SAN JOSE — When referees turned the game into a power-play shootout, the San Jose Sharks pulled out a rocket-launcher while the Vancouver Canucks tried a Nerf gun. Even David couldn’t have defeated Goliath with that firepower.

The Sharks got two goals from their power play and another from the National Hockey League’s command centre in Toronto and beat the Canucks 3-2 on Friday to halt Vancouver’s winning streak at one game.

The Canucks haven’t counted to two straight wins since Oct. 19.

That they lost by only one goal Friday is indicative of how much better Vancouver was at even strength in a game when shot attempts were 65-43 for the Canucks.

The struggling team has lost a bunch of games this season on special teams, but it’s usually the penalty killing that sinks the Canucks, not th

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