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WCSF Game 5: Sharks late to the party
Martin
Jones leads Sharks to big 4-0 victory
by Mike
Lee
Like death and taxes, the Sharks once again find themselves
facing playoff elimination after the Vegas Golden Knights defeated them 5-3 at
T-Mobile Arena on Friday night. The Sharks didn't show up until the second half
of the 3rd period, but by then they trailed 4-0. that lead would prove
insurmountable, even though they scored three goals in the final period. Vegas
used their home-ice advantage and flat out beat the Sharks with quick and
timely scoring.
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WCSF Game 4: Sharks knot series with win
Martin Jones leads Sharks to big 4-0 victory
by Mike Lee
If the Sharks continue to play the way they
did on Wednesday evening at SAP Center, then the Vegas Knights have a tall
order to deal with. The Sharks morphed into a hard-hitting, quick skating,
forecheck commanding brute in Game 4 of San Jose's Western Conference Semi
Finals series with Vegas. San Jose kept a constant stream of pressure on a
Knights team that looked vulnerable for the first time in the series. The
Sharks rolled four lines that kept the Knights on their heels most of the game,
and received goal scoring from four different skaters. Martin Jones made 34
saves for his second shutout of these playoffs.
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WCSF Game 3: Sharks let home ice slip through their
fingers
Knights grab series lead with 4-3 overtime
win
by Mike Lee
The Sharks grabbed the
home ice advantage on Saturday when they beat the Vegas Golden Knights in Game
2 of their Western Conference Semi Final series. They promptly handed that
advantage back to Vegas on Monday night, after losing 4-3 in overtime at SAP
Center. The Sharks battled back from a 3-1 deficit by scoring a pair of goals
in the 3rd period, but William Karlsson took advantage of a defensive miscue by
the Sharks to score 8:17 into the extra period.
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WCSF Game 1: Sharks embarrassed in opener
Vegas pounds SJ 7-0
by Mike
Lee
The Conference Semi-Finals kicked off in Las Vegas on Thursday
night, but somebody forgot to tell the Sharks. San Jose showed up for an ice
cream social, but instead got punched in the mouth, kicked in the groin and
spit on by the expansion Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in a lop-sided 7-0
loss. So much for sweeping the Anaheim Ducks. The Sharks quick disposal of
Anaheim meant nothing to the Knights, who scored at will, and simply
man-handled San Jose in a game that set an ominous tone.
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Round 2 Schedule Announced
Conference
Semi-Finals
| Round 2 Schedule (times
PDT) |
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| Game 1 - SJ @ VGK (4/26
7:00pm) |
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| Game 2 - SJ @ VGK (4/28
5:00pm) |
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| Game 3 - VGK @ SJ (4/30
7:00pm) |
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| Game 4 - VGK @ SJ (5/2
7:00pm) |
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| Game 5 - SJ @ VGK (5/4
7:00pm) |
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| Game 6 - VGK @ SJ (5/6
Time TBD) |
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| Game 7 - SJ @ VGK (5/8
Time TBD) |
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This Should be Fun!!
Two paths to the next
round
by Ryan Hall
Wednesday night, with
a deft flick of his wrist, Tomas Hertl sent the puck into the net, and drove a
dagger into the heart of the Anaheim Ducks. While it's easy to get caught up in
the emotion of the event, what happened in San Jose was simply the latest
counter-move in a season long contest between the Sharks and Las Vegas Golden
Knights. Now, after 86 games, these two teams will have a chance to settle
things definitively, with the Pacific Division crown on the line.
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WCQF Game4: Sharks sweep Ducks out of the playoffs
Martin Jones and Tomas Hertl lead Sharks to series
win
by Mike Lee
With a little more than
five minutes remaining in regulation of Wednesday night's series deciding Game
4 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals series with Anaheim, Jakob
Silfverberg was faced with the biggest paradox of his season. Silfverberg was
mixing it up with Sharks defenseman Brent Burns as a whistle sounded stopping
play. Burns stood there with his arms planted at his side, smirking like a
school boy on the first day of summer vacation. Silfverberg wanted to put his
stick through Burns' god awful beard, but he couldn't. The Ducks were slowly
dying as time was slowly ticking away on their season and Silfverberg couldn't
pull the trigger like all his Duckish instincts had taught him to do. He
couldn't because his team was trailing by a goal. What a glorious moment for
Burns.
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WCQF Game 3: Duck mauling at the Tank
SJ
looks past Anaheim shenanigans for big win
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals series with the
Anaheim Ducks shifted to San Jose on Monday night, and by the time the smoke
cleared the Sharks are on the verge of ending the series within the next 48
hours. San Jose's offense responded to the Ducks low-brow approach to hockey by
putting a bushel full of pucks into the Anaheim net in a an 8-1 win to grab a
stranglehold on the series.
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WCQF Game 2: Sharks grab two on the road
SJ
wins 3-2 in Ahaeim to take big series lead
by Mike
Lee
In a matter of 72 hours, the Sharks have grabbed the Ducks by the
throat and hold a commanding 2-0 series lead in their Western Conference
Quarter Finals match-up after San Jose knocked off Anaheim 3-2 at the Honda
Center on Saturday night. San Jose received scoring from three different goal
scorers and Martin Jones made 28 saves in a feisty affair that was purely
playoffs.
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WCQF Game 1: Sharks take care of business
SJ
opens the series with a 3-0 win in SoCal
by Mike
Lee
Evander Kane played in 574 career regular season NHL games
without having the opportunity to taste playoff hockey. He finally got his
chance in Game 1 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Finals match up with
the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night, and he made the most of his chance by
scoring a pair of goals in the Sharks 3-0 victory at the Honda Center in
Southern California. Many of his Shark teammates played like it was their first
chance at playoff redemption.
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2018 Playoffs - Quarter Finals Predictions
We call it like we see it
by LGS
Staff
Playoff time! For those of us who were seeing the Sharks all
season long as a “meh” team that might or might not make the
post-season, the late acquisitions of Evander Kane and Eric Fehr were a wake
up. They also woke up the team that never seemed to put more than three good
games in a row.
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Sharks hold serve in 3rd period
SJ subdues
desperate Avalanche late for 4-2 win
by Mike
Lee
A desperate Colorado Avalanche hockey team made its way to SAP
Center on Thursday night in an attempt to gain on the St Louis Blues for the
last playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Sharks rained on the
Avalanche's party by scoring three goals in the 3rd period to take a 4-2
decision. San Jose was motivated by the fact that they will earn home ice in
the first round of the playoffs if they can hold off the Anaheim Ducks and Los
Angeles Kings.
