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The Mercury News
The Mercury News
The Sharks got back to their blue-collar identity on Tuesday to help earn an impressive — and feisty — win over the host Minnesota Wild. Timo Meier, Logan Couture and Rudolfs Balcers each had two points and goalie James Reimer had 26 saves as the Sharks took an early lead and picked up a 4-1 victory over the Wild at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Erik Karlsson scored a critical 4-on-4 goal at the 9:32 mark of the second period with a huge blast from the top of the circle that beat Wild goalie Cam Talbot. Minnesota had been pressing for the equalizer after Joel Eriksson Ek had scored…