Sharks fight
back but fall in Manhattan SJ drops 6-5 decision to
Rangers by Mike Lee
Coming off their big 6-3 win over New Jersey
on Friday night, the Sharks continued with their New York Metropolitan tour but
ran into a buzz saw in Artemi Panerin. The Rangers forward recorded a hat trick
to propel his team to a close 6-5 victory over San Jose at Madison Square
Garden. San Jose fought back from a 6-3 deficit in the 3rd period to make it
close, but they would drop their 2nd game on their current 6-game road
trip. More
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Sharks
finally win elusive road game Kahkonen, Duclair and
MacDonald lead Sharks in 6-3 victory by Mike
Lee
It took 11 tries this season but the Sharks
finally won a game away from SAP Center, as they knocked off the New Jersey
Devils 6-3 at the Prudential Center. San Jose scored 6 times and rode some
stellar goaltending from Kaapo Kahkonen en route to their 6th win of the
season. Anthony Duclair and Jacob MacDonald each scored a pair goals to lead
San Jose on offense. Kahkonen made 44 saves in the win, including 21 in the 3rd
period. More
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Sharks drop
10th straight on the road Bruins shutout SJ 3-0 at TD
Garden by Mike Lee
The Sharks kicked off their season long
6-game road trip in Boston on Thursday night, going toe-to-toe with the Bruins
for 20 minutes before regressing to the bad hockey team that has planted them
firmly in the NHL's basement. The Bruins scored a pair of goals early in the
2nd period then cruised to a 3-0 win at TD Garden. Jeremy Swayman made 26 saves
in the shutout to lead Boston. More >>
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A glimmer or
shift in hope The Sharks are starting to show signs of
life by Ken Smyth
All right, we're past the US Thanksgiving
holiday, which traditionally is the point where NHL teams that are not in a
playoff position are considered leftover turkey and their coaches so much cold
stuffing. This list includes the Sharks, of course; but practically speaking
they were cooked when the season schedule was published. More >>
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Kunin's 3rd
period tally wins it for SJ Sharks extend point streak
to 3 games by Mike Lee
Back to back wins have been a rarity for the
San Jose Sharks this season. Leading up to Monday night's contest with the
Washington Capitals, the Sharks had one back to back games just once this
season. They replicated that feat with a nice 2-1 win over the Capitals,
extending their point streak to three consecutive games. Playing their 5th game
in 8 days, it was a prime opportunity for the Sharks to lay down. Perhaps
they're starting to enjoy winning enough to do the little things to collect 2
points that are there for the taking. More >>
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True grit
pays off in big win Sharks exact some revenge on
Canucks in 4-3 victory by Mike Lee
The Sharks aren't likely to win many games
this season, but their 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night may
go down as one of the fun ones. The Sharks scored a pair of 3rd period goals to
break a 2-2 tie, then held after a wild final 4 minutes of the contest. Kaapo
Kahkonen made 32 saves to earn his 2nd win of the season. The Sharks played
what was arguably their best team game of the season. It was a chippy affair,
which brought the team together for a much needed 2 points. More >>
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Failure to
finish costs Sharks Montreal overcomes 2-0 deficit and
wins 3-2 in a shootout by Mike Lee
Another game, another tough lesson for the
San Jose Sharks on Friday after at SAP Center. The Montreal Canadiens erased
2-0 deficit, before beating the Sharks 3-2 in the shootout. San Jose carried a
2-1 lead into the 3rd period, but couldn't hold the lead. The Sharks had given
up a goal late in the 2nd period, allowing the comeback feasible against a team
that simply doesn't know how to put opposing teams away. This one was another
example of a team that really doesn't know how to win, but the loss came
against a marginal opponent. More >>
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Kraken feast
on roast Shark Sharks in a giving mood as they fall
7-1 by Mike Lee
After the Sharks allowed 10 goals on back to
back games in early November, the Sharks seemed to take note and started to
show signs of rebounding from those setbacks. A scolding by GM Mike Grier
seemed to hit home. After dropping a 7-1 decision to the Seattle Kraken on
Wednesday night, Grier may be getting ready for another tongue lashing. More
than a handful of players were simply late to the party and the Sharks paid for
it with another embarrassing loss. More >>
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Little
mistakes cost SJ in BC Canucks take 3-1 win at Rogers
Arena by Mike Lee
18 days ago, the Sharks were steam-rolled by
the Vancouver Canucks 10-1 at SAP Center. On Monday night San Jose would lose
again, but by a more respectable 3-1 deficit. Sadly, a 2-goal loss is
considered respectable for a team that just doesn't have the pieces to compete
with upper echelon teams these days. The Sharks held serve for more than 30
minutes before an overturned goal would ignite the Canucks. More >>
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Sharks
finally breaks out in 5-1 win Kaapo Kahkonen makes 45
saves to keep Blues off the board by Mike
Lee
It took 17 games but the Sharks finally
recorded a blow out victory. The fact that it came against a team on a 3-game
winning streak and potential playoff contender in the St Louis Blues made it
all the more rewarding for a team that hasn't had many successes this season.