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No show Sharks giveaway a win
3rd period
implosion costs San Jose
by Mike Lee
If
there was ever an example of checking out early, Tuesday night's Sharks game
versus the Dallas Stars was it. After grabbing a commanding 2-0 lead in the
opening period, the Sharks lulled themselves to sleep in the middle frame,
before imploding in the third period. Dallas scored four unanswered goals,
including three in that fateful final period to sink the Sharks. The loss also
meant that the Los Angeles Kings climb to within two points in the standings
with two games to play.
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Sharks hand Vegas division crown
Botched
power play ends in disaster
by Mike
Lee
All those visions of catching the Vegas Knights and overtaking
them for the Pacific Division crown can be silently swept under the rug. The
Sharks dropped their last regular season match up with the Knights at T-Mobile
Arena in Nevada on Saturday night on a botched power play, ending any thoughts
of division title. The 3-2 loss to Vegas also extended the Sharks losing streak
to three games. San Jose needs two points to secure a playoff spot, with three
games to play.
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New Day Dawning
Playoff field playing
out
by Ryan Hall
The NHL playoffs begin
in 2 weeks. When they kick off on April 11th, the league will shift into
overdrive with the usual flair that accompanies the start of the post-season
festivities. For nearly 2 months a field of 16 teams will be whittled down to a
single champion, who will stand alone atop the NHL mountain. Along the way,
teams will choke, over achieve, and perhaps even astound. We don't really know
the how's and why's, but one thing has become abundantly clear to those who
have been paying attention: It's a new day in the NHL.
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Sharks extend win streak to 8
SJ takes 4-3
shootout decision in Chitown
by Mike
Lee
The Chicago Blackhawks have nothing to play for except pride.
After being eliminated from playoff contention last week the Blackhawks are
trying to close out their season. The Sharks got a taste of a prideful team
that played beyond their situation, and fought tooth and nail with San Jose.
Chicago tied the game in the last 2:22 of regulation and turned in one heck of
an overtime period, but the Sharks grabbed their 8th consecutive win with a
Kevin Labanc goal in the shootout en route to a 4-3 victory.
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Couture's OT winner gains ground
Sharks
chasing Knights for Pacific Division crown
by Mike
Lee
If the Sharks were going to make a run for the Pacific Division
title, they had to beat the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. They did
that, taking a thrilling 2-1 decision in overtime, but the fact that they
needed extra hockey may have cost them in the end. The extra session resulted
in two points in the standings for the Sharks, but by virtue of the Knights
recording a point for their overtime loss, San Jose still trails Vegas by 7
points with 8 games to play.
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Offense keeps rolling in win over NJ
Six
Shark skaters score in 6-2 victory
by Mike
Lee
The New Jersey Devils are scrambling to hold on to the last
playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. With the Florida Panthers breathing
down their necks just one point behind, the Devils should have been motivated
to battle on Tuesday night as they visited SAP Center. Problem is, they ran
into a Sharks team that has been firing on all cylinders as of late. San Jose
continued to pound the opponent's net, as they outscored the Devils 6-2 to
extend their winning streak to five games.
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Post-Thornton, Post-Marleau Sharks look good, but good
enough?
The team still looks like a runner-up when it
comes to the Stanley Cup
by Paul
Krill
For years, Sharks fans wondered what the world would be like
once the Sharks no longer had Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton on the ice. With
Marleau having left via free agency after last season and Thornton out with an
injury since late-January, we've finally gotten a glimpse of that world. And it
hasn't been so bad.
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Timo Time secures sweep in Western Canada
Sharks forward scores two goals including game
winner
by Mike Lee
The Sharks completed
their swing through Western Canada with a gritty 5-3 win in Vancouver on
Saturday night, less than 24 hours after their big 7-4 win in Calgary. San Jose
overcame three Canuck power play goals, when Timo Meier scored his second goal
of the game 6 minutes into the 3rd period to stake the Sharks to the lead that
mattered most. Aaron Dell made 28 saves to earn his first win in over a
month.
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Kane's career night leads Sharks
Forward
scores 4 goals in 7-4 win
by Mike
Lee
Evander Kane was a game time decision on Friday night as he
fought a bout with the flu. As it turns out, playing him was the right
decision. The Sharks forward scored a career high 4 goals to lead the Sharks to
a 7-4 win over the host Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday
night. The Sharks needed every bit of Kane's epic performance, as they try to
keep a hold of their spot in the standings. The Sharks keep a 3-point lead over
the Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division with 11 games to play.
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Hertl's heroics nets the Sharks 2 points
SJ
ties the game three times before winning in OT
by
Mike Lee
With 13 games remaining in the regular season, every game is
a must win for the Sharks. With the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings
breathing down their necks, the Sharks don't have any more room to miss. They
gutted out a tough game in Edmonton on Wednesday night as San Jose kicked off a
three-game road trip through Western Canada, taking a 4-3 overtime decision
from the underachieving Oilers. Tomas Hertl buried a shot in the extra period
to help San Jose maintain their 2nd place position in the Pacific Division.
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Five goals propels San Jose over Wings
Sharks spread the scoring love in win over Detroit
by Mike Lee
The Sharks concluded a 6-game home stand with
a crucial 5-3 win over the visiting Detroit ed Wings at SAP Center on Monday
night. San Jose rebounded from their lethargic 2-0 loss to the Washington
Capitals on Saturday afternoon by spreading the scoring around as they avenged
a 2-1 shootout loss to the Red Wings back in late January. Five different
skaters scored for San Jose who extended their lead over the Anaheim Ducks in
the Pacific Division, and held their 2-point lead over the Los Angeles Kings.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings
A Dream of
Spring Edition
by Ryan Hall
Ahh…
Spring! Here in Canada, you can tell the seasons are changing by the foot of
snow that got dropped on us over the weekend. Even though that was rude of
Mother Nature, at least we can shovel and clean things up, all the while
reminding ourselves that in a few weeks it'll be melted away. We have something
to look forward too, unlike many of the teams currently inhabiting the NHL's
Westernmost Division.
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Rare power play goal sighted at SAP Center
Mikkel Boedker propels SJ on PP tally
by
Mike Lee
It wasn't an offensive masterpiece, but the Sharks mustered
enough to knock off the St Louis Blues 2-0 at SAP Center on Thursday night.
More importantly, San Jose scored a power play goal to break a franchise worst
0-for-29 streak that saw their 3rd ranked power play fall to 16th in the
league. Mikkel Boedker scored his 13th goal of the season to provide Sa Jose
with all the offense they would need as Martin Jones recorded his 19th career
shutout.
