SAN JOSE Petr Mrazek Jersey Womens , Calif. (AP) ¡ª Burns was honored in a pregame ceremony for skating in his 1,000th career game two weeks earlier.After being led on to the ice through a giant Sharks head by his son Jagger, he received several gifts, including a fossilized megalodon tooth and two gemsbok antelope for his ranch in Texas.Burns then celebrated by scoring his fourth game-winning goal to help San Jose beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 for its sixth straight win Saturday night.¡°I can¡¯t say enough about the whole Sharks organization, and (GM) Doug (Wilson), what they did for my family,¡± Burns said. ¡°Letting Jags come out of the Sharks head, that¡¯s one of the best moments of my life and his life. To share that, it¡¯s just ¡ª everything they do is first class and really special.¡±San Jose fans should be very happy considering the Sharks have also won five straight at home and are riding an 8-1-0 streak in their last nine contests.San Jose goalie Martin Jones, who has allowed two or fewer goals in four straight starts, made 27 saves. Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks, who own the second-best home record this season at 16-4-4¡°It was a tough scheduled game for us Jordan Schroeder Jersey Womens , I think five in eight nights and (after) an emotional game in Vegas,¡± San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. ¡°They played hard, they played with a lot of structure. They make it hard to get through the neutral zone. So, this was a game we had to really gut it out a little bit. And I thought we found a way.¡±It was also an emotional night for Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson, as he faced the Senators for the second time this season after being traded from Ottawa just before training camp opened in September.¡°It¡¯s still weird, it¡¯s probably gonna be weird for as long as I play somewhere else, but that¡¯s the way it is,¡± Karlsson said. ¡°The boys in here were tired today and we did what we had to do to get away with a ¡®W¡¯ and that¡¯s what it¡¯s all about. It wasn¡¯t a pretty game and at the end of the day the two points were huge for us.¡±With the win, the Sharks remained one point back of first-place Calgary in the Pacific Division, and a point ahead of Vegas, which beat Chicago 4-3 earlier in the night. San Jose defeated the Golden Knights in Vegas on Thursday.Since the start of December, the Sharks have scored 87 goals, second only behind Tampa Bay Matt Calvert Jersey Womens , which has scored 88.Leading 1-0 from Pavelski¡¯s second-period goal ¡ª his team-leading 26th on the season ¡ª Burns made it 2-0 at 6:17 of the third when he sent a wrist shot to the net that went off Ottawa¡¯s Christian Jaros and past Ottawa goaltender Anders Nilsson, who stopped 28 shots.Jones¡¯ bid for his 21st career shutout ended 27 seconds later when Ryan Dzingel took Bobby Ryan¡¯s no-look backhand feed and sniped a wrist shot top shelf.Thornton pushed the lead back to two goals with 4:17 left in the game, when he redirected a shot that started at the top from Burns and bounced off Timo Meier.¡°We gave ourselves a chance as long as we could,¡± said Ottawa coach Guy Boucher, whose Senators dropped to 6-15-1 on the road this season. ¡°The Sharks are the team of the hour and they are stacked. To be able to hang in there with them was a positive for us. We got enough looks and opportunities, but I think we could have done more in front of their goaltender to deserve what they got.¡±NOTES: Ottawa¡¯s Dylan DeMelo and Chris Tierney returned to San Jose for the first time since joining the Senators in the trade involving Erik Karlsson. ¡­ Justin Braun returned to the lineup for the first time since being place on inured reserve on Jan. 5. ¡­ Joe Thornton is one game shy of his 1,000th as a Shark. ¡­ Darren Archibald, who was acquired on Jan. 2 in the same trade that brought Nilsson over from Vancouver, made his Senators debut in place of Colin White, who sustained a left shoulder injury against the Kings. ¡­ San Jose F Joonas Donskoi took a hard hit in the first period, didn¡¯t play a shift over the last two periods and was being evaluated for an undisclosed injury.UP NEXTSenators: Host Colorado on Wednesday.Sharks: Host Pittsburgh on Tuesday. PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins can admit it now. The regular season is kind of a drag.Being the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions creates a target on your back that¡¯s impossible to shake. An NHL-high 19 back-to-backs left them spent. A sluggish first half forced them to focus.No matter. The Penguins survived. And now they¡¯re heading to the playoffs with momentum and home-ice advantage in the opening round. A legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup three-peat awaits.Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel banked in goals off Craig Anderson minutes apart in the second period, Casey DeSmith stopped 34 shots and the Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Friday night to clinch second place in the Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh will begin its quest to become the first team in 35 years to win three consecutive Cups at home next week against Columbus, New Jersey or Philadelphia.¡±I think down the stretch we had to play in some big games Cale Makar Jersey Womens ,¡± said Crosby, who played in all 82 games for the first time in his career. ¡±I think that mentality and things like that prepare you for the playoffs. I think we did a good job, won some close games and got some important points.¡±Phil Kessel got his 34th goal and Patric Hornqvist pushed his career-high to 29 when he beat Anderson late in the third period for the Penguins, who reached the 100-point plateau for the third straight year and ninth time in 11 seasons.Not bad for a team that found itself in 10th place in the Eastern Conference in early January.¡±This has been a challenging year for us in a lot of ways,¡± Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. ¡±What I love about this group is when the stakes get high, we play at our best.¡±Anderson finished with 19 saves but was beaten twice from behind the goal line in the second period as the Senators lost for the ninth time in 11 games.Crosby was standing just off the right post when he fired a shot that smacked off Anderson¡¯s left pad and into the net 1:25 into the second period. The move is becoming a signature for the two-time MVP.¡±Unfortunate, but we¡¯ve seen him do that before,¡± Ottawa defenseman Cody Ceci said. ¡±He¡¯s a skilled player and can make that play from behind the net.¡±Guentzel scored from nearly the same spot just over six minutes later, flicking a rebound off the end boards that hit Anderson¡¯s left leg and skittered in for his 22nd of the season.That was more than enough for DeSmith, given the start a night after top goaltender Matt Murray played in a draining overtime victory over the Blue Jackets. DeSmith was sharp throughout while picking up his first career shutout, and by the time Kessel took a slick feed from Riley Sheahan and fired it into the open net 6:55 into the third the Penguins could turn their attention to the postseason.¡±If we can play that kind of defense in the playoffs, we¡¯ll win a lot of games,¡± DeSmith said. ¡±Hopefully it carries over.¡±Ottawa and Pittsburgh met in the Eastern Conference finals 10 months ago Riley Nash Jersey Womens , with the Penguins winning on an overtime goal in Game 7 before going on to beat Nashville for the franchise¡¯s fifth Cup. The Senators hoped it would be a springboard to becoming perennial contenders. Instead they will miss the postseason for the third time in five years.¡±¡±It¡¯s tough right now with the guys we¡¯re missing, but it just allows other guys to step up and fill in,¡± Ceci said. ¡±It¡¯s a great opportunity for them.¡±While Ottawa will head home for the spring and summer this weekend, the Penguins will take aim at history now that the long six-month slog of the regular season is behind them.¡±We¡¯re looking forward to the fun part of the season,¡± defenseman Justin Schultz said. ¡±We¡¯re ready to make another run at it.¡±NOTES: Both the Senators and Penguins wore a butterfly decal with the initials ¡±JP¡± on the back of their helmets to honor an Ottawa-area teen and longtime Senators fan who died this week due to a rare and debilitating skin condition. Jonathan Pitre, 17, was nicknamed ¡±¡±Butterfly Boy¡± and developed a close relationship with the team after sharing his battle with epidermolysis bullosa. ¡­ Kessel played in all 82 games this season and has played in 692 consecutive games, the third-longest active ironman streak in the league. ¡­ The victory was head coach Mike Sullivan¡¯s 200th in the NHL. ¡­ The Penguins finished the regular season 68 for 260 on the power play (26.2 percent). The percentage was the best in franchise history, passing the 26.0 percent mark set in 1995-96.UP NEXTSenators: Finish up the season in Boston on Saturday.Penguins: The first round of the playoffs next week. Pittsburgh has won at least one playoff series in four of the last five seasons.¡ª