SAN JOSE — Vesa Toskala stopped 23 shots for his third shutout this season, and Joe Pavelski scored for the fifth time in nine games to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night.

Milan Michalek, Steve Bernier and Curtis Brown also scored for the Sharks, who beat Phoenix at home for the first time in nearly three years.

Toskala made a handful of acrobatic stops to record his seventh career shutout and help the Sharks win at home for the seventh time in eight games.

The Coyotes, who had won two of three on the road, fell to 3-11 away from the desert.

Pavelski, who helped Wisconsin win the NCAA title last season, had a goal in his NHL debut on Nov. 22 and four in his first five games. He’s earned at least a point in six of nine games.

Phoenix, next-to-last in the NHL in penalty kills, got through the Sharks’ first two-man advantage but not the second.

Jeremy Roenick took a double minor for high-sticking Josh Gorges in front of the Sharks bench, and Zbynek Michalek — Milan’s older brother — was called for hooking less than two minutes later.

Curtis Joseph, unbeaten in six games against the Sharks last season, turned back a flurry of shots until Joe Thornton’s quick pass opened the net for Michalek’s 10th goal, a shot from the top of the crease with 1:29 left in the first period.

Thornton, who registered three assists, has a goal and seven assists in three games.

The Sharks made it 2-0 late in the second period. Taking advantage of an odd-man rush, Patrick Marleau drew coverage along the right boards and flipped a backward pass to Bernier in the slot, who sent the puck into the upper left corner of the net just moments before tripping over a teammate and sliding into the boards.

Pavelski redirected Thornton’s slap shot past Joseph on a power play to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead with 2:19 left in the second period.

Brown scored just over four minutes into the third period. Thornton used the back of the net to bounce a pass to Brown, who flipped it into the upper right corner of the net.