Will Smith propels Sharks to comeback win after ‘ugly start' vs. Canucks

Two periods into the Sharks’ home tilt against the Vancouver Canucks, it appeared San Jose’s recent struggles were due to continue. Then Will Smith happened. With San Jose trailing 2-0 entering the final 20 minutes of play, the Sharks’ 21-year-old center scored twice in a three-minute span to tie the game before Mason Marchment’s goal just seconds later provided the winning margin in a 3-2 Sharks victory at SAP Center. “It was a team effort,” Smith said of the win. “It was ugly to start…but we came through and got it done.” After a shutout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, San Jose’s offensive struggles persisted through the first 40 minutes against Vancouver on Thursday. Then, during the second intermission, the locker room readjusted. “I think we all just said, ‘Go out there and have fun,’” Smith told NBC Sports California s Tara Slone when asked when the Sharks’ “switch” flipped. “We’re [with] our home crowd, we were on the road for a while and we’re back