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A Little Thin - but We Go
Bargaining?
Depression? Acceptance? (well, it's called a "deadline")
by Ken Smyth
The San Jose Sharks' players, according to
"insider" Kevin Kurz, spent this Sunday doing some team building. Great idea, I
was hoping General Manager Doug Wilson might do something similar: grab a
flight down to Scottsdale for some golf with Jeremy Roenick. On the way to the
course drop off his phone and roster sheet with Oakland A's GM Billy Beane and
leave him charge of the team over the trade deadline.
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Sharks keep rolling in BC
San Jose unloads
on Canucks with 6-2 win
by Mike Lee
The
Sharks goal scoring machine that annihilated the Montreal Canadiens on Monday
night kept the momentum rolling in Vancouver 24 hours later with a 6-2 on
Tuesday night. San Jose pounced on Vancouver early, scoring 3 goals in the
first 7 minutes of the contest, then fought off a Canucks comeback in the 2nd
period to even the season series at 2 games apiece.
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Mr Smith comes to San Jose
Newest Shark
leaves good impression in SJ debut
by Mike
Lee
They were all supposed to be this fun. When the Sharks embarked
on the 2014-15 season, they had visions of dismantling teams with ease, much
like Monday night's goal-fest against visiting Montreal Canadiens. They haven't
all been that easy. In fact, the majority of games have been quite the
opposite. Fresh off the trade deadline events earlier in the day, the Sharks
let their hair down and man-handled the Canadiens 4-0 at SAP Center.
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Sharks purge pending UFAs on Deadline Day
Sheppard, Desjardins and Kennedy traded
by Mike Lee
The Sharks and General Manager Doug Wilson
completed a flurry of low end trades on Monday as clock on the NHL's trade
deadline struck zero. Wilson shipped a number of players destined for
unrestricted free agency this summer. James Sheppard, Andrew Desjardins and
Tyler Kennedy all now call themselves former Sharks after they received their
walking papers. In return, San Jose acquired a bevy of draft picks, a 4th line
forward and a prospect.
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NHL Trade Deadline Coverage
Join in on the
discussion
by Mike Lee
We're tracking the
NHL Trade Deadline day events on the forums today. Cme join us for up to the
moment updates on trades from around the league.
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| LATEST MOVES |
| Sharks Acquire |
From |
For |
| D Karl Stollery |
Colorado Avalanche |
F Freddie Hamilton |
| Conditional 7th Round Draft Pick
(2016) |
New York Islanders |
F Tyler Kennedy |
| F Ben Smith and a Conditional 7th Round
Draft Pick (2017) |
Chicago Blackhawks |
F Andrew Desjardins |
| 4th Round Draft Pick (2015) |
New York Rangers |
F James Sheppard |
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Arizona Coyotes |
F Tye McGinn (waiver claim) |
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Season begins to spiral
Ottawa the latest to
knock off Sharks
by Mike Lee
When the Los
Angeles Kings knocked the Sharks out of the playoffs last season, the world saw
a defeated team. Given that the roster hasn't changed much, that defeated team
has manifested into something more hopeless after the Sharks coughed up their
second straight 3rd period lead to lose a game they should have won. The Ottawa
Senators rallied from a 2-1 deficit with 3 goals in the 3rd period on Saturday
night to confirm that the Sharks are a broken team.
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Sit this one out Doug
Doing nothing is the
Sharks best betd
by Ryan Hall
Here we go
again. The Trade Deadline is just around the corner, and the league is whipping
itself into a flurry of activity. Teams are busy overpaying for rental players
that they are convinced will help them win the Stanley Cup; or at least ensure
they book a spot in the post-season dance. As the transactions pile up, some
teams will inevitably come out the winners while others are marked as losers;
but the truth is that 99% of all the moves made will have zero impact on who
wins hockey's greatest championship.
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Red Wings add to Sharks misery
San Jose
blows another 3rd period lead
by Mike
Lee
After a four day hiatus, the Sharks were rested and primed to
start their run back into the playoff picture. The visiting Detroit Red Wings
were playing in their third game in four nights and were prime for the picking.
