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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The San Jose Sharks are off to a strong start in their quest to return to the Stanley Cup Final.Mikkel Boedker and Joel Ward scored for an early lead and Patrick Marleau had an empty-net power-play goal, leading the Sharks over the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday night.Martin Jones made 26 saves for San Jose, which beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in its season opener Wednesday.Boedkers goal was his first with the Sharks.It was nice to score and help a team get the lead and all that, said Boedker, who joined the Sharks as a free agent after stints with Colorado and Arizona. That was definitely a good one to get out of way.Zach Werenski and Josh Anderson each got their first goal for Columbus, which has lost its first two games this season.Boedker scored 9:22 into the first period when a dump-in play by Logan Couture led to a tricky rebound off goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The puck was deflected to Boedker, who buried it over Bobrovskys left shoulder.Brenden Dillon and Couture were both credited with assists.Just over five minutes later, a pass from the corner by Brent Burns found Ward in front of the net, and he sneaked the puck under Bobrovskys right pad. Chris Tierney also earned an assist.I had a feeling (Burns) was going to swing it across, Ward said. He was going to shoot on net, so I figured it was best to play the angle where the goalie was, or he was going to throw it across. I just tried to sneak my way in the back door.Bobrovsky made 35 saves and kept the game within reach.Bobrovsky was excellent, Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. We had real quality opportunities to extend the lead and didnt. When you let a team hang around like that, youre fighting for your life down the stretch.Rookie Werenski got the Jackets on the board 3:44 into the second period on a power play. It was the first goal of Werenskis three-day-old NHL career, with assists from Alexander Wennberg and Cam Atkinson.Zach is a guy you can see, especially tonight, how he can control the game with the puck, said Columbus coach John Tortorella. We have a lot of teaching to do with him without the puck. Thats our job as coaches. The God-given ability he has, its at a different level than a lot of players at this league.Brandon Dubinsky went off for tripping at 2:08, and the Jackets pulled Bobrovsky at 1:20, but Marleau slammed the door with his empty-netter with 33 seconds left.Anderson scored with 23 seconds left.Game notes Columbus Ryan Murray, injured while blocking a shot in the season-opening loss to the Bruins, missed his first game after playing 85 consecutive games. ... Gregory Campbell was suspended by the Blue Jackets after refusing to report to the minor league Cleveland Monsters, reported The Columbus Dispatch. ... 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JACKSON, Miss. -- Patton Kizzire hopes to keep a promising start to the season going at a course where hes had recent success.The 30-year-old Kizzire is coming off a second-place finish at the Safeway Open in California two weeks ago and returns this week to the Sanderson Farms Championship, where he finished fourth a year ago.Kizzire -- who grew up in nearby Tuscaloosa, Alabama -- says one reason he feels so comfortable at the Country Club of Jackson is that it brings back some nostalgia.I grew up playing Bermuda greens and Bermuda rough in a country club-type setting like this, so it feels like it did when I was a kid, Kizzire said.He hopes the good feelings can help him break through and claim his first PGA Tour win. He finished 82nd in the FedExCup standings last season as a rookie and had five top-10 finishes.He followed that up with the second place finish in Napa, California, earlier this month. He had a one-shot lead going into the final round but shot a disappointing 70 on Sunday to finish second behind Brendan Steele.Kizzire believes hes close to ending one of these tournaments on top. He had multiple top-five finishes on the Web.com Tour in 2015 before persevering and finally getting his first victory.I imagine its kind of the same deal herre, Kizzire said.ddddddddddddizzire and the rest of the Sanderson Farms field will encounter a much different challenge in Jackson this week than it did a year ago, when the course was soaked from constant heavy rain.Its been very dry in central Mississippi over the past few months, and unseasonably warm and dry conditions are forecast throughout the tournament.Its ideal, Kizzire said. Its just the way we like it to play -- firm, fast and in great shape.David Toms -- a 13-time PGA Tour winner who is a fan favorite in Jackson because hes from nearby Louisiana -- said the dry conditions wont necessarily lead to lower scores.We played lift, clean and place last year, so now around the greens and on some of the fairways, youre not able to put the ball in hand, which can obviously be a big advantage sometimes, Toms said.Seven former Sanderson Farms winners are in the field, including Peter Malnati, Nick Taylor, Scott Stallings, Chris Kirk, Will MacKenzie, D.J. Trahan and Heath Slocum.Malnati won last years tournament on a Monday after constant rain forced the tournament to the extra day. He ended the season 57th in the FedExCup. ' ' '