Minutes after Dustin Wolf came in in relief for his first appearance in two weeks, Ryan Huska was asked if his goaltender’s chief goal was to build confidence. 

“He just needs to play,” smiled the Flames coach.

“That’s all it is — get his back up a little bit and just go play. He’s a really good goaltender. He gives us a chance to win every time he’s in the net.”

With Devin Cooley’s five-game heater stopped by an injury that is expected to keep him out week-to-week, Wolf is already making good on his chance to return to form.

Wolf won his second consecutive start Monday in San Jose, stopping 26 of 27 shots in a 2-1 win at a SAP Center rink he’s intimately familiar with.

He’s now 11-2 against the Sharks, which includes going 5-1 in the rink in which his family had season tickets when he was a kid.

“I’ve got a lot of memories in this building as a fan, growing up watching the Sharks for a long time,” said the native of nearby Gilroy, Calif., who had his grandmother, cousins and an aunt and uncle in attendance.

“I didn’t have the start to the year, on a personal level, that I wanted. (Two weeks off) gave me a chance to kind of reset my mind........

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