Joseph ties Plante in Coyotes' 8-0 win

Curtis Joseph stopped 40 shots for his 437th win, tying Jacques Plante for fifth on the career victories list, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 8-0 on Saturday night.

Joseph, making his second consecutive start after sitting out four of the previous five, made 19 saves in the first period en route to his 48th career shutout.

Jeremy Roenick, who entered the night with one goal in 31 games, recorded a hat trick for the Coyotes, 8-2-1 in their last 11 home games. Shane Doan had a goal and four assists.

Zbynek Michalek and Ladislav Nagy each added a goal and an assist, and Mike Comrie and Travis Roche also scored for Phoenix, which beat San Jose for the second time in three nights.

Phoenix finished December 6-5-2, its second straight non-losing month after beginning the season 3-9-0.

The Sharks have lost four of five.

Roenick gave Phoenix a 1-0 lead 3:18 into the game, taking the puck from Kyle McLaren in the San Jose zone and beating Evgeni Nabokov on a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle.

Michalek made it 2-0 at 12:54 of the first on a hard shot from the inside of the right circle and Doan extended the lead to 3-0 at 15:11 when he beat Nabokov with a backhander from the bottom of the left circle after a scrum in front of the net.

Vesa Toskala replaced Nabokov, who allowed three goals on six shots, but Phoenix kept rolling in the second period.

Roche scored on a one-timer from between the circles at 8:04 of the second for a 4-0 Coyotes lead. Nagy made it 5-0 at 12:24 when he took a pass from Doan and slid the puck into the open right side of the net for his 100th career goal.

Comrie added a power-play goal at 15:54 of the third period, beating Toskala on a rebound off Michalek's shot from the point.

Roenick got his second goal, his 400th in two stints with the Coyotes, with 5:08 to go when he rifled a wrist shot past Toskala from the middle of the right circle. He added his third with 1:30 to go.

Notes:@ Sharks coach Ron Wilson was ejected from the game with 4:17 left in the second period after arguing an interference penalty against Joe Thornton. Thornton guided Oleg Saprykin into the open door on the Coyotes bench, earning the initial penalty. Wilson first earned a bench minor for yelling at referee Mick McGeough and was handed a game misconduct moments later. ... After recording 19 shots on goal in the first period, San Jose didn't get its first of the second period until 8:10 remained. ... Oleg Saprykin and Mike Grier each were handed misconduct penalties with 9:12 remaining, ending their nights.