The Sharks came out firing, looking like world beaters in the opening 20
minutes, then their season began to slip through their fingers. Like too many
other implosions this season, the Sharks went into a shell and blew a 3rd
period lead, succumbing to the Red Wings on a deflating on a Luke Glendening
goal with 75 seconds left in regulation.
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Just Give me the Game
Or (Why I'm Sick of
the NHL)
by Ryan Hall
I'm sick of the
NHL. There you go, I said it. I'm sick of the Winter Classic and the Stadium
Series, of Wednesday Night Rivalries, Hockey Day in Canada/America, All-Star
Games, Skills Competitions, and all the other gimmicks and shticks that the
league puts out. I'm tired of crazy shoot-out controversies, and expansions
questions, and I'm certainly tired of watching teams tank to try and secure the
best player in the upcoming draft.
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The Day After
Notes and ponderings from the
Stadium Series
by Mike Lee
Some day after
the Stadium Series game notes to wrap up the greatest spectacle in Santa Clara
sports history. It was a long day, an eventful day, a disappointing day in the
end, but a day full of observations and ponderings.
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Stadium Series: Golden Opportunity Squandered
All that was needed was a Sharks win to end what would have been a
perfect evening
by Paul Krill
What an
event it was at Jed York Coliseum, better known as Levi's Stadium, in Santa
Clara on Saturday night. More than 70,000 people attending a Sharks game,
Sharks alumni introduced to the crowd, fireworks, John Fogerty (!), Melissa
Etheridge. The NHL put on quite a show and the weather certainly cooperated.
(Years ago, I wrote a column about what a bad idea an outdoor Sharks game could
be, if the weather became a problem. It was not).
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Sharks falter on the big stage
Kings take
Stadium Series match up on Gaborik goal
by Mike
Lee
After several days of build up, the players finally hit the ice
and played what amounts to the biggest regular season game in Sharks history on
Saturday night. The much anticipated Stadium Series Game with the Los Angeles
Kings was a hotly contested affair, but in the end it turned out to be a
microcosm of the direction each team is headed. The Kings Marion Gaborik scored
the go ahead goal early in the 3rd period to lead Los Angeles to a hard fought
2-1 decision over San Jose in front of 70,205 fans at Levi's Stadium in Santa
Clara.
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Stadium Series not just another game
Sharks
and Kings ready for grand affair
by Mike
Lee
This isn't going to be your run of the mill hockey game on
Saturday night. The Sharks and Los Angeles Kings got their first taste of Levi
Stadium ice on Friday and from the looks of it, this is going to be quite the
spectacle. The NHL has pulled out all the stops for the Stadium Series game
scheduled for their showcase event in Santa Clara. From the locale to the
trimming, this is shaping up to be something folks are going to remember for a
long time.
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Stadium Series Pre-Game Festival
Lots to do
before the game
by Mike Lee
The NHL is
staging a pre-game celebration of hockey with live musical performances;
interactive, family friendly games and attractions; prizes and giveaways; food
and beverages; retail tents with an extensive selection of officially licensed
2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series merchandise and collectibles; and more
outside of Levi's Stadium on Saturday. A 2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series
game ticket is required for entry.
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Offense gets it done in Big D
Desjardins
leads Sharks with a pair of goals
by Mike
Lee
With the Stadium Series game with the Los Angeles Kings looming,
the Sharks put together enough offense to get back in the win column in Dallas
on Thursday night. San Jose jumped out to a 3-0 lead, then tacked on a pair of
empty net goals late in the game after the Stars pulled to within a single
goal. Andrew Desjardins scored a pair of goals and goaltender Antti Niemi made
37 saves to help pace the Sharks.
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Step back
What will it take to move
forward?
by Ken Smyth
We're now seeing
another meaning to the "take a step back to take a step forward" talk coming
out of the Sharks' management last summer. Nothing to do with the junior high
cheer squad drama with Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, nothing to do with how
certain defensemen can't seem to guess right when handling the other team's
break-out from their zone. The step back is that the one-time contending Sharks
are now one of the mediocre teams in the NHL: neither very bad nor very
good.