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Vegas gamble
Golden Knights could win it all
- in their first season
by Paul Krill
NHL
Commissioner Gary Bettman once called the Stanley Cup the hardest trophy to win
in sports. But thanks to a decision of the NHL hierarchy, his statement may
soon be rendered laughable. The Vegas Golden Knights, a first-year expansion
team, are in first place in their division, 10 points ahead of the second-place
Sharks at this juncture.
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Sharks rip Blackhawks with a 7 spot
Pavelski
leads SJ in rout of Chicago
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks missed out on a chance to beat a struggling Chicago
Blackhawks team six days ago in the Windy City. They wouldn't make the same
mistake Thursday night. The Sharks erupted for 7 goals to dispatch the
Blackhawks 7-2 at SAP Center. Joe Pavelski scored a pair of goals to lead San
Jose, who won for the fourth time in a row on home ice. Martin Jones made 32
saves to earn his 21st win of the season.
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Kane shines in his Sharks debut
San Jose
rolls Oilers in 5-2 win
by Mike
Lee
Evander made his Sharks debut on Tuesday night and made his
presence felt up and down the ice and all over the score sheet, as the Sharks
steam rolled the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-2 at SAP Center. Kane assisted on
the Sharks first two goals, and was a force, pestering Oilers goaltender Cam
Talbot all night. He endeared himself to the 17,327 in attendance midway
through the contest by scrapping with Oilers defenseman Matt Benning, and
showing some teeth in the Sharks win.
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Shoddy defense burns Sharks again
SJ gags up
3rd period lead, then losses in OT
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks wrapped up their four-game road trip by doing what
they did for most of the trip. Losing. San Jose tricked everyone by taking a
lead, but inevitably morphed back into a mediocre hockey club that has no
answers for any of the top teams in the Western Conference's Central Division
teams. The Sharks blew a third period lead, then gagged up a loss in overtime
on a defensive miscue involving Brent Burns. San Jose fell 3-2 to the Minnesota
Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
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Sharks fall flat in the Windy City
SJ drops
second straight
by Mike Lee
Chicago
Blackhawks backup goaltender J.F. Berube was making his first start for the
Chicago Blackhawks, in his 23rd career NHL game on Friday night. A no-name
goaltender in net automatically equates to Kryptonite for the Sharks and this
one was no different, as the Sharks fell 3-1 to the Blackhawks at the United
Center in Chicago. Berube made 42 saves against a lifeless Sharks offense that
simply made it easy for the career backup netminder.
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Predators outclass Sharks
SJ is the butt of
toothless jokes in loss to Nashville
by Mike
Lee
With the NHL trade deadline just 4 days away, the Sharks roster
either played like they wanted to be traded or don't belong in the NHL to begin
with after dropping an embarrassing 7-1 loss to the Nashville Predators in
Tennessee on Wednesday night. The Sharks were awful from opening faceoff to the
final buzzer, after they were torched by a superior roster that took them to
task at Bridgestone Arena.
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Dead Puck Mentality
Got the 90's on our
Minds
by Ryan Hall
Another day, another
series of comebacks. It's fair to say that leads have never been less safe in
the NHL than they are today. Whether it's the New York Islanders scoring 4
goals on a PP in the last 5 minutes, only to choke up the lead themselves,
before winning in overtime. Or else the Sharks both giving away leads (Las
Vegas, Edmonton), and staging their own comebacks (Edmonton, Anaheim), locking
down leads has suddenly become extremely difficult.
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Sharks don't forget New Year's Eve loss
SJ
jumps on Dallas early in 5-2 win
by Mike
Lee
2017 ended with a thud for the Sharks when they fell flat in
Dallas and were pummeled 6-0 by the Stars. They exacted some retribution on
Sunday night, stunning the Stars with five goals to open the game en route to a
5-2 win SAP Center. Mikkel Boedker led San Jose with a pair of goals, and Joe
Pavelski chipped in a goal and two assists. Martin Jones kept the high-powered
Stars at bay early to earn his 18th win of the season.
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Late heroics propel Sharks after lethargic start
Timo Meier ties the game in last minute
by Mike Lee
Sometimes you deserve to win a game and the
result falls short. The Sharks didn't deserve to win their game in Anaheim on
Sunday night, but they skated away with two points after stunning the host
Ducks with a tying goal late in regulation before stealing the win in the
shootout. Timo Meier helped the Sharks earn a point with his tying goal with 54
seconds left in the 3rd period, before Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture buried
their chances in the shootout to seal the victory for San Jose.
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Ryan's big night leads to comeback win
Sharks overcome tough 2nd period to beat Edmonton
by Mike Lee
The Sharks defensive woes have been
spotlighted the past few games and Saturday's match up with the Edmonton Oilers
was not devoid of errors that led to goals, but the Sharks found a way to
bookend those mistakes with bushels of goals in a 6-4 win at SAP Center. San
Jose came out of the gate like gang busters, grabbing a 3-0 lead, only to watch
that lead turn into a deficit. Rather than roll over, the Sharks countered with
three goals in a wild 3rd period that help them knock off their division rivals
from Alberta.
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Defensive circus nothing to laugh at
Vegas
takes 5-3 decision with three 3rd period goals
by
Mike Lee
The Vegas Golden Knights have been the NHL's biggest
surprise this season, and they showed everyone in San Jose why on Thursday
night. The visitors from Southern Nevada scored three unanswered 3rd period
goals to knock off the Sharks 5-3 at SAP Center. The game was a mini-recap of
both the Sharks and Knight's seasons. Vegas played hard nosed hockey land
scored late to win a game, while the Sharks floundered on defense to drop a
game they could have won.
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Sharks limp home after falling 3-1
SJ fails
to take advantage of ailing Avalanche
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks have embarked on three 5-game road trips this season.
They concluded the second trip on Tuesday with a disappointing 3-1 loss to the
Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver. After going 3-2-0 in the
first trip, then followed that up with a 1-2-2 disaster as the new year kicked
off. With the loss on Tuesday, San Jose capped their third trip 2-2-1, or 6-6-3
spanning all three trips. That's 15 points out of a possible 30, which seems
apropos for a team that isn't bad enough to throw in the towel, but isn't
really good enough to be taken seriously.
