The Sharks couldn’t be in worse shape heading into the 2013-14 Stanley Cup Playoffs. San Jose had a chance to keep their hopes of stealing the Pacific Division crown away from the Anaheim Ducks alive when the two teams faced off at the Honda Center Wednesday night, but an awful showing from both Antti Niemi […]
All the Sharks needed was one point to clinch their 10th-straight playoff appearance, and they did that by taking Monday night’s matchup with the Calgary Flames to overtime before eventually losing 2-1 in the shootout. The game itself wasn’t anything pretty, and while the result was suitable for clinching, they’ll need to do better to […]
The San Jose Sharks have signed Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton each to three-year extensions, according to Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. LeBrun says Marleau’s deal carries a cap hit of $6.6M and Thornton’s carries a cap hit of $6.75M. With these extensions, two of the three biggest offseason quandaries for the Sharks have been answered, […]
The first and third periods of the Sharks’ return to San Jose was about as lackluster as it gets, letting the Pacific Conference-dwelling Flames match them score-for-score. Still, it was the hot hand of Joe Pavelski that lifted them to their fourth-consecutive victory, a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames to open a home game-heavy […]
It only took 23 multi-goal games to get there, but Joe Pavelski finally got his hat trick. The Sharks certainly needed it, especially after giving up four — yes, FOUR — goals to Martin St. Louis in the first 23 minutes of the game, but defense needn’t apply in this game, a 5-4 slugfest in […]
The Sharks were down 2-1 to the Predators in the second period when Roman Josi threw a turnaround shot at the net. Antti Niemi might have had a shot at it, except Colin Wilson was laying on top of the goaltenders right leg, rendering him incapable of regaining his position in the center of the […]