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Predators feast on Sharks
Still no answers
for struggling Sharks
by Mike Lee
There's
not much to cheer about in Sharkville these days. With the NHL trade deadline
and playoffs on the horizon, the Sharks have been less than inspiring the last
two weeks. The opportunities are slipping away as playoff caliber teams begin
to jockey for position. Though not much of an opportunity, the Sharks fell to
the Western Conference leading Nashville Predators on Tuesday night with a
depressing 5-1 decision.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings #6
Mid-Season Blues Edition
by Ryan
Hall
Well, here we are in February, and the NHL season continues to
drag on. The trade deadline is still a month away, and with the All-Star game
in the rearview mirror there isn't much happening to get the blood pumping.
Sure, there might be a small outdoor game taking place soon, but that's about
the only blip on a very quiet radar. These are the dog days of the campaign,
where the league takes a collective breath before plunging headlong into the
playoff push and the post-season itself. For the denizens of the Pacific
Division how well you struggle through this phase sets the table for future
success, or failure. So, let's take a look at what keeps each team ticking, as
they count down the days until March.
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Pavelski's hat trick paces Sharks
San Jose
overcomes sluggish start to snap losing streak
by
Mike Lee
If the Sharks are going to make a serious run at a playoff
spot this season, they need to take points from inferior teams that are ripe
for the picking. They did just that on Friday night, shaking off a sluggish
start to knock off the host Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena in Glendale.
Joe Pavelski powered a comeback from a 2-0 deficit with his 4th career hat
trick.
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It's a mature market now
Sharks no longer
have to just show up to fill the seats
by Paul
Krill
At long last, and through the Sharks' own doing, San Jose has
become a normal hockey market. Normal as in the team is going to have to win
consistently if it wants to fill the seats every night. A sold-out arena is
becoming the exception for the Sharks now rather than the rule.
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Officials ruin Nabokov's night
Sharks fall
in overtime to Capitals and Zebras
by Mike
Lee
When things begin to spiral out of control in the NHL, you find
new ways to lose. The Sharks lost in the most painful fashion on Wednesday
night, falling 5-4 in overtime to the Washington Capitals. The Capitals
literally used the on-ice officials to their advantage, scoring a game-tying
goal in the 3rd period, and then again in overtime to steal 2 points from a
Sharks team that has dropped 5-of-6.
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Bounce back in Vancouver
Sharks route
Canucks after stinker in Calgary
by Mike
Lee
The Vancouver Canucks have played the Sharks tough this season,
so it was refreshing to see San Jose dismantle them on Thursday night,
especially after sleep walking through their game in Calgary 24 hours prior.
San Jose jumped the Canucks with goals in each period to take a 5-1 decision at
Rogers Arena in British Columbia.
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Too many lows offset highs in loss
Sharks
drop 5-4 decision to Edmonton in shootout
by Mike
Lee
All the glow of beating LA, Anaheim and Chicago in consecutive
games is gone. The Sharks gagged up all those accomplishments by losing to the
Edmonton Oilers 5-4 in a shootout that can only be described as bewildering. 12
of 13 Shark shooters failed to get the puck past Oilers goaltender Viktor Fasth
in an embarrassing display of puck control and shooting.
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31 makes 31 saves in 2-0 shutout
Niemi
blanks Blackhawks for 3rd straight win
by Mike
Lee
After opening the season with a hellacious schedule, the Sharks
are finally getting some chances to square off against tired teams. That's all
meaningless if you don't put those teams away though. The Sharks put the
Chicago Blackhawks away on Saturday night in a nail-biting 2-0 decision,
powered by a monster game from goaltender Antti Niemi. The win snapped a 7-game
winless streak against Chicago.
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Sharks continue Duck dominance
SJ scores 6
straight goals in route
by Mike Lee
The
San Jose Sharks have owned the Anaheim Ducks this season. It's one of those
oddities given that the Sharks have struggled to be consistent, and the Ducks
are hands down the best team in the NHL this season. In the 4 prior meetings
between the two teams this season, the Sharks have won 3 of those games.