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Sharks second straight win is super
San Jose
leans on puck possession to knock off Hurricanes
by
Mike Lee
San Jose built on their win in Columbus on Friday night, by
dispatching the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 at PNC Arena on Sunday morning in a
pre-Super Bowl matinee. The Sharks grabbed a lead late in the 1st period and
held the Hurricanes in check for the last 40 minutes. San Jose looked spry
against the young and fast Carolina roster that has several up and coming
offensive threats. The win put San Jose into a position to finish their
current-5-game road trip with more wins than losses.
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Jones solid as Sharks get back to winning
Sharks snap 4-game losing streak with 3-1 win in
Columbus
by Mike Lee
The Sharks righted
the ship for a game, as their current 5-game road trip hit the middle point
with a stop in Columbus. San Jose scored three goals and Martin Jones reverted
to his old self to take a 3-1 decision over the Blue Jackets at Nationwide
Arena. Jones made 28 saves to lead San Jose who broke a 4-game losing streak.
The Sharks turned in solid performances on special teams, which turned out to
the storyline for the struggling club.
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Sharks drop 4th straight
Doormat Red Wings
take shootout win
by Mike Lee
The Sharks
are starting to show some consistency. In their last four games, they've
consistently played losing hockey. After their defense failed them in
Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, San Jose limped into Detroit where they let the
offense fail them against a poor Detroit Red Wings squad. The Red Wings broke a
4-game losing streak against a Sharks team that is struggling to do anything
right.
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Sharks continue to hemorrhage goals
Penguins
put another 5-spot on defensively challenged SJ
by
Mike Lee
After their 5-day respite for the All Star Break, the Sharks
hit the ice fully rested in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The re-energized
Sharks looked like a rested team, moving well at PPG Paints Arena, but a series
of miscues cost them in what ended as a lopsided 5-2 loss to the Penguins. San
Jose held a 2-1 lead late in the 2nd period, before allowing 4 unanswered goals
to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Penguins.
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Rangers exploit jumbo defensive hole
SJ
surrenders 6 goals in ugly loss to New York
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks started the Jumbo-less period of their schedule as Joe
Thornton begins his rehabilitation following knee surgery earlier in the day.
San Jose got a bit of a reprieve in the schedule by having the struggling New
York Rangers to cut their teeth on the new roster situation. They responded by
playing a sloppy defensive game that resulted in 6 Rangers goals and a 6-5 loss
at SAP Center. If Thursday night's game is an indication of things to come, the
Sharks can't get Thornton back soon enough.
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Sharks play well enough to lose
Gutsy
comeback overshadowed by little mistakes
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks seemed to be headed in the right direction after their
last two games, but a top performing Winnipeg Jets team set them straight on
Tuesday night at SAP Center. The Sharks gave up three goals in the opening
period, before battling back to tie the game. They would lose the lead in the
3rd, before tying it again late, only to lose 18 seconds into overtime.
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Sharks feast on more poultry
Ducks follow
same fate as Penguins
by Mike Lee
The
back-to-back game gods are not typically sympathetic with the San Jose Sharks.
San Jose told the gods to buzz off on Sunday night as they followed up their
big 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night, by blitzing the
Anaheim Ducks for 6 goals in a 6-1 roasting of their hosts in Southern
California. San Jose created a little distance between themselves and their
Pacific Division rival by chasing starting goaltender John Gibson with a bucket
of goals.
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Dell corrals Penguins in 2-1 win
Netminder
makes 31 saves in big Sharks win
by Mike
Lee
It wasn't a Stanley Cup Championship, but the Sharks will take a
regular season win over the Pittsburgh Penguins any day of the week. In the
only visit of the year by San Jose's Stanley Cup Finals tormentors, the
Penguins fell to a Sharks team that stifled them defensively and used a 3rd
period power play goal to knock off Pittsburgh 2-1 in an action packed affair
at SAP Center.
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Jones continues to struggle is 5-3 loss
Nathan Mackinnon torches Sharks in Denver
by Mike Lee
Most professional sports teams strive for
consistency in their game. Sharks goaltender Martin Jones has achieved that in
his consistently poor play the last two months. Outside of the game against his
former team, the Los Angeles Kings earlier this week, Jones has struggled.
Those struggles have cost the Sharks, who are fighting to keep pace in the
Pacific Division standings. Jones failed to deliver on Thursday night, giving
up 5 goals to the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center in Denver, as the
Sharks dropped a 5-3 decision.
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Sharks hang on in Arizona
SJ takes 3-2
decision with a shootout win
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks shook off the fatigue associated with playing three
games in four days to win on Tuesday night in Glendale, knocking off the
Coyotes 3-2 in a the shootout. Aaron Dell made 30 saves to lead the Sharks to
their second win over the Coyotes this week. Sharks captain Joe Pavelski was
the only player to score in the shootout, propelling the Sharks 2nd place in
the Pacific Division.
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Martin Likes the Kings
Sharks netminder
rebounds to lead SJ on MLK Day
by Mike
Lee
MLK Day stands for the day we honor one of the most influential
figures in American history. On Monday, MLK stood for Martin Likes the Kings.
San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones faced his former team and made 35 saves
to bounce back from a horrendous start last Saturday to beat the Los Angeles
Kings 4-1 at Staples Center. Unlike Saturday's goal fest, the Sharks played a
methodical defensive game, suppressing the Kings and leaning on four different
goal scorers to beat their rivals from Southern California.
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Snap out of it, Martin
Sharks' usually
stellar goalie has been shaky
by Paul
Krill
Recently, stories have floated about the Sharks trading
possibly backup goaltender Aaron Dell, who has been playing well and will be an
unrestricted free agent at season's end. The Sharks could probably get a decent
player or two for him. But all that talk has to be put on hold for now, because
of what has been happening with Sharks starting goaltender Martin Jones.
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Donskoi saves the day
SJ win wild game in
overtime after Finnish winger ties game late
by
Mike Lee
The Sharks returned from the collective bargaining induced
bye week to officially wrap up the first half of the season with their 41st
game of the season at SAP Center on Saturday night. The schedule makers made
things easy for San Jose by allowing them to ease back into things with a game
against the worst team in the NHL in the Arizona Coyotes. They made it
difficult on themselves by ignoring any semblance of defense in the game and
were forced to scratch out a nail biting goal in the waning moments of
regulation just to tie the game. They salvaged two points with a goal in
overtime to win a heart-stopping 6-5 decision over Arizona.
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Groundhog Day: NHL Style
Play it again Sam.