Mike Hoffman led the Sharks with a pair of goals in the win and Kaapo Kahkonen
recorded 45 saves to earn his first win of the season, as San Jose rolled 5-1.
More
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Tough lesson
for Sharks at SAP Sharks get schooled on managing 3rd
period leads in 5-3 loss by Mike Lee
If the 2023-24 NHL season is supposed to be
a series of lessons for the young Sharks, Tuesday night's 5-3 loss to the
Florida Panthers will go down as the one that covers how not to play with a
lead. San Jose grabbed an unlikely 3-2 lead in the 3rd period, then immediately
went on tilt and allowed the Panthers to turn the final 10 minutes of play into
a painful dose of reality. Chalk it up to a young team that forgot to finish
the game after grabbing a lead. A harsh loss, but hopefully one they don't
forget. More
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Sharks drop
7th straight on the road Special teams continues to
cripple Sharks chances by Mike Lee
So much for Mike Grier's scolding. There's
no doubt that the Sharks were out-classed by Vegas on Friday night, but losing
4-1 to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday was a big step backwards for a team that is
devoid of many positives. The Sharks held the Ducks to a 2-1 lead through 40
minutes, then buckled early in the 3rd to succumb to a team that has been
refocused on a rebuild the last two seasons. More >>
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Sharks take
3-2 nail biter over Edmonton SJ extends win streak to 2
games by Mike Lee
Start plotting the Stanley Cup parade route
folks, because the Sharks have won two games in a row. San Jose followed up
their 2-1 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday by sweating out a 3-2 win over the
Edmonton Oilers on Thursday at SAP Center. Fabian Zetterlund and Tomas Hertl
each has a goal and an assist to lead San Jose. San Jose still sits in the NHL
basement, but they've at least drawn even with Edmonton in standings points by
earning their 5th point of the season. More >>
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Sharks
finally win a game SJ defeats Philadelphia in edgy 2-1
game by Mike Lee
The losing streak is over. After dropping
their first 11 games to open the season, the San Jose Sharks finally won a
game. It went down to the last second, but the Sharks pulled out a gritty 2-1
win over the Philadelphia Flyers at SAP Center on Tuesday night. MacKenzie
Blackwood stopped 38 shots to earn his first win in a teal sweater and San Jose
finally puts 2 points up in the standings. More >>
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A method to
the madness? Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Just how long is this tunnel? by Paul
Krill
For Sharks fans who've been there the entire
duration of the franchise, since 1991, the current tribulations are pretty much
the worst we've experienced. And that's saying a lot, considering the team only
won 11 games in its 84-game second season and lost 17 games in a row that
campaign. More
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Sharks match
league mark for futility SJ allows 20 goals in last two
games by Mike Lee
After giving up 10 goals to the Vancouver
Canucks on Thursday night, the San Jose Sharks surrendered another 10 tallies
to the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins at SAP Center on Saturday night, falling
10-2. Erik Karlsson made his return to San Jose after being traded to
Pittsburgh over the summer and put up a paltry 2-point night against his former
employer, both assists. The Sharks have given up a combined 20 goals in the
last 48 hours, and are now averaging 4.91 goals per game. More >>
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A Perfect
10 Establishing the foundation today for tomorrow's
winner by Ryan Hall
Alright, it would be easy to write a "Come
not to praise Caesar but bury him" kinda article about the San Jose Sharks
right now. In fact, it wouldn't even take much creativity and wit. So, let's
just keep it clean and say that the 2023-24 season has not started the way
anyone would have hoped. That goes for you, or any of your friends, who think
the Sharks need to tank in order to get a high draft pick. New flash: they were
always going to finish near the bottom. That's all they are built for. No one
needs to cheer for losses, they will happen organically. More >>
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Canucks maul
Sharks in brutal loss SJ falls 10-1 in worst
performance of the season by Mike Lee
The Sharks entered their game with the
Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, having scored 9 total goal this season.
