sharks afloat -- pun possibly intended -- in the race for first place in the Pacific Division. It’s looking like it’ll be a dog fight to the very end, with three points separating the three teams and all having 24 games left to play in the season.