Alex Nedeljkovic, surging Sharks fight past Panthers

Alex Nedeljkovic made 36 saves and had his second career fight in a 4-1 win for the San Jose Sharks against the Florida Panthers on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.

Will Smith, Vincent Desharnais, Mario Ferraro and Barclay Goodrow scored for the Sharks, who are 8-3-0 in their past 11 games. Igor Chernyshov and Michael Misa each had two assists.

Eetu Luostarinen scored and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots for the Panthers, who had won three of four.

Smith opened the scoring 50 seconds into the second period.