of style. And should Ray not play Sunday, hell still be on Toro

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau found the perfect way to celebrate their new contract extensions. Thornton scored his second goal of the game with 1:30 remaining in overtime to lead the San Jose Sharks to their sixth straight win, 3-2 over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Marleau also scored as the two longtime Sharks shined one day after signing three-year deals that will keep them in San Jose through the 2016-17 season. "For me and Patty both to score, its a great night for us," Thornton said. Antti Niemi made 20 saves and Joe Pavelski and Matt Irwin had two assists apiece as the Sharks overcame a 2-0 deficit to get their third six-game winning streak of the season. "Theyre our guys, and we need them when were down," Irwin said. "Jumbo got us to within one and Patty tied it up and obviously Jumbo won it in overtime. Theyre our guys. Its just kind of ironic what happened." Matt Cooke and Keith Ballard scored for the Wild, who built an early lead on the opener of a four-game road trip but still lost for the ninth time in their past 10 trips to San Jose. Darcy Kuemper made 29 saves as Minnesota lost for just the fourth time in 12 games this month. "We got a point against a good team in a tough building to play," Ballard said. "For the most part we played a fairly solid game. We werent the best at times. But we hung in there and even after they got those two quick goals, I thought we responded pretty well. We just couldnt find the time to get the third one tonight." Thornton and Pavelski combined on the game-winning play by causing a turnover at the blue line. Pavelski then fed Thornton, who beat Kuemper with a wrist shot from the top of the circle to end it with his ninth career overtime goal and first since Nov. 26, 2008, against Chicago. Pavelski assisted on both of Thorntons goals in a bit of a role reversal after Thornton helped set up many of his 19 goals in the previous 21 games. "Ive been telling Pav, Youve been scoring too much. Start passing the puck. And he finally listened," Thornton said. "I dont too often, but Pav just made two good plays and luckily I put them in." The Wild struck first on a nifty play by Cooke midway through the first period. Cooke deflected Thorntons cross-ice pass to Brad Stuart in the neutral zone. Cooke then beat Stuart to the loose puck and skated in on Niemi before beating him with a forehand for his eighth goal. They added onto the lead early in the second when Mikael Granlund fed Ballard for a one-timer that beat Niemi. It was Ballards first goal since Oct. 6, 2011, for Vancouver against Pittsburgh, ending a drought of 114 games without a goal. But that was all the Wild would get as they managed just 12 shots in the final 39-plus minutes. They spent much of the game on the defensive as they won just 18 of 59 faceoffs. "We lost the extra point because of the face-off circle tonight," coach Mike Yeo said. "We spent the entire night chasing and its inevitable that they will put you on your heels and give them some momentum. We never started with the puck. That was the big story." Minnesota dominated the opening half of the second period, limiting San Jose to one shot in the first 11-plus minutes before Thornton and Marleau delivered a day after getting their new contracts. Thornton struck first when Pavelski fed him for a one-timer that he knocked past Kuemper on a knuckler. Just 49 seconds later, Marleau scored his 22nd of the season when Tommy Wingels fanned on the original shot but still managed to get the puck to Marleau, who deflected it past Kuemper to tie the game. NOTES: Thornton has 40 career multigoal games. ... Minnesota F Jason Pominville got his 500th career point with an assist on Ballards goal. ... 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Im planning right now on Trevor playing but its not out of the realm of possibility (Ray) could play. Hed have to essentially get cleared and then come and say, Listen, youve got to play me, Ive got to be in there. Theres a lot of stuff that has to take place before that can happen. Toronto (7-10) remains in playoff contention but doesnt control its destiny. The Argos must beat expansion Ottawa (2-15), then have Montreal (9-8) defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (8-9) on Saturday afternoon to secure second and host either B.C. or Saskatchewan in the East Division semifinal Nov. 16. Hamilton would clinch second place by beating Montreal and could take first place — and home field for the East final Nov. 23 — if that victory was by eight points or