And Again. And Again. And…
by Ryan
Hall
The NHL has a problem with Video Replay. While it has been an
issue of hot debate over the past 12 - 16 months, video replay has slowly
become a greater part of every NHL game. What started as a way to review goals,
goalie interference, and fix missed calls at the blue line has turned into a
circus show in which coaches are challenging offsides that took place 40 - 60
seconds before a goal was scored, and which have to be viewed from dozens on
angles. Making things worse, in most cases the plays which are overturned are
done so only by slowing the game down to milli-seconds and attempting to judge
whether a skate blade was 1/16 inch, or less, off the ice. The result is good
goals being called back, and the game adjudicated at a speed in which it was
never intended to be dissected. Simply put, reducing the fastest game on ice to
a frame by frame rehash is peering too closely at the wrong thing.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings - Half Way Haiku's
Edition
To Be or Not To Be
by Ryan Hall
Here we are at the halfway mark of the NHL
season, and by this point what you see is what you get. It's very hard for a
team to have hidden their warts for 40+ games, and even more challenging to
address those holes in a meaningful way mid-campaign. With nearly 2 months
until the trade deadline, everyone is stuck with what they got during these dog
days of the season.
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Ottawa implosion
First SJ loss ever after
holding 3-goal lead in 3rd
by Mike
Lee
Playing on the back end of back-to-back games, the Sharks had a
reason to be tired. That still doesn't excuse them from blowing a 3-goal lead
in the 3rd period, then falling 7 seconds into overtime 6-5 to the Ottawa
Senators at Canadian Tire Centre in Ontario on Friday night. It was the first
time in team history that they lost after leading by three goals or more in the
3rd period. It was a complete implosion by a team that had neither the mettle
or the will to beat the dishrag Senators after grabbing a commanding lead.
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Leafs earn rare win over SJ in Toronto
Sharks fall 3-2 in the shootout
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks continued their road-trip with a third leg stop in
Toronto to square off against he Maple Leafs as the air Canada Centre. That
stop would turn out to be an unfulfilling one, as the Maple Leafs outdid San
Jose in the shootout to take a 3-2 decision. The Sharks played a solid road
game, but they couldn't get the extra push to overcome a hungry Toronto lineup.
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Meier helps Sharks bounce back in La Belle Province
SJ easily handles Montreal with 401 decision
by Mike Lee
The Sharks kicked off the new year on a much
higher note than how they ended 2017, by pounding the host Montreal Canadiens
4-1 at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night. Timo Meier led San Jose with a pair of
goals and Aaron Dell made 30 saves to earn his 8th win of the season. San Jose
looked nothing like the team that was pasted in Dallas 48 hours earlier.
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Sharks end perfect home stand
Donskoi bags
shutout winner in 3-2 decision over Calgary
by Mike
Lee
The NHL's Christmas Break came to an end on Thursday night as the
Sharks returned to the ice in a division match-up with the Calgary Flames at
SAP Center. San Jose treated the home fans to bonus hockey by overcoming a 3rd
period deficit, then delivered a late Christmas gift with a win in the shootout
to cap a 3-2 decision before a sellout crowd.
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Sharks can't exorcize playoffs demons
SJ
drops 5-3 decision in Edmonton
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks were exposed as a tired and slow team last spring
during their abridged playoff run by the Edmonton Oilers. With a chance to
avenge their playoff elimination, especially against a struggling Oilers team,
the Sharks looked like that slow and old team on Monday night at Rogers Place
in Edmonton. San Jose grabbed an early lead then let the Oilers take control.
San Jose used some of that veteran savvy to keep it close, but in the end, the
Sharks didn't have enough to keep pace in a 5-3 loss.
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Donskoi bags late winner
Sharks start swing
through Western Canada with 3-2 win
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks embarked on a road trip through Alberta on Thursday
night, which kicks-off a 6-game stretch against Pacific Division opponents. San
Jose played a blue-collar game against the Calgary Flames en route to a 3-2 win
against their division rival. Joonas Donskoi returned from an injury that cost
him the last 6 games by scoring the game winning goal late in the 3rd period.
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Bad week to be a Senator
Ottawa concedes to
Sharks 5 goals
by Mike Lee
If you think
Al Franken had a tough week, just ask the Ottawa Senators how things are going.
It's been a tough week to be a Senator. The Sharks welcomed their counterparts
from Canada's capital to SAP Center on Saturday night, and applied an old
fashioned tail whipping in a 5-0 route before a sellout crowd on Super Hero
Night. It may have been more appropriate to call it a Hulk Smash, as five
different Sharks scored on 50 shots.
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Improbable comeback
Sharks overcome 3-1
deficit to beat Carolina in OT
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks gave each of the 16,947 in attendance plenty of
reasons to walk out on their game with the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday
night at SAP Center. After a miserable 1st period, the Sharks were dead on
arrival. Then a Christmas miracle happened. Trailing 4-1 with a period and
change to play, San Jose chipped away at the Hurricanes lead, and tied it on an
improbable short handed goal. Brent Burns, a guy that looks like Jesus,
literally walked on (frozen) water in the overtime period by scoring the game
winner to cap the most improbable of wins.
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Lightning spank Sharks again
Tampa Bay puts
another 5-spot on SJ
by Mike Lee
If you
thought the Tampa Bay Lightning's 5-1 win over the Sharks in San Jose on
November 8th was a fluke, the boys from South Florida left no doubt that they
own the Sharks this season. Like that game a month ago, San Jose jumped out to
a 1-0 lead, then sat back and let the Lightning run roughshod over them. San
Jose held serve for two periods, then a poor decision by Joe Thornton turned
the Sharks night upside down in a 5-2 spanking.
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Vegas Trip
Don't bet against the
house
by Ken Smyth
As soon as the
schedule was published, my wife and I started planning for a trip to Las Vegas
to see the Sharks take on the Golden Knights. The holiday weekend Friday night
looked like the perfect time, and this being Vegas, accommodations were
available. Would've been nice if the Sharks had shown up, too, but that's
getting ahead of the story.
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Trip starts strong in Philadelphia
Sharks
avenge opening night loss to Flyers
by Mike
Lee
Spending the next four games focusing on the road schedule, the
Sharks opened a swing along the Eastern seaboard with a 3-1 win in Philadelphia
on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. San Jose shook off an early goal by
the Flyers and played one of the best road games of the season. They would
score three straight goals, to take advantage of a Flyers team that played into
overtime on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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One-quarter-of-the-way musings
It's been a
mixed bag for the Sharks so far
by Paul
Krill
As of this writing, the Sharks have played a bit more than 25
percent of their regular season games. It's been a mixed bag, with some
impressive wins. But there are some troubling concerns. Following are some
observations of how things have gone.
