The Bruins outshot the Sharks, but it wasn’t enough against Yaroslav Askarov.
The San Jose goalie continued his dominant November with 34 saves as Boston fell 3-1 at SAP Center on Sunday.
The Bruins (13-11-0) will complete their four-game road trip on Wednesday against the Islanders at UBS Arena.
Shakir Mukhamadullin scored the game’s first goal with 4:07 left in the first period.
Macklin Celebrini doubled that edge in the second on an assist from former Boston defenseman Dmitry Orlov with 8:15 left in the second.
To keep the deficit at two, the Bruins killed a 5-on-3 with 1:49 late in the second, giving them momentum headed into the third period.
Morgan Geekie’s 17th goal of the season cut Boston’s deficit to 2-1 just past the midway point of the third. David Pastrnak wheeled counterclockwise around the San Jose net and launched a backhand to Geekie following off the left post.
He with 9:58 left to move back into a tie with Nathan MacKinnon for the NHL goal lead.
But Askarov prevented them from pulling even. Collin Graf scored an empty-netter to seal it.
Jeremy Swayman made 28 stops for the Bruins.
Elias Lindholm played 15:41 over 22 shifts in his first game back from a lower-body injury and skated on both the power play and the penalty kill.
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