Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Radim Vrbata scored both goals, Mike Smith got
his sixth shutout of the season and the Phoenix Coyotes jumped to No. 7 in the
Western Conference with a 2-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
Smith made 38 saves for his 17th career shutout and third of the season over
the Sharks.
Phoenix snapped a two-game losing streak and moved from ninth in the standings
to seventh with 89 points -- one more than San Jose and idle Los Angeles.
Antti Niemi gave up both goals on 33 shots for the Sharks, who have lost two
in a row on the heels of a three-game winning streak.
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