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Pacific Division Power Rankings - Quarter Season Mark
Edition
Are they In or Out?
by Ryan Hall
Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen!
Hello,
loyal reader, and Happy Thanksgiving! While those of us north of the border
don't have today off, we do appreciate your festivities, and thank you for
large amount of football we can watch as we try to pass time until the Black
Friday deals begin! For the 31 NHL clubs, Thanksgiving is more than just a time
to remember all the good things in their lives; it's also the unofficial
measuring stick of whether they are going to make the post-season. While there
have been some outliers in the previous seasons, generally those in a playoff
spot now, are the clubs we'll see come April. So, what does that mean for the
Pacific Division, home to hockey's newest, hottest, and pluckiest squad? Join
me as we see who's IN, and who's OUT!
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Sharks buzz Jets in 4-0 win
Couture scores
two goals and Jones makes 38 saves
by Mike
Lee
After letting a win slip through their fingers 24 hours earlier,
the Sharks played one of their best all around games of the season on Saturday
night at SAP Center. San Jose scored four ways against the red hot Winnipeg
Jets and Martin Jones made 38 stops to lead the Sharks to a 4-0 win. Winnipeg
entered the game with the second best record in the Western Conference, but it
was the Sharks who looked like dominant team.
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Sharks roll craps in loss to Vegas
SJ drops
first game in Vegas 5-4
by Mike
Lee
Twenty-six years ago the Sharks were a struggling expansion team
that lost much more than they lost. They played like an expansion team in the
first 30 minutes of their first visit to Vegas to take on the Golden Knights at
T-Mobile Center. That dismal play put them in a 4-1 hole against the expansion
knights. They would battle back to time the game, and appeared to take the lead
with a 3rd period goal, but a suspect ruling stole that goal away. the Knights
would take advantage of a series of lucky events in overtime to beat the Sharks
5-4.
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Cold Sharks find a way to tame hot Coyotes
San
Jose wins for the first time in five games
by Mike
Lee
It wasn't a dominant performance, but it was a win. That's all
the Sharks could ask for after dropping their last three games. San Jose
started a brief 2-game road trip in Glendale Arizona with a 3-1 win over the
Coyotes at Gila River Arena. The Coyotes entered the game having won three
straight on the road in Canada, led by the hot hand of goaltender Antti Raanta.
The Coyotes fortunes turned when Raanta was forced to leave the game with an
undisclosed upper body injury before the completion of the 1st period.
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Donskoi's offense not enough
Sharks goes
0-for-3 on homestand in SO loss to Ducks
by Mike
Lee
The absence of any offensive punch continues to cost the Sharks.
They wrapped up a winless 3-game home stand on Monday night by dropping a 3-2
shootout decision to the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center. Home is supposed to be
were teams are supposed to be comfortable, enough so to actually win games.
That's not the case for San Jose, who dropped to 6-6-1. There losing record on
home ice, is the reason they've fallen out of the top 8 in the Western
Conference.
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Sharks snooze through shutout loss
Lowly
Florida Panthers beat SJ 2-0 on SAP ice
by Mike
Lee
If you're wondering why the Sharks aren't selling out many games
these days, all you had to do was watch the abomination that occurred on SAP
Center ice on Thursday night. Facing the third worst team in the NHL in the
Florida Panthers, the Sharks played below their opposition, mailing in a
stinker of a performance. That performance netted them a 2-0 shutout loss to
the dishrag Panthers. A lack of effort and motivation equated to a poor loss
against a poor team.
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Sharks knock off Kings with late run
SJ
scores a pair of 3rd period goals to beat LA 2-1
by
Mike Lee
In what was billed as a battle of speed & talent vs puck
control and defense, the speed & battle clearly won out. That talent came
in the form of a Tampa Bay Lightning squad that blitzed the Sharks on SAP
Center ice on Wednesday night in a 5-1 pasting. Tampa Bay shook off an early
lapse, then rolled the Sharks in one of the ugliest losses of the season for
San Jose. Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov combined
for 9 points as they dominated the Sharks.
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Lightning blitz Sharks
SJ is overmatched by
talented Tampa Bay
by Mike Lee
In what
was billed as a battle of speed & talent vs puck control and defense, the
speed & battle clearly won out. That talent came in the form of a Tampa Bay
Lightning squad that blitzed the Sharks on SAP Center ice on Wednesday night in
a 5-1 pasting. Tampa Bay shook off an early lapse, then rolled the Sharks in
one of the ugliest losses of the season for San Jose. Steven Stamkos, Nikita
Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov combined for 9 points as they dominated the
Sharks.
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Confessions
November Edition
by Ryan Hall
Here we are, a month into the NHL season,
and certain trends are starting to appear. The sample size is getting large
enough that we have a good idea which teams are contenders, and who have
serious flaws. It also means that we've enough information to start chirping
about the things we were right about, or to quietly eat crow over the things we
got wrong. Since it's always easier to brag, I've decided to write a column of
'Confessions', basically public admissions of how little I know about the NHL.
This may undermine my credibility as a writer, but I just need to get these
things off my chest. Come to me, sweet absolution!!!
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Donskoi wows with shootout winner
SJ upends
rival Ducks with 2-1 shootout victory
by Mike
Lee
The didn't really deserve to win, but they found a way on
Saturday night. Given that it was a division game against the rival Anaheim
Ducks, San Jose will take the two points, but they need to count their lucky
stars. Facing a Ducks team that should have been more fatigued after dropping a
5-3 decision to the Nashville Predators 24 hours earlier, the Sharks got a late
goal to tie the game and a nifty score in the shootout to dispatch Anaheim 2-1
at SAP Center.
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Sharks building momentum
SJ wins third
straight with 4-1 win over Nashville
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks are starting to build a little momentum. By winning
their third straight game on Wednesday night, the Sharks have started to string
together some consistency that has produced results. The Sharks are smothering
teams on defense, limiting pucks toward their own net, and are getting timely
scoring. The offense was flowing to the tune of 4 goals as they dispatched the
Nashville Predators 401 at SAP Center.
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Homecoming
Patrick Marleau returns to
SJ
by Mike Lee
The Sharks favorite son
came home on Monday night. Albeit for a short visit, but Patrick Marleau made
his return to San Jose and the SAP Center as his Toronto Maple Leafs made their
only stop in San Jose. After 19 seasons in teal, the prodigal son hot the ice
in a foreign blue and white sweater that didn't seem to quite fit correctly. It
wasnt's a storybook ending for Marleau, whose team dropped a 3-2 decision to
San Jose, but it was an opportunity for fans and city to extend their
appreciation to the longest tenured Shark in team history.