more. Ray, 35, has made all 17 regular-season starts and leads the CFL in attempts (620), completions (425), passing yards (4,595), TDs (28) and completion percentage (68.5). Toronto leads the league in passing yards (4,767), touchdowns (29) and efficiency rating (95.3). Ray, in his 12th CFL season, has 15 interceptions — tied with B.C.s Kevin Glenn for second-most. But Torontos receiving corps has been plagued by injuries this season to veterans Andre Durie, Jason Barnes, Chad Owens and John Chiles as well as promising rookie slotback Anthony Coombs. The possibility of not having (Ray) this week is big ... hes our leader, Owens said. If Ricky cant go, Im really excited to watch Trevor Harris play a full football game. Hes a competitor, a hard worker on and off the field. He comes to work every day and prepares like hes playing. I know if hes going to get his opportunity hell be ready and well be right there to have his back. Harris, 28, is completing his third CFL campaign, all with Toronto. After spending his first two seasons as the No. 3 quarterback, Harris was promoted to Rays backup after Zach Collaros signed as a free agent with Hamilton this off-season. Harris has played sparingly this season, completing 16 of 24 passes for 168 yards. Over his CFL career, the former Edinboro University star is 33 of 58 passing (56.9 per cent) for 424 yards with one TD. He has also rushed five times for 20 yards. Harris replaced the injured Ray late in Sundays game, completing one of four passes for eight yards. I thought he was poised, Milanovich said. I liked the look in his eye. A coach can understand theres a look in a quarterbacks eye when they go into a gamme, particularly a meaningful game, where you can tell if theyre with you or if their nerves are there.dddddddddddd I thought Trevor was in a good mindset, which is encouraging for Friday night. Harris, a six-foot-three 209-pound native of Waldo, Ohio, said his preparation this week wont differ from what it has been since joining the Argos. Youve got to prepare every week as if youre the starter, he said. As cliche as that sounds, as a quarterback thats really what you have to do and your job is to be ready at any time. But youd be lying to say theres not a little more sense of urgency, theres not a little more antsiness to get excited that theres a possibility you could play. Harris enjoyed a productive career at Edinboro (2006-09), amassing 11,899 passing yards and 100 TD passes. In his final collegiate game, Harris completed 50 of 70 passes for a Division II playoff-record 630 yards and five TDs while running for two more in a wild 84-63 playoff loss to West Liberty. Harris has spent three years learning from Ray, a three-time Grey Cup champion and one of the most accurate passers in CFL history (67.6 career passing percentage). Last year, he watched Collaros go 5-2 as Torontos starter replacing an injured Ray. Every quarterback is different, every situation is different, Milanovich said. I just want him to play within himself. (Harris) has got to play the game the way he feels comfortable and we need to give him an opportunity and give him things that hes comfortable doing. I want him to play aggressive, smart football. Harris agrees. Theres no different mindset, no different approach, he said. Im just going to stay within the offence and do what I do. Ricky and I are pretty much the same style of player. Im not ever claiming to be Ricky Ray, hes a Hall of Famer, we just kind of have the same sort of style. And should Ray not play Sunday, hell still be on Torontos sidelines. When you have a Hall of Famer right by your side thats done this a few times, Im probably going to be picking his brain, Harris said. You learn from Ricky by watching him. What you see on the field is his personality in life. He never gets too excited. I swear if you told him you won $5 million hed be like, Oh, cool. Thats just him. Milanovich said Torontos psyche remains solid despite Sundays disappointing loss. I think were fine, he said. It was disappointing going into the fourth quarter with a touchdown lead and not being able to finish it but there were some positives we can take out of it too. Thats the hottest team in the league and we had an opportunity to win the game. We didnt and weve got to forget about it and understand our season isnt over, that we have to take care of our business Friday night and see where it goes from there. Toronto also lost cornerback Vincent Agnew (Achilles) and defensive lineman Marcus Thomas (foot) to season-ending injuries Sunday. On Tuesday, the Argos released receiver/kick-returner LaVon Brazill. ' ' '