In a season of disappointments for Vancouver Canucks fans, add last night’s game to the list. Things started out so promising, with the home team getting on the board 1:15 into the game. It looked like the team might give the home fans something to cheer about in a lost season. (Sorry Vancouver, Sharks fans can relate.) Instead, the San Jose Sharks, a few years ahead in the rebuild and fueled by those young draft picks acquired in said rebuild evened the score 36 seconds later. Macklin Celebri...
about 1 month ago
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The San Jose Sharks take a trip to Canada today and the first stop on the team’s road trip before the Olympic break is Vancouver and a date with the Canucks.
One of the big stories out of Vancouver this morning is the news that goaltender Thatcher Demko will not return to play for the Canucks this season. Demko will have season-ending hip surgery . There’s no real reason to put it off, considering where Vancouver is in the standings. Securely notched at 32nd in the league, shelving a goal...
about 1 month ago
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San Jose overcame an early deficit to defeat the Bakersfield Condors 5-3 on Saturday night at Tech CU Arena.
The Barracuda trailed for much of the first two periods but came alive in the third, scoring three unanswered goals to take the lead and secure the victory. The win was an important step in a tight division race and gave the team momentum as they head into a week of home games.
First Period
The game opened with an early score from the San Jose Barracuda. At 5:28, Oliver W...
about 1 month ago
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The San Jose Sharks joined the Special Olympics Northern California field hockey athletes at the Santa Clara High School gymnasium Saturday afternoon for a riveting game. Organized by the Sharks Foundation, the game featured energy-filled highlights with Sharks Players (Mario Ferraro, Barclay Goodrow, Alexander Wennberg, William Eklund, Adam Gaudette, and Vincent Iorio) joining the field hockey athletes for an unforgettable afternoon.
Broadcasters Drew Remenda, Randy Hahn, Dan Rusanowski,...
about 1 month ago
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The San Jose Sharks joined the Special Olympics Northern California field hockey athletes at the Santa Clara High School gymnasium Saturday afternoon for a riveting game. Organized by the Sharks Foundation, the game featured energy-filled highlights with Sharks Players (Mario Ferraro, Barclay Goodrow, Alexander Wennberg, William Eklund, Adam Gaudette, and Vincent Iorio) joining the field hockey athletes for an unforgettable afternoon.
Broadcasters Drew Remenda, Randy Hahn, Dan Rusanowski,...
about 1 month ago
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The San Jose Sharks didn’t bring the team’s best game to this one, but the team did what it needed to do to win in the end. The Sharks beat the visiting New York Rangers by a final score of 3-1, to move into second place in the Western Conference wild card race.
These regulation wins are important, since all the teams in the wild card race are so closely bunched together. Regulation wins get a heavier weight than wins overall, which means every single regulation win the Sharks can ge...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks and the New York Rangers have been linked together a lot in headlines over the past few weeks, mostly when it comes to trade rumors. There are rumors that the Sharks could be secret suitors for Artemi Panarin, the 34-year-old winger who’s on an expiring contract. There are also rumors that the Sharks could be in the market for a young defenseman, perhaps Braden Schneider, a 24-year-old defenseman who already has 337 NHL games under his belt.
Of the two, Schneider is a ...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks need to get back to business today and not spend too much time thinking about everything that happened in Sunrise last night. The Sharks have a tough matchup this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that has been tearing through the league as of late. The Lightning are 9-0-1 in the team’s last ten games and are sitting atop the Atlantic Division as of this afternoon. Tampa Bay is also the fourth-best team in the NHL, close behind the Minnesota Wild and the Car...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks have matched up exactly twice with the Florida Panthers this season and twice the team has skated away with wins. Tonight, the Sharks defeated the Panthers 4-1 in a penalty filled fest that included a combined for 38 penalty minutes, including the unicorn of them all, the rare goalie fight.
Things started out mundane enough, with some fairly good hockey back and forth, but when the Sharks took good control of the puck in the first period, the Panthers decided to up the...
about 2 months ago
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San Jose Sharks fans are waiting to see what happens as General Manager Mike Grier makes moves from the front office. Earlier today, the team added Kiefer Sherwood in a trade with Vancouver, a move that will have a significant impact on the forward grouping, though we’re not sure how just yet. It’s just the latest move.
Yesterday, San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng was the first to report that defenseman Nick Leddy was placed on waivers.
Leddy is going on waivers — Sheng Peng (@S...
about 2 months ago
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In a move many San Jose Sharks fans have been expecting for weeks now, General Manager Mike Grier has added Kiefer Sherwood to the team. This morning, Grier announced that he traded the team’s 2026 and 2027 second-round picks and defenseman Cole Clayton to the Vancouver Canucks for the 30-year-old forward.
Clayton is a 25-year-old defenseman who had five points in 33 games for the San Jose Barracuda this past season. He was signed during free agency last summer to a one-year deal and will...
about 2 months ago
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San Jose Sharks General Manager Mike Grier is looking to make a deal at the trade deadline and he wants to find someone who will fit into the timeline of the team. While not specifically said, it means someone young and developing who will, ideally, go all the way with this team.
It’s no secret that the Sharks’ biggest need is a defenseman who plays on the right-side, but there are a lot of teams that need the exact same thing, so the cost is going to be high. The good news for Sharks fan...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks looked good in the first period in Detroit, with the return of Will Smith seemingly giving the team a boost. But maintaining that pace through a 60-minute game against the Detroit Red Wings, another team in a playoff position in the NHL’s Eastern Conference, was not to be. Ultimately, the Red Wings beat the Sharks 4-2 in a game that was filled with miscues and missteps that cost San Jose in the end.