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Sharks in a New York state of mind
SJ scores
4 in big win over Rangers
by Mike Lee
The
East Coast swing hit the midway mark with a trip to Madison Square Garden on
Monday night. The Sharks rebounded from their uninspired loss to the New York
Islanders on Saturday by smothering the neighboring New York Rangers with a 4-1
in Manhatten. Four different Sharks scored and Martin Jones provided a 33 save
performance to help the Sharks even their record at 4-4-0.
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3rd period miscues doom Sharks in Brooklyn
Thomas Greiss beats his former team for the second time this
week
by Mike Lee
So much for the brief
two-game winning streak. After dropping a 3-1 decision to the New York
Islanders last Saturday night at SAP Center, the Sharks repeated another
mistake filled performance to drop a 5-3 decision at the Barclay's Center in
Brooklyn. Logan Couture led the Sharks with his 2nd career hat trick, but the
mistake prone Sharks gave up stoppable goals that dropped them back below 500
on the season.
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First road trip of the season starts well
Sharks wear down Devils in 3-0 win
by
Mike Lee
After a disappointing 5-game home stand to start the season,
the Sharks kicked off their first road trip of the year in New Jersey on Friday
night. The Sharks played a solid two-way game to subdue the red-hot New Jersey
Devils 3-0 at the Prudential Center. The Sharks distributed the scoring across
three players and withstood some tense pressure by the upstart Devils to win in
consecutive games for the first time this season.
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Canadiens outstruggle Sharks
Logan Couture
leads San Jose to 5-2 win
by Mike Lee
The
Sharks needed something to light a fire under their lethargic season opening
homestand. After whiffing on three of the first four games to start the season,
San Jose received that something in the form of an equally struggling Montreal
Canadiens hockey team. The Canadiens 1-3-1 record entering Tuesday night's game
mirrored the Sharks struggles. Little offense and shaky goaltending have been
the story out of the gate, but it was San Jose that took advantage of those
struggles on Tuesday night, as they dispatched the Canadiens 5-2 at SAP
Center.
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Stumbling out of the gate
Wilson's apathy
pointing Sharks in wrong direction
by Mike
Lee
Four games into the 2017-18 NHL season and the San Jose Sharks
are at a crossroads. Just two season removed from a trip to the Stanley Cup
Finals, Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson placed his bets on his Cup Finals
roster to repeat their success even though they tripped a year ago. With
essentially the same roster intact, Wilson placed his own destiny in the hands
of that core lineup to rekindle some of the magic that saw them sweep through
the first three rounds of the playoffs in the Spring of 2016 without as much as
a hiccup. That bet is starting to look like lost money as the Sharks have
floundered against three teams that they would have handled easily two seasons
ago.
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The Good and the Bad
Thursday's highs and
lows for the Sharks
by Paul Krill
The
Sharks on Thursday evening became the last team in the league to tally a point
in the standings this season, with a 3-2 win over the Sabres at home. Granted,
they had only played two games prior to that. But what was alarming about those
two games was they were home games against two teams that didn't make the
playoffs last season and the Sharks couldn't muster a lead against either of
them. In Thursday's win, the Sharks never trailed.
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Young Sharks lead to first win
San Jose
holds off hungry Sabres in 3-2 victory
by Mike
Lee
If the Sharks are going to compete with the rest of the Western
Conference this season, they'll need their younger players to step up. That
type of support was on display on Thursday night as San Jose's third line
accounted for all three goals in a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at SAP
Center. The win was the first of the season for the Sharks, who struggled to
generate much offense in their first two games of the season. Thursday night's
win was a cake walk, but it pointed the Sharks in the right direction.
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Sharks drop season opener
Labanc's lows
outweigh highs in opening night loss
by Mike
Lee
The post-Patrick Marleau era began in San Jose on Wednesday night
as the Sharks kicked off the 2017-18 NHL season with a 5-3 loss to the
Philadelphia Flyers. San Jose will lean on several young players to pick up the
slack that was created with Marleau's departure. Kevin Labanc tried to fill
some of that void by scoring a pair of goals for San Jose, but his inexperience
cost the Sharks in the form of three penalties that turned into Flyer goals.
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It's been fun, Patty
Franchise icon moves
on
by Paul Krill
Twenty years ago, the
slumping Sharks had the second pick of the NHL draft. With it, they took
Patrick Marleau, the consensus #2 pick behind Joe Thornton, who was taken by
the Bruins but, as we know, would end up with the Sharks several years later,
anyway.
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Can Timo and Tomas save us?
Aging Sharks
appear headed downward
by Paul Krill
Last
year, I predicted the Edmonton Oilers would be contenders. After all, how could
they pick first in the draft year after year and not get good eventually? Well,
it looks like my prediction was just a year ahead of schedule. The Oilers,
having stockpiled topnotch young players such as Connor McDavid and Ryan
Nugent-Hopkins and trading Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson, got really good this
year instead of last. And at the Sharks' expense in the playoffs.
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Sharks on the brink after Game 5 OT loss
SJ
blows 2-goal lead in 4-3 loss
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks let one slip through their fingers on Thursday night.
Holding a 2-goal lead, the Sharks sat back and let the Edmonton Oilers steal
Game 5 of their Western Conference Quarter Final match up on Thursday night.
San Jose allowed the Oilers to score late in the 2nd period to make it a 3-2
series, then let Edmonton tie the game with a goal with 2:46 left in
regulation. David Desharnais won it in overtime on the Oilers 14th shot of the
extra period to take a 3-2 series lead.
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Goals galore in Sharks Game 4 win
SJ unloads
on Edmonton in 7-0 win
by Mike Lee
After
failing to score in their last 120 minutes of hockey, the Sharks erupted on
Tuesday night in Game 4 of their Western Conference Quarter Final series with
the Edmonton Oilers. San Jose rose to another level after falling behind 2-1 in
the series by scoring 7 goals in their own shutout victory at SAP Center. Logan
Couture and Joe Pavelski scored two goals each to lead San Jose, who tied the
series with the Oilers at 2-2.
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Sharks lay a Game 2 Easter egg
San Jose shut
out again by Oilers
by Mike Lee
Home ice
is supposed to be an advantage in hockey. The Sharks did nothing with that
advantage on Sunday night, dropping Game 3 in their Western Conference Quarter
Finals series with the Edmonton Oilers by getting shutout for the second
consecutive game. San Jose played 20 minutes of hockey and let a mistake end up
in their net midway through the 3rd period to fall 1-0 to the Oilers.