Thursday night's 5th matchup of the season wasn't much different as the Sharks
cruised to a 6-3 win at SAP Center.
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Sharks show teeth in rivalry win
Goals and
grit lead to 4-2 win over LA
by Mike
Lee
There's no doubt that the Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings have a
doozy of a rivalry going. Wednesday night's nationally televised game between
the two teams from SAP Center in San Jose was a great showcase of that rivalry
as the two teams battled down to the final horn in the 3rd installment of the
season series. San Jose came out on top of the 4-2 affair, but not after the
Kings cut the game to a single goal deficit with under 30 seconds to play.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings
All-Star
Edition
by Ryan Hall
This past weekend
the NHL revealed the participants for their annual All-Star Classic, with the
usual suspects once again finding themselves on the invite list. For those
lucky enough to be playing in this February spectacle, the break provides a
nice opportunity to celebrate the game; while giving fans exactly what they
want: access to the players when they are just having fun.
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Defensive lip service fails to deliver
Devils romp in lone visit to SJ with 5-2 win
by Mike Lee
The Sharks talked about making more
commitment to defense after their overtime loss to the Calgary Flames on
Saturday night. More accountability. More emphasis on the little things. Talk
is cheap. After all the hot air that was spewing in that locker room, the
Sharks went out and did exactly the opposite on Monday night, dropping a 5-2
stinker to the cellar dwelling New Jersey Devils before a sellout crowd at SAP
Center.
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Sharks slip at home again
Poor defense
bookends good offense in loss to Flames
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks looked like world beaters in the 2nd period of their
game with the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Scoring three straight goals,
they raced back from a 2-0 deficit by playing hard-nosed hockey. Unfortunately,
they book-ended that period with defense that was worthy of a flogging,
allowing goals seconds into the game and the overtime period that nullified
their strong 2nd period. All of that coming on home ice was yet another
maddening outcome that further validates that fact that this is a team that
doesn't have much of an identity.
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Kennedy
and Marleau lead Sharks in win over Leafs
San Jose
snaps 3-game home losing streak
by Ryan
Hall
It's been no secret that Patrick Marleau and Tyler Kennedy have
struggled this season. Providing little in terms of offense, both players have
been trying to snap out of a season long funk that has made this a forgettable
season. Kennedy's woes were exacerbated by an injury that sidelined him for 14
games. So when both contributed to the Sharks 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple
Leafs by scoring goals, it was a nice change for once.
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Sunrise, Sunset
Things could be worse, we
could be one of them
by Ryan Hall
As the
NHL approaches the halfway mark of the season, certain things begin to come
into focus. Teams that were supposed to contend begin to fall back, and other
surprise squads start to be taken seriously. This season is no exception, as
the long campaign has begun to reveal some truths that were buried under the
hype and hope of October. It's this process that makes the NHL season so much
fun, as, to quote the Roddy Pipper "Just when you think you know the answers,
they change the questions!"
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Dads inspire Sharks win
SJ snaps 2-game skid
with win in the desert
by Mike Lee
The
Sharks may want to consider flying the players fathers into town this spring if
the team happens to make the playoffs. With the dads sitting in the rafters,
San Jose turned in a solid 60 minutes and skated out of Gila River Arena in
Arizona with a 3-2 win over the Coyotes on Tuesday night. Brenden Dillion
scored the go-ahead goal in the 3rd period to help San Jose snap a 2-game
losing streak.
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We Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
Tough to Stay Optimistic about this Bunch
by Paul Krill
Usually, when writing about the Sharks, I
take a negative tone. That's understandable, given the team's two-decades-long
inability to get over the hump and deliver a championship, either of the
Stanley Cup variety or even a conference title, to San Jose. But last month, I
departed from my usual dreary tone and wrote a feel-good piece about the
Sharks' catchy Christmas video and how the team had moved on from last season's
early playoff exit.
