News Category: San Jose Sharks

Blackhawks, Sharks clash in matchup of struggling franchises

The teams with the NHL’s worst records square off Saturday night when the Chicago Blackhawks finish up a three-game California road trip against the San Jose Sharks. It’s also a matchup of the team with the NHL’s worst road record in the Blackhawks (5-28-1) against a Sharks team with the fewest home wins (10). Chicago (19-46-5, 43 points) is last in the Central Division and brings in a two-game losing streak after a 4-0 loss

Nikita Kucherov, Lightning look to stay hot vs. lowly Sharks

After a hot night in Las Vegas, the Tampa Bay Lightning will keep putting their money on Nikita Kucherov for more on-ice winnings. Riding a four-game winning streak, the surging Lightning (37-25-6, 80 points) travel to San Jose to finish their season series with the hapless Sharks (16-45-7, 39 points) on Thursday night. Kucherov started the Western part of the Lightning’s five-game road trip with a bang on Tuesday, producing four points — an empty-net

Predators go for 15-game point streak against hapless Sharks

The Nashville Predators can extend their point streak to 15 games when they host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Nashville (39-25-4, 82 points) holds a three-point lead over the Vegas Golden Knights for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Predators, 12-0-2 in their past 14 games, can match their longest point streak in franchise history, a 15-game run during the 2017-18 season. The Predators concluded a 3-0-1 road trip with

Blue Jackets, Sharks both try to rebound amid tough seasons

With each at the bottom of the conference standings, generating some late-season momentum would be ideal for the Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks. Both look to rebound from their latest defeat when they meet in Columbus on Saturday. The Blue Jackets are last in the Eastern Conference with 55 points, while out in the West, San Jose’s 39 are a league low. The Blue Jackets have been outscored 8-3 during their current 0-2-1

Penguins hunt for positives with Sharks up next

Optimism has pretty much given way to a philosophical approach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who host the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. Making the playoffs is such a long shot at this point that the Penguins are looking for smaller rewards — like, perhaps, winning a game. Any game. And scoring a few goals. Pittsburgh has lost four straight games (0-3-1) and seven of its past eight. There have been three shutout losses in that

Flyers begin life without John Tortorella when Sharks visit

The Philadelphia Flyers will try to respond from an embarrassing game that resulted in their coach being suspended. Not only were the Flyers dismantled 7-0 by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, coach John Tortorella was ejected from the game. The NHL suspended Tortorella for two games and fined him $50,000. Tortorella will not be behind the bench when the Flyers host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. Tortorella was given a bench minor for

Senators, Sharks look to end long losing streaks

The good news when the struggling San Jose Sharks play host to the reeling Ottawa Senators on Saturday is that one team will end a long skid. The bad news, of course, is that one woeful stretch will continue. The Senators will finish a four-game trip during which they had their lone hint of success Thursday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings, the latest defeat in an 0-5-1 skid. Ottawa, which

Surging Islanders square off with skidding Sharks

The New York Islanders headed west Wednesday, secure in the awareness they would remain together after the trade deadline — and growing increasingly confident in their ability to mount another playoff run with one of the NHL’s oldest cores. The Islanders will look to continue their hot streak Thursday night when they begin a four-game road trip by facing the San Jose Sharks. Both teams were off Wednesday after playing at home Tuesday night. The

Stars look to beat Sharks for second time in four days

The Dallas Stars are looking for their second win in four days over the Sharks when the two teams meet on Tuesday in San Jose. Despite a hefty 38-23 shot advantage on Saturday, the Stars had to grind for an eventual 3-2 shootout victory. Dallas twice had to score equalizers in regulation, then had to kill a penalty in overtime just to reach the shootout, which Jamie Benn finally ended with a seventh-round tally. “You

Wild, Sharks each look for return to win column

The Minnesota Wild will try to snap a three-game losing streak when they face off against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday evening in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota is coming off a 3-1 loss on the road against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night. That followed losses earlier in the week at home against the Carolina Hurricanes and on the road vs. the Nashville Predators. In the past three games, the Wild have been