Alexander Wennberg assisted on the game-tying goal, then scored the winner at the 2:49 mark of overtime to lead the San Jose Sharks to a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena.

After a Leafs turnover, Wennberg took the puck into the offensive zone and passed it over to William Eklund for a one-timer that goalie Dennis Hildeby stopped. Wennberg went to the front of the net, controlled the puck with his skate, and shot it in for his seventh goal of the season.

The Leafs challenged the play for offside, but Eklund dragged his skate to stay onside — barely – on the 2-on-1 with
Wennberg.

Wennberg finished with a season-high three points, and John Klingberg added two, including the game-tying goal with 1:25 left in regulation time, as the Sharks improved to 2-2-0 on this five-game road trip that ends Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

“I thought they were checking for the kick, but I’m pretty sure I got a stick on it,” Wennberg said. “You score and celebrate, and all of a sudden, you get called back looking for a review. But I’m happy we found a way to win. It’s a tough game, working our way back, and we showed some identity finding a way to win.”

Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 28 saves for the Sharks.

The Sharks trailed 2-0 after allowing goals to Leafs forward Dakota Joshua and Auston Matthews, with Matthews’ power play goal coming at the 14:32 mark of the second period.

Defenseman Dmitry Orlov scored his first goal as a Shark at the 15:31 mark of the second period to cut the Leafs’ lead to 2-1.

With the Sharks pressing and trailing by one, Klingberg took a pass from Macklin Celebrini and fired a shot from inside the blue line that got past a screened Hildeby for his fifth goal of the season.

The Sharks thought they tied the game with 11:06 left in regulation time, as a centering pass from Barclay Goodrow got past Hildeby. But after a Leafs coach’s challenge, it was determined that Adam Gaudette had put himself offside before he passed the puck to Goodrow.

“I thought we shot ourselves in the foot with a couple puck playing mistakes, but for the most part, I liked the way the guys competed,” Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “We worked hard, did a lot of the things that we’ve been talking about, and I thought we were resilient.

“For us to come out here and get two points — it wasn’t looking too good there for a little bit, especially after the offsides — so, credit to the group.”

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