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Special teams costs Sharks in Game 2
Oilers
in with pair of short-handed goals
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks special teams play has been their Achilles heel all
season. It proved to be their soft underbelly on Friday night, after dropping
Game 2 of their Western Conference Quarter Final series to the Edmonton Oilers
at Rogers Place. The Sharks went 0-for-6 on the power play and allowed the
Oilers to generate all their offense on a pair of short-handed goals in a 2-0
decision in Alberta.
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Karlsson's OT Winner gives Sharks 1-0 WCQF lead
Sharks storm back from 2-0 deficit to win on the
road
by Mike Lee
With the way the Sharks
have played the last 6 weeks and Joe Thornton not being able to make the call
for Game 1 of the Sharks Western Conference Quarter Final matchup with the
Edmonton Oilers, it was easy to believe the Sharks had a tough hill to climb on
Wednesday night in Alberta. When they fell behind 2-0 in the 1st period, it
seemed as if that hill turned into Mt Everest. The task became almost
insurmountable as Rogers Arena crowd laid into the Sharks after the host Oilers
scored a pair of opening period goals.
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Go Sharks! (And pray a lot)
Playoffs start
today
by Mike Lee
Finally! From October
to April, most of us couldn't wait for this season to end. Admittedly, the
reasons changed as it went along. Now the San Jose Sharks go against an
Edmonton Oilers team most of us would have rather not see again until 2018.
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Go Sharks! (And pray a lot)
Playoffs start
today
by Ken Smyth
Finally! From October
to April, most of us couldn't wait for this season to end. Admittedly, the
reasons changed as it went along. Now the San Jose Sharks go against an
Edmonton Oilers team most of us would have rather not see again until 2018.
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Sharks look lost in loss to Oilers
SJ
surrenders 3rd period lead to fall to 3rd in Pacific
by Mike Lee
The Sharks true colors are starting to show
at the worst possible time. With home ice in the first round of the playoffs on
the line, San Jose rolled over in a 3rd period meltdown that ended in a 4-2
loss to the Edmonton Oilers at SAP Center on Thursday night. The Sharks blew a
2-1 lead in the 3rd period on three Milan Lucic goals and are simply absent of
any answers.
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Late-season tailspin: Is it finally over?
Not much optimism can be found 10 days before the playoffs
begin
by Paul Krill
This past Sunday, the
Sharks won a game in regulation for the first time in 19 days. That's nearly
three weeks, for a team that had been having a dominant season until this
recent skid that saw the team lose eight of nine game. And Sunday's game in
Vancouver could prove to be be a very Pyrrhic victory: Joe Thornton hobbled off
the ice, barely mobile, and nobody immediately after the game was over knew
what his status was. I really can't remember the last time he was injured, it's
been so long.
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Resilient Sharks battle back to beat Rangers
SJ overcomes 3rd period deficit to win in OT
by Mike Lee
So the Sharks do remember how to win. The
spiraling stopped for one night, allowing the team to clinch a playoff birth,
by beating the New York Rangers in a wild 5-4 overtime game at SAP Center.
Defenseman Brent Burns rifle a shot past Henrik Lundqvist 3:10 into the extra
period to help the Sharks snap their season high 6-game losing streak. Call it
a topsy-tuvey win that saw the Sharks blow a 2-goal lead, then claw back in the
3rd period to tie the game late before winning it in the extra period.
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Sharks continue to stumble
SJ loses 4th
straight with 3-2 decision in Minnesota
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks freefall continued in Minnesota on Tuesday night, as
San Jose fell for a fourth consecutive game in regulation. The host Minnesota
Wild napped their own 5 game losing streak by dominating the Sharks in a 3-2
game that wasn't as close as the score might suggest. The Sharks chased their
own tails and the Wild for 60 minutes, as the regular season winds down to the
final 10 games before the playoffs begin.
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Sharks learn from past mistakes
SJ holds on
to 4-1 lead against Buffalo
by Mike
Lee
The Sharks played the Buffalo Sabres on February 7th and grabbed
a 4-1 lead in the 3rd period, only to squander it and eventually lose 5-4 in
overtime. Call Tuesday night in San Jose their do-over. The Sharks scored a
pair of goals in the 3rd period to grab establish another 4-1 lead, but they
learned from their error of the past by clamping down on the Sabres to win by
that score before 17,386 at SAP Center.
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Sharks top league's best
San Jose's special
teams comes through in win
by Mike Lee
To
say the Sharks special teams play has been a challenge this season would be an
understatement. When they turn that challenge around against the best team in
the NHL is a positive sign as the end of the regular season sits on the
horizon. San Jose converted on 2 of 5 power play chances in their 4-2 win over
the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, and their special teams went a
perfect 5-for-5 on the penalty kill in an entertaining game at a sold out SAP
Center.
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| SHARK SNAPSHOT |
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| Western Conf |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
|
| (1) Nashville (C) |
53 |
18 |
11 |
117 |
|
| (2) Winnipeg (C) |
52 |
20 |
10 |
114 |
|
| (3) Vegas (P) |
51 |
24 |
7 |
109 |
|
| (4) Minnesota (C) |
45 |
26 |
11 |
101 |
|
| (5) Anaheim (P) |
44 |
25 |
13 |
101 |
|
| (6) San Jose (P) |
45 |
27 |
10 |
100 |
|
| (7) Los Angeles (P) |
45 |
29 |
8 |
98 |
|
| (8) Colorado (C) |
43 |
30 |
9 |
95 |
|
| (9) St Louis (C) |
44 |
32 |
6 |
94 |
|
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|
| SJ Home |
25 |
13 |
3 |
53 |
|
| SJ Road |
20 |
14 |
7 |
47 |
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| Next Game: |
5/6 - 4:30pm |
vs |
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| 2 |
| Prev Game: |
5-3 L |
@ |
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| LEADERS |
| Scoring |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
|
| Burns |
82 |
12 |
55 |
67 |
46 |
|
| Pavelski |
82 |
22 |
44 |
66 |
41 |
|
| Couture |
78 |
34 |
27 |
61 |
18 |
|
| Hertl |
79 |
22 |
24 |
46 |
41 |
|
| Tierney |
82 |
17 |
23 |
40 |
8 |
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| Goaltending |
W |
L |
OTL |
Sv% |
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30 |
22 |
6 |
.915 |
2.55 |
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15 |
5 |
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.913 |
2.64 |
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53/257 |
20.6% |
16th |
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34/224 |
84.8% |
2nd |
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