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8 Things to Take Away From This Season
The
San Jose Sharks Through 41 Games
by Zack
Bodenstein
As the halfway point of the season has approached, the
Sharks stand third in the Pacific Division with a moderate record of 22-16-5.
Considering the team dealt with tons of adversity to begin the season, playing
16 of the club's first 21 games on the road, the season has not gone all that
poorly. Yet, the Sharks should be disappointed with the way it has gone, and
play with more urgency to get to the top of the division come playoff time.
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Sharks fall short in Boyle's return
Thornton
returns but Sharks lack offensive punch
by Mike
Lee
Dan Boyle made his return to San Jose as a member of the New York
Rangers on Saturday night, helping his new team knock off his former employer
in a lopsided affair. Boyle didn't account for any scoring, but as a
defenseman, he and the Rangers did plenty to suppress any semblance of an
offense by the Sharks.
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Blues hammer Sharks again
SJ gives up 14
goals in 2 games to St Louis
by Mike
Lee
There are beat downs, and then there's the Sharks taking their
lumps against the St Louis Blues. Facing the Blues five days after a 7-2
thumping at SAP Center last Saturday night, the Sharks squared off against the
Blues in St Louis. The outcome was not good. In fact, it was painfully clear
that the Blues have the Sharks number. St Louis annihilated the Sharks by the
same 7-2 score on a night that exposed man yof the same holes that have been
nagging San Jose most of the season.
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It was a good year
Things looked good from
Jan to Dec
by Ryan Hall
Well, here we are
at the start of another year. With 2014 in the rear view mirror, it's time to
stop and look back at what that year meant to the San Jose Shark's. While there
still is no championship ring on the fingers of Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau,
and Joe Pavelski, it still was another dominant season for the boys in
teal.
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Vlasic's magic strikes again
Defenseman wins
2nd straight game for SJ
by Mike
Lee
Marc-Edouard Vlasic said he asked to be on the ice during the
last minute of overtime on Tuesday night as the Sharks squared off against the
host Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis. 24 hours after scoring a dramatic last
second goal to beat Winnipeg on Monday night, Vlasic wanted a chance to deliver
once again. He did exactly that. The Sharks top defenseman got offensive for a
second game in a row, scoring the game winning goal with 2 minutes left in
overtime to help San Jose take the first two games of their current 3-game road
trip.
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Vlasic stuns Jets with last second winner
Sharks
overcome 1-for-7 night on the PP to win
by Mike
Lee
The win one, lose one Sharks season cycled in their favor on
Monday night in Winnipeg, as San Jose knocked off the Jets on a stunning last
second goal by Marc Edouard Vlasic. The Sharks blew a 3rd period lead, but
grabbed 2 points in the standings on Vlasic's game winner with 4.5 seconds left
in regulation. The regulation win allowed the Sharks to match the Jets' 47
points in the standings, and gives them the tie breaker with 1 more ROW
(regulation or overtime win) than Winnipeg.
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St Louis leaves Sharks black and blue
T.J.
Oshie's hat trick leads Blues to 7-2 win
by Mike
Lee
The St Louis Blues are wrapping up a lengthy road stretch that
mimicked the horrific start of the Sharks season. Having lost 5 straight on the
road, including a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks less than 24 hours earlier, the
Blues should have been easy picking for the Sharks on Saturday night at SAP
Center. The Sharks played like they simply needed to mail in the win, and got
spanked for it, dropping a 7-2 shellacking on home ice.
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Kings win special teams battle and game
Sharks stumble after Christmas break
by
Mike Lee
If the overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks right before the
Christmas break was supposed to light a fire, Todd McLellen may want to gather
some more kindling. Returning from their 5-day break, the Sharks looked more
like a team enjoying Christmas dinner than a team eager to get back to winning.
Perhaps Southern California has a numbing effect on the Sharks, who stumbled
through a lifeless 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center.
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Little things cost Sharks
SJ heads to
Christmas break on a sour note
by Mike
Lee
Monday night was the game that got away. Out playing the Anaheim
Ducks for most of the night, the Sharks did the little things that amounted to
an overtime loss that could have ended more favorably. Failing to score early
and then hold on to a lead late amounted to a Sharks 3-2 loss against their
in-state rival. Aided by a penalty late in the game, the Ducks cashed in to
steal two points and extend their lead at the top of the Western Conference
standings. The loss also snapped San Jose's 5-game winning streak.
