"Brad Winchester played 19 games for the Anaheim Ducks last season.

But when he rifled a 41-foot shot off the far post and into the back of the net to lead the way to a 3-1 victory for the Sharks over the Ducks at the Honda Center on Wednesday night, he said he wasn't benefiting from any inside knowledge of goalie Jonas Hiller.

"No, I just tried to get a quick shot off," Winchester said of his goal at 16:23 of the second period. "The D-man was closing, and I was able to go far side."

The Sharks were trailing 1-0 at the time, and had they not turned things around, it would have been their fourth loss this season to a Ducks team mired near the bottom of the Western Conference."