The Canucks bum-rushed San Jose on SAP Center ice by matching and exceeding
their goal output for the season, as Vancouver embarrassed the Sharks in a 10-1
shellacking. The Canucks went 4-for-5 on the power play, led by Quinn Hughes
who recorded 5 points in the game. The Sharks fell for the 10th time this
season and are still searching for their elusive 1st win of the season. More >>
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Hopeless
performance in Tampa Lightning run roughshod in 6-0 win
over SJ by Mike Lee
San Jose has lost its way. Playing in their
seventh game of the season, the Sharks turned in what was arguably the worst
performance of the season in a 6-0 loss to the host Tamp Bay Lightning. The
Sharks were simply overmatched, to the point that getting the puck out of their
own end was a major accomplishment. The Lightning played at 4 levels above
anything the Sharks could throw out on the ice and it wasn't even
close. More
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Sharks drop
close affair in South Florida Frozen Frenzy game end
like all the rest by Mike Lee
The NHL held their inaugural "Frozen Frenzy"
night, with all 32 teams playing games that were stagger started over a 5 hour
span. The Sharks played in the second game of their current 5-game road trip
with a stop at Amerant Bank Arena to take on the Florida Panthers. The game
started at 7:45pm in Florida, but even the odd start time would shake the
Sharks out of their season starting funk. The Panthers denied San Jose their
first win of the season by knocking off the visitors 3-1. More >>
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Offense AWOL
in Nashville Sharks drop 5th straight with power
outage by Mike Lee
It's tough to win hockey games if you're not
scoring goals. That's been a consistent problem for the San Jose Sharks in all
five of their losses this season. The Sharks lone goal on Saturday at
Bridgestone Arena in Tennessee, came 50 minutes into their game with the
Nashville Predators. At that point they already trailed Nashville 4-0 and was a
footnote in their 5-1 loss to the Predators. So goes the Sharks dismal start to
the 2023-24 NHL season, and it doesn't look like things are going to change
anytime soon. More
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Home stand
from hell ends with 3-1 loss Sharks still searching for
offensive output by Mike Lee
The Sharks concluded their 4-game home stand
from hell with a listless 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at
SAP Center. The Sharks had the tough task of facing all four division winners
from last season, including the last 2 Stanley Cup Champions and a President's
Cup winner. To nobody's surprise, the Sharks didn't fare well against those
teams. They recorded a single point in the standings out of a possible 8
points, which has them sitting in the NHL's basement. More >>
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Hurricanes
sink Sharks with big 3rd period Blackwood makes 36
saves in 6-3 loss by Mike Lee
After a remarkable 51 save performance on
Saturday, MacKenzie Blackwood turned in another nice performance against the
visiting Carolina Hurricanes at SAP Center on Tuesday night. The Sharks carried
a 3-2 lead into the 3rd period before imploding by allowing 4 goals in the
final frame to drop a 6-3 game. Blackwood makes 36 saves, and only 2 even
strength goals in the loss. More >>
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Avs spoil
Blackwood's gem Sharks goaltender debuts with 51 saves
in shootout loss by Mike Lee
MacKenzie Blackwood made his debut for the
Sharks on Saturday night, and he promptly turned in a 51 save performance to
set a new franchise record for saves by a goaltender in his San Jose debut.