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Vlasic and Burns get offensive in comeback
Sharks score last second goals in regulation and overtime to knock
off St Louis
by Mike Lee
Things looked
bleak for the Sharks on Saturday night. Wrapping up their 5-game home trip
against the St Louis Blues, San Jose skated for most of the evening as if they
had hit the egg-nog a little too hard before the opening faceoff. Battling the
puck all night, the Sharks were chasing their A-game without much success,
until Marc-Edouard Vlasic bailed them out with a goal in the final minute of
regulation.
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Sharks avoid trap and extend home winning
Oilers push but can't crack Sharks at SAP
by Mike Lee
It wasn't pretty, but it was a win. That's
the best perspective following the sharks 4-3 win over the lowly Edmonton
Oilers at SAP Center on Thursday night. The Sharks fell behind, grabbed a lead,
then fell behind again before rallying for a pair of 3rd period goals to beat
the league's 2nd worst team in a see-saw battle. The win was the 8th in the
last 9 games for San Jose and their 7th in a row on home ice. Barclay Goodrow
had a goal and an assist to lead the Sharks.
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Pacific Division Power Ranking #4
Holiday
Tunes Edition
by Ryan Hall
Here we are in
the middle of December, with Christmas only a few short days away. As shoppers
fill the malls, presents pile up under the tree, and kids hit their Christmas
holiday, the NHL also prepares to shut down for a couple days. It's a time of
peace and quiet reflection, and of course a deluge of holiday music; though for
some teams in the Pacific Division those tune aren't going to be very merry. In
fact, whether they are naughty or nice, each of the 7 squads that grace the far
west has their own holiday theme that best describes their season so far. So,
let's drop into their locker rooms and see what festive tunes are blasting.
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Holiday Sweater
Sharks' annual Christmas
video is one to remember
by Paul Krill
OK. I admit it. I can't get that silly tune from the Sharks' annual
Christmas video, this one focused around garish "holiday" sweaters, out of my
head. (I'd have preferred they be called Christmas sweaters, but that's an
issue for another day.)
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Sharks ride Hertl's goal over Nashville
Antti Niemi earns 29th career shutout
by
Mike Lee
The home cooking has started to take effect for the San
Jose Sharks. After stalling out of the gate early in the season, the Sharks
have ripped off six straight home wins, including a 2-0 win over the Nashville
Predators at SAP Center on Saturday night. The Sharks rode an early goal by
Tomas Hertl, then defended against a flurry of Nashville shots in the 3rd
period to jump past the Calgary Flames for the 6th spot in the Western
Conference.
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Sharks weather a Wild storm
Pavelski's 15th
saves Sharks
by Mike Lee
With the skies
above San Jose opening up all day Thursday, it was fitting that they would have
to weather a constant stream of pressure from a team that's fighting to get its
season on track. Sitting just 3 points behind the Sharks in the Western
Conference standings, the Minnesota Wild tried to match the 4-3 win they
enjoyed over San Jose back on October 30th in Minneapolis. The Sharks had other
ideas, as they skated to their 5th straight win on home ice by dispatching
Minnesota 2-1.
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A Quick Fix in San Jose
Speed things up
already
by Ryan Hall
The San Jose Sharks
are not a good team right now. The dramatic win versus Philadelphia, while good
for a frustrated fan base, can't hide that fact that for most of that 60 minute
contest these two teams were locked into a colossal stare down. Now, tight
checking games between two quality opponents is one thing, but the Flyers
aren't exactly tearing up the Metropolitan Division these days. It's exactly
that reality that made last night so hard to watch as the Sharks should be able
to handle teams like that with more ease then they showed.
