Depth, Not Just Star Players, Takes Sharks To Playoffs
San Jose's 6-3 victory Friday night over the nemesis Los Angeles Kings sent the Sharks to the second round of the playoffs.
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San Jose's 6-3 victory Friday night over the nemesis Los Angeles Kings sent the Sharks to the second round of the playoffs.
The Sharks blew a three-goal lead before rallying to wrap up their first-round playoff series with a 6-3 victory over the Kings in Game 5 on Friday night.
The San Jose Sharks again moved to the brink of eliminating the Los Angeles Kings from the playoffs with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night in Game 4 of their first-round series.
After the San Jose Sharks lost to the Los Angeles Kings in their playoff game Monday night, fans who took Caltrain experienced additional frustration after their train encountered problems.
The playoffs started the way much of this season has gone for the San Jose Sharks: a successful road trip where structured defense, strong goaltending and solid all-around play led to two straight wins in Los Angeles.
The San Jose Sharks took a 2-0 series lead on the Los Angeles Kings with a 2-1 victory in Game 2 on Saturday night.
Joe Pavelski broke a tie with his second goal early in the third period, and the San Jose Sharks opened their playoff return with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
Logan Couture scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Sharks to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Predators on Saturday night.
After three straight losses delayed their playoff clinching, the San Jose Sharks made it back to the postseason with the kind of performance that could carry them far this spring.
The Sharks' late attempt at a rally fell short in their third straight regulation loss at home on Saturday.
Thornton broke a tie early in the third before Joel Ward got his second goal of the day to help send the Sharks to a 4-1 victory over Lundqvist and the New York Rangers.
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Sharks for the ninth time in 10 meetings, 3-1 on Friday night.
The San Jose Sharks have acquired defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling from the Toronto Maple Leafs for two second-round picks and forward Raffi Torres, who recently ended a historic 41-game suspension.
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Friday night.
The San Jose Sharks just keep winning away from home.
Matt Tennyson and Chris Tierney scored in the first period and the Sharks hung on to beat the Arizona Coyotes.
Recent call-up Viktor Arvidsson scored twice, Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Saturday night.
The Pacific team won the 2016 NHL All-Star 3-on-3 tournament on Sunday but the real highlight may have happened during the All-Star Breakaway Competition.
Joe Pavelski scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:28 remaining for his league-leading eighth game-winner this season, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday.
The San Jose Sharks and Arizona Coyotes both acknowledged it wasn't just another game in the long slog of an 82-game season.
Despite squandering a pair of third-period leads, the San Jose Sharks managed to extend their winning streak.
Tomas Hertl scored twice and Matt Nieto, Melker Karlsson and Joonas Donskoi also snapped goal-scoring droughts to help the Sharks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-0 Saturday for their most lopsided shutout since 2001.
Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves, Drew Stafford scored a short-handed goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Saturday night.
Rookie winger Shane Prince's hustle and stick led the Senators past the San Jose Sharks on Friday in Ottawa.
Zach Parise broke a scoreless tie early in the second period to help the Minnesota Wild get a rare win in San Jose, 2-0 over the Sharks on Saturday night.
