SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When Logan Couture limped off the ice in the middle of a tied game San Jose desperately needed to win, it looked as if he was taking the Sharks playoffs hopes with him. Instead Couture managed to make it back out on the ice to give his team an emotional spark and topped that by scoring the overtime game-winner that got the Sharks back into their second-round series against Los Angeles with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 on Saturday night. Its just the latest big moment for a young player who has emerged as a leader and perhaps the top player on a Sharks team looking to make a deep playoff run. "Logan is a huge, huge part of our team," coach Todd McLellan said Saturday. "This is his coming out party. Nationally people have probably started talking about him. But weve known Logan like this for a long time." With two days off before Game 4 at home on Tuesday night when San Jose will look to tie the series at 2, Couture and his teammates mostly stayed off the ice Sunday to rest up and heal their wounds. Couture got hurt early in the second period when he stepped on a puck with his left skate after a check from Jeff Carter and slammed awkwardly into the boards. He limped off the ice favouring his left leg and went straight to the Sharks dressing room as a hush came over the crowd. San Jose survived the next 15 minutes of game action without Couture or forward Marty Havlat, who left after aggravating a lower-body injury in the first period, by juggling their lines. Couture says hes good to go for Game 4 Tuesday night in San Jose but coach McLellan ruled out Havlat. Centre Adam Burish, who has been ruled out for the whole series versus the Kings, says hes day-to-day and hopes to get into the lineup before the end of the series. "Its playoffs. Everyone plays through injuries," Couture said. "The four years Ive been here, I seen guys play through a lot of injuries. Stanley Cup is what youre playing for. Whatever it takes." Couture showed few signs of the injury in the third period and got the second most ice time of any San Jose forward after returning to the game. The return paid off on the power play early in the overtime when he set up in the slot and took a pass from Patrick Marleau before beating Jonathan Quick with a wrist shot for his fourth goal of the post-season and first ever playoff overtime goal. "Its a feeling that really cant be described," he said. "Its one of the best feelings in the game of hockey. Thats for sure." The game-winner was a bit of retribution for Couture, whose failure to clear a puck while killing a 5-on-3 advantage in the closing minutes of Game 2 led to Los Angeles tying goal in a game the Kings would eventually win. "I dont think about it like that," Couture said. "I just think about it as different games, different plays. I made a play in Game 2 that I shouldnt have made. I should have got the puck out. I didnt. Nothing I can change about that now. So move forward and scored in Game 3." That was a rare mistake for the 24-year-old Couture who is emerging this post-season as the face of a franchise long dominated by gold medal winning stars Joe Thornton and Marleau. A first-round pick in 2007, Couture made his first impact as a late-season call-up who scored four playoff goals in the run to the conference finals in 2010. Couture was tied for the team lead in playoff goals the following year with seven and has been the Sharks top goal-scorer the past two years. "As far as Logan goes, I just think hes getting recognized more for what hes doing," defenceman Dan Boyle said. "Hes been a huge part of this team since he got here with Patty and Joe getting a lot of the headlines. I think hes been one of the go-to guys since he got here. Hes just being a little more recognized now. ... 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