The Sharks hit the road for the first time this season, starting with a stop in Dallas on Tuesday night. Having won their fist three games to start the season, Dallas looked to extend their winning ways against a team still learning how to compete in the NHL. San Jose played a controlled game, extending a 2-2 tie to overtime and eventually a shootout before dropping the game in the skills competition.

The difference between this loss and the bushel of disappointment last season, was that the Sharks played competitive hockey that setup a chance to take two points. They are still steps away from being truly competitive, but this wasn't a mugging by a team that many consider a Stanley Cup contender in the Stars.

Defensive accountability seems to be the order of the day, and San Jose looks so close to cracking the win column. They just allowed a much stronger team to counter a pair of Sharks goals right away. The stronger team puts the clamps on their opponent.

The Sharks penalty killers were forced to flex their skills midway through the first period when an errant Barclay Goodrow stick caught Logan Stankoven up high drawing a 4-minute double minor. Those killers kept things simple and erased the lengthy Stars advantage with solid positioning and a matter of fact approach to addressing the situation.

Mackenzie Blackwood play was night and day from his opening night loss to the St Louis Blues. Blackwood was perfect in the opening period, stopping all 11 shots he faced. Jake Oettinger was similarly sharp, stopping all 9 Shark shots that he faced in the opening 20 minutes.

Tyler Toffoli helped San Jose snap a Dallas franchise streak of leading or playing tied t to start a season. Dallas had gone 10 straight periods without trailing an opponent before Toffoli collected the puck and skating on the left side of a 2-on-1 break. The Sharks centerman than snapped a 25-foot shot to beat Oettinger for his 2nd goal of the season.

The goal also snapped a 5-period scoreless streak for San Jose.

Blackwood denied Esa Lindell who had a solid look from 15 feet out at the 11 minute mark. The Sharks goaltender was able to get his blocker on the chest high shot.

The Sharks netminder wouldn't have a rabbit to pull out of his hat a minute later when Matt Duchene buried a Mason Marchment feed. Duchene cut towards the net just outside the left post before tapping home Marchment's diagonal feed from the right wing boards.

San Jose reclaimed the lead at 15:12 when former Stars forward Ty Dellandrea cleaned up on a breakaway chance by Nico Sturm. Sturm blew past Oettinger after putting a shot on goal from in tight, but the Stars netminder lost sight of the puck. Dellandrea swooped in and chipped home the rebound for his 1st goal as a Shark.

Dallas answered 2 minutes later when Roope Hintz fired a shot past Blackwood from the high slot after taking a lateral pass from Jason Robertson.

The Sharks were handed a grand opportunity to open the 3rd period when Nils Lundkvist took a tripping penalty 58 seconds into the period, then Colin Blackwell was sent off for slashing 24 seconds later.

San Jose spent the majority of the 2-man advantage trying to gain the Stars zone and control the puck once they were able to get it in the offensive third of the ice. That amounted to nothing to keep the game square at 2-2.

Luke Kunin missed on a golden chance at 9:15 when a loose puck found it's way to him in the slot. The Sharks forward tried to snap a shot to the left of Oettinger but put the puck wide of the left post.

Blackwood stoned Evgeni Dadonov on a breakaway chance with 6:50 to play. Dadonov walked in on net before snapping a shot from 18 feet, but Blackwood gloved the scoring chance.

Both teams played a conservative overtime. Klim Kostin was whistled for a questionable interference penalty with 43.3 seconds left in overtime, but the Sharks stayed perfect on the penalty kill, denying all four chances in the contest.

In the shootout the Stars buried a pair of chances when Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston burying shots. Will Smith missed on his first NHL shootout attempt, but Mikael Granlund extended things to the 3rd round with a goal.

Game Notes:

* William Eklund played in his 100th career NHL game.

* Barclay Goodrow, Eklund and Tyler Toffoli each had 4 shots to lead San Jose. Logan Stankoven recorded 5 shots on goal for Dallas.

* Mackenzie Blackwood deserved better than the overtime loss. He bounced back from his rough opening night loss to make 36 saves on 38 shots.

* The Sharks out-hit the Stars 33-19. They continued to struggle in the faceoff circle winning only 27 of 57 draws (47%). Will Smith was 0-for-6 from the dot.

* Codi Ceci led all Sharks with 24:34 of ice time. Ceci also saw time on the lead threesome to start overtime. Ceci was a -1 with a pair of shots, 3 hits and 2 blocked shots.