Timo Meier scored a franchise-record five goals to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6–2 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Monday afternoon. Meier scored three goals in the first period and two more in the second to break the previous record of four goals shared by Owen Nolan, Tomas Hertl, Patrick Marleau, and Evander Kane. Hertl had four assists, Erik Karlsson added three assists, Rudolfs Balcers provided a goal and James Reimer made 39 saves for San Jose. Te Sharks scored a total of one goal in their previous two games, both losses (0-1-1). Anze Kopitar and Mikey Anderson scored and Jonathan Quick made 11 saves for the Kings, who had won four in a row and six of seven. Avalanche 4, Wild 3 (OT) Mikko Rantanen scored the only goal in the shootout and had a goal and an assist in regulation, Nathan MacKinnon had …