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Pavelski leads retribution
SJ beats Edmonton
5-2
by Mike Lee
Doing what they should
have done 48 hours earlier, the Sharks knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 at
SAP Center. After stumbling to the Oilers in Alberta on Sunday night, the
Sharks got their act in gear and whipped up a bushel of goals to bum rush the
cellar dwellers from the Great White North. Joe Pavelski scored a pair of goals
in the pummeling.
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Sharks lay down to league's worst
Edmonton
Oilers stymie Sharks in Alberta
by Mike Lee
The 4-game winning streak went down in flames on Sunday night. The Sharks
strutted into Edmonton to play the worst team in the NHL, and limped out a 2-1
loser. The Oilers had not won a single game against a Western Conference team
this season (0-12-4) and had lost their 11 games before the NHL's version of
life support rolled into town. All the good vibes San Jose had built over the
course of the last week were obliterated with the flick of David Perron's
twig.
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Sharks extend win streak to 4
SJ grits out
3-2 win in Calgary
by Mike Lee
San Jose
kicked off a brief 2-game trip through Alberta with a gritty 3-2 win over the
Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night. The Sharks
overcame a sluggish opening period by scoring a pair of 2nd period goals, then
broke a 2-2 tie with a Patrick Marleau goal in the 3rd period to give the
Sharks their 4th win in a row.
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Nothing wrong here
Move
along
by Ken Smyth
With a quarter plus
of the season gone, the San Jose Sharks' are 6-6 (or 6-5-1 if we break out
shootouts) against 2014 playoff teams but 6-8 against non-playoff teams. Being
bipolar means that you are really up part of the time, (uhh, so I'm told) but
there's not a lot of happy here. The break in the announced sellout streak is
easy to spot with rows of seats empty over the last few home games.
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Nieto beats the clock and Flyers
Last second
goal nets SJ back to back wins
by Mike Lee
There is no skirting the fact that the Sharks are struggling right now. The
offense has been thin and the defense porous, but even with those issues, San
Jose was able to celebrate a win on Tuesday night. The Sharks put their issues
on the shelf for an evening and scratched out a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia
Flyers.
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Plattner asks for patience
Sharks owner asks
fans to relax
by Mike Lee
It's not often
we hear from Sharks majority owner Hasso Plattner. So when he does elect to
speak, it's typically for a good reason. At least, that's been Plattner's track
record. Six months after his last public statement, Plattner responded to
inquiries by the San Jose Mercury News in response to questions about the
Sharks struggles.
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| SHARK SNAPSHOT |
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| Western Conf |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
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| (1) Nashville |
41 |
17 |
7 |
89 |
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| (2) Anaheim |
41 |
17 |
7 |
89 |
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| (3) St Louis |
40 |
18 |
5 |
85 |
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| (4) Chicago |
38 |
21 |
5 |
81 |
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| (5) Winnipeg |
32 |
21 |
12 |
76 |
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| (6) Vancouver |
36 |
24 |
3 |
75 |
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| (7) Minnesota |
34 |
22 |
7 |
75 |
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| (8) Calgary |
34 |
25 |
4 |
72 |
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| (10) San Jose |
32 |
25 |
8 |
72 |
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| SJ Home |
15 |
14 |
5 |
35 |
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| SJ Road |
17 |
11 |
3 |
37 |
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3/7 (7:30pm) |
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6-2 W |
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| LEADERS |
| Scoring |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
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| Pavelski |
65 |
32 |
28 |
60 |
23 |
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| Couture |
65 |
22 |
33 |
55 |
10 |
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| Thornton |
61 |
12 |
43 |
55 |
18 |
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| Burns |
65 |
16 |
32 |
48 |
59 |
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| Marleau |
65 |
15 |
33 |
48 |
8 |
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| Goaltending |
W |
L |
OTL |
Sv% |
GAA |
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| Niemi |
25 |
17 |
7 |
.913 |
2.61 |
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| Stalock |
6 |
7 |
1 |
.904 |
2.66 |
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| Grosenick |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.948 |
1.53 |
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| Special Teams |
# |
Eff% |
Rnk |
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| Power Play |
43/200 |
21.5% |
5th |
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| Penalty Kill |
36/176 |
79.6% |
25th |
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