Natural Stat Trick’s GameFlow chart in all situations shows how Detroi...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks continue this crazy road trip with a hop, skip and a jump to Detroit. The Sharks visit the Detroit Red Wings today for the second half of back-to-back games. Unfortunately for the Sharks, the Red Wings are well rested and angry. Detroit hasn’t played since Tuesday, when the team was shutout by the Boston Bruins 3-0 and outshot 41-24.
Detroit is doing well in the last ten games, so that loss had to hurt. It’s 6-3-1 in its last ten games and sits in second in the Atlanti...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks started off the team’s East Coast swing with a tilt against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, the rematch coming about a month after a rough outing for the Sharks at SAP Center. In what could possibly have been San Jose’s last game against the Great 8, San Jose narrowly escaped with a 3-2 victory to start the trip off on the right foot.
This game started off as a bit of a snoozer; outside of some good chances at both ends, both teams were struggling to find li...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks are on the road and hoping to shake off those demons from another failed attempt to beat the Vegas Golden Knights. San Jose can prove that it has what it takes to compete in the playoffs by taking on another playoff contender today, the Washington Capitals. The last time these two teams met, the Sharks didn’t fare well. The Capitals beat up on the Sharks, dominating San Jose 7-1 on Dec. 3. A 4-0 first period by the Capitals ended the game before it truly got started. The Sh...
about 2 months ago
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24 hours after coming off an emotional comeback win against the Dallas Stars, the Sharks were back in front of the SAP center crowd to take on the Pacific Division leading Vegas Golden Knights. The visiting team included a Tomas Hertl return to the tank and a Knights team the Sharks are chasing down for the Division lead. Michael Misa slots in at 3C after not playing since November due to injury and the World Juniors, and John Klingberg is back, being partnered with Sam Dickinson.
G...
about 2 months ago
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It’s another big game for the San Jose Sharks, who will face another of the top teams in the NHL tonight. The Vegas Golden Knights come into town this evening for the second night of back-to-back games. The Sharks are going to have to have short memories after an exhilarating 5-4 overtime win over the Dallas Stars yesterday . The good news for the Sharks is that Vegas played yesterday as well and has the slight disadvantage of playing later (the Golden Knights finished an evening game with the...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks hosted the Dallas Stars on the first day of a back-to-back against two hard hitting, highly skilled teams, with the Vegas Golden Knights coming tomorrow. Coming off two exhilarating wins against the Columbus Blue Jackets and Los Angeles Kings that put them in sole possession of the first wild card spot in the West, the Sharks had a challenge ahead of them: have a good showing against a good team. The Sharks have been beating the teams in the middle of the pack, but when it ...
about 2 months ago
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There are a lot of things the San Jose Sharks have done right this season, but the one thing this team has struggled with is matching up with some of the heavyweights in the NHL. This weekend will put the Sharks to the test, and it starts with a showdown with the Dallas Stars. The Sharks have had a tough time showing up when it counts against the Stars.
The last time these two teams met, Dallas jumped out to a two goal lead in the first period and ultimately won 5-3 on Dec. 18. There was ...
about 2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks made an interesting trade today , potentially clearing the way for a larger deal in the near future. The team moved two defensemen, Jake Furlong and Ryan Ellis, along with a 2028 fourth-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for goaltender Laurent Brossoit, defenseman Nolan Allan and a 2028 seventh-round pick. (Small brag because I suggested a Furlong trade last week .) The picks are so far in the future, they’re inconsequential at this point for either team, so we’ll focus o...
2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks hopped a plane this morning and headed to Los Angeles for the second game in as many nights. This is a very important game for the Sharks because the team has a chance to move up in the standings, and while it’s still early in the season by playoff standards, it’s points like these that matter most.
The Los Angeles Kings are just above the Sharks in the wild card race, and getting two points in regulation would go a long way for the Sharks.
This is the third ...
2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks showed why the team is dangerous when it clicked in the third period. The Sharks turned up the heat, controlling the puck, winning battles along the boards, and burying timely goals to pull away from Columbus. Energy filled the tank at home, and the team’s identity was on full display.
First period
Ten minutes behind the starting time, the Sharks lost the opening faceoff, another Tuesday game.
The Sharks didn’t start the period super clean, with a couple of e...
2 months ago
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The second half of the season officially starts tonight for the San Jose Sharks and the team begins with a showdown with another rebuilding squad, the Columbus Blue Jackets. Like the Sharks, Columbus is looking to take a step forward this season and that means making the playoffs.
For the Blue Jackets, this season has been disappointing in that regard. The team is 8th in the Metropolitan Division with a 18-16-7 record. Interestingly, that’s the same number of points the Sharks have, but t...
2 months ago
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The San Jose Sharks have 50 contracts on the books, but with Michael Misa returning from the World Junior Championship in a few days, the team is going to have to make a decision soon. Once Misa plays his nine NHL games, the Sharks have to decide if he stays on the roster full-time and his contract goes into action or if he’s sent back to his junior team. The Sharks are starting to run out of ways to delay the process, so it’s getting close to decision time.
The best scenario for the Shar...
2 months ago
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