Problem is, he let in a goal late in regulation, then lost in the shootout on a
Mikko Rantanen shot. Goaltending has not been a strength for the Sharks the
past few years, but Blackwood's performance gives the San Jose faithful a
glimmer of hope. At least for a night. More >>
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Sharks drop
opener to Golden Knights 4 minute stretch sours opening
night by Mike Lee
The NHL didn't do the Sharks any favors in
the scheduling of San Jose's first 8 games. They opened the 2023-24 campaign
with a date against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights at
SAP Center on Thursday night. The young Sharks showed signs of promise, but in
the end, Vegas had too much firepower for the upstart kids in teal, taking a
4-1 decision before a sellout crowd. More >>
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2023-24
Shark Predictions Hurry up and wait for more of the
same in San Jose by Mike Lee
It's year two for both Mike Grier and David
Quinn, but things are sizing up to look a lot like last season. Grier is still
handcuffed by the slew of bad contracts he inherited when he took over the
Sharks GM role in the summer of 2022 and he's spent the last 15 months trying
to create an opportunity to actually start rebuilding the franchise. Not an
easy task. From an outside perspective it may look as if he's done little in
terms of adding the pieces the Sharks need to be competitive, but the mess that
he's trying to clean up is a multi-year endeavor which is more than quick fix.
The downside is, San Jose won't be making much of a splash in 2023-24. More >>
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Sharks fans
must hope for the best Team is not expected to contend
anytime soon by Paul Krill
Well, ESPN's pre-season Power Rankings have
the Sharks as big winners this season, sort of. Specifically, the Sharks are
ranked 32nd - as in, dead last, making them strong candidates to win the 2024
Draft Lottery. More
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Summer
Distractions Ready or not, the 2023-24 season is
here by Ken Smyth
Everybody have a good summer? That's nice.
The Sharks' had a wonderful summer compared to last season, entirely because
there was no question about a new coach or general manager or any of that other
stuff that distracts fans and owners. Like it or not, the new season is here,
but there are some summer happenings that set the stage for the upcoming
season. Let's go into things in detail. More >>
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Karlsson
saga drags on Public comments hurt defenseman's desire
to leave SJ by Mike Lee
Heading in to August, the Sharks biggest
roster question as training camp sits a few weeks away is if Erik Karlsson will
be wearing a teal sweater. If you've been hiding under a rock this summer, you
may have missed the fact that Sharks GM Mike Grier has made it be known that
the Sharks intend to move Karlsson, preferably before the start of the season.
That position was motivated by comments that the defensemen made regarding his
disinterest in remaining in San Jose. More >>
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The Quentin
Musty Show Sharks' second first-round pick makes an
impression by Paul Krill
So I went to the Sharks' prospects
scrimmage, at the Barracuda's new arena on Thursday, hoping to see Will Smith,
the fourth overall pick of the draft last week, light the lamp, which he did,
scoring a nice goal and getting off several shots. And, despite some industry
reports that he lacked elite skating ability, he looked pretty quick to me. But
the guy who really impressed was the Sharks' other first-round pick, Quentin
Musty, who stole the show on what was his 18th birthday. More >>
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LGS Stanley
Cup Finals Predictions Who predicted a Florida and
Vegas Final?!?! by LGS Staff
It comes down to this. The last series of
the season. One more best of 7 to crown a Champion. We have a split among LGS
pundits on who they think will win the Cup, for a variety of reasons. Checkout
our picks and see what Ryan, Paul, Ken and Mike have to say in our SCF Prop
Bets as we wrap up 2022-23. More >>
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LGS
Conference Finals Predictions Who says hockey doesn't
belong in the South! by LGS Staff
We're down to four and none of them are
Canadian based teams. The media from the great white north are having a field
day tearing apart the Oilers and Leafs, but down here in the States, we have to
decide on which two teams we think will get to the Finals. It's Florida vs
Carolina and Dallas vs Vegas. Who is it going to be... More >>
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LGS Playoff
Round 2 Predictions Some surprises in the opening round
lead to interesting matchups by LGS
Staff
The Panthers shocked the NHL with their
opening round upset of the President's Cup winning Boston Bruins. Can they do
it against the Maple Leafs. The writers at LetsGoSharks.com put together their
predictions for the Conference Semi-Final round. More >>
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LGS Playoff
Round 1 Predictions Who is going to win and some quips
on the series matchups by LGS Staff
As the first round of the NHL Playoffs
begins, the staff writers here at LetsGoSharks.com provide their predictions on
the 8 series that will match up the 16 best teams in the league. We'll tell you
who is going to win, along with comments on each series. More >>
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LGS NHL
Power Rankings for games thru 4/16 by LGS Staff
It's the final Power Rankings of the season.
To nobody's surprise, the Boston Bruins hold the top spot, but surprises galore
at the top of the final rankings. It was a flurry of jockeying as teams needed
to lock in playoff spots and and position themselves for matchups, while the
bottom 4 locked into the futility that may land them a generational talent.
More
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Theme of the
year: Sharks lose Not enough weapons to compete with
Edmonton in 5-2 loss by Mike Lee
The season of pain is officially over. The
Sharks closed out one of their worst campaign's in franchise history, dropping
a 5-2 decision to the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Alberta on Thursday
night. Edmonton was motivated to get the win as they were positioned to win the
Pacific Division and the Western Conference if the stars aligned. More >>
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Zadorov's
hat trick burns Sharks Sharks fall 3-1 as Calgary wraps
up their season by Mike Lee
With the sun setting on the 2022-23 season
for the Sharks, they rolled into Calgary in the wake of the Flames own reality
that they would not be playing for a Stanley Cup themselves. The Sharks have
been auditioning their prospects for the past two weeks, while Calgary made the
transition to evaluation mode on Monday after they were eliminated from playoff
contention. The would be playoff contender used a Nikita Zadorov hat trick to
knock off the Sharks 3-1. More >>
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Western Conference |
W |
L |
OTL |
Pts |
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(1) Vegas |
16 |
5 |
4 |
36 |
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(2) Vancouver |
16 |
8 |
1 |
33 |
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(3) Colorado |
15 |
6 |
2 |
32 |
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(4) Dallas |
14 |
5 |
3 |
31 |
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(5) Los Angeles |
13 |
4 |
3 |
29 |
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(6) Winnipeg |
13 |
8 |
2 |
28 |
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(7) Arizona |
12 |
9 |
2 |
26 |
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(8) St Louis |
12 |
10 |
1 |
25 |
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(16) San Jose |
6 |
17 |
2 |
14 |
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SJ Home |
5 |
6 |
2 |
12 |
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SJ Road |
1 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
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LEADERS |
Scoring |
Gm |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
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Hertl |
24 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
8 |
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Granlund |
18 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
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Zetterlund |
25 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
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Duclair |
22 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
20 |
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Hoffman |
24 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
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Goaltending |
W |
L |
OTL |
Sv% |
GAA |
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Blackwood |
3 |
11 |
2 |
.899 |
3.72 |
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Kahkonen |
3 |
6 |
0 |
.896 |
3.99 |
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Chrona |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.765 |
7.87 |
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Special Teams |
# |
Eff% |
Rank |
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Power Play |
13/68 |
19.1% |
20th |
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Penalty Kill |
63/87 |
72.4% |
31st |
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