
Red Wings Trade Gustav Nyquist to Sharks for Package of Draft Picks
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SAN JOSE -- Brent Burns scored his second goal of the season 22 seconds into overtime as the San Jose Sharks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 Thursday night at SAP Center. Joe Thornton picked up the second assist to move into No. 19 on the all-time scoring list with 1,410 points.

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WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season and added an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 shots, and the Washington Capitals defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Monday night.

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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Chris Tierney scored a tiebreaking goal with 12:45 left in the third period as the San Jose Sharks defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday night at the BB&T Center. Tierney scored on a sharp-angle rebound off his backhand for his seventh goal of the season. The game's other goals were scored by…

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LAS VEGAS -- Jonathan Marchessault jammed in a goal from the left side of the net at 1:21 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday afternoon at T ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Tim Heed's power-play goal broke a tie early in the third period, and the San Jose Sharks spoiled Patrick Marleau's return with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. Heed scored his second goal of the season with a slap shot from above the right circle. It was…

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San Jose Sharks forward Joel Ward announced on Thursday that he will not kneel for the national anthem when the NHL season begins next week. Ward made his decision in a lengthy post on Twitter Thursday, two days after telling the San Jose Mercury News that he wouldn't rule out the protest. The 36-year-old Ward and…

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The Florida Panthers named Bob Boughner as their head coach on Monday. The former NHL defenseman becomes the 15th coach in the franchise's 24-year history, and its fifth since 2011. "After an exhaustive search, we are pleased to welcome Bob as the new head coach of the Panthers," general manager Dale Tallon said of the 46-year-old…

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The San Jose Sharks signed Melker Karlsson to a three-year contract on Friday and fellow forward Joonas Donskoi to a two-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed by the team, but TSN's Pierre LeBrun reported that Karlsson's contract is worth $6 million while Donskoi's deal is for $3.8 million. The pacts represent an upgrade for both,…

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The National Hockey League Players' Association announced that the three finalists for the 2016-17 Ted Lindsay Award are defenseman Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks, and centers Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. The Ted Lindsay Award is presented annually "to the most outstanding player in the NHL,"…

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San Jose Sharks captain Joe Thornton played four postseason games with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn medial collateral ligament, and he had surgery Monday to repair his left knee. Sharks coach Peter DeBoer announced the extent of Thornton's injury on Monday, and later in the day general manager Doug Wilson said the 37-year-old forward…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Edmonton Oilers scored a pair of breakaway goals within 56 seconds in the early second period to beat San Jose 3-1 and win the Western Conference first-round playoff series 4-2. Edmonton goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots as the defending West champion Sharks couldn't muster the tying goal despite a late…

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Last year, the San Jose Sharks' playoff run took them all the way to their first Stanley Cup Final before losing in six games to the Pittsburgh Penguins. This year, they're trying to avoid being eliminated in the first round by an upstart team that seems to have the pieces necessary up and down the roster…

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Brent Burns of the San Jose Sharks, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators were named the finalists for the 2016-17 James Norris Memorial Trophy, the league announced Friday. The trophy is presented to the NHL's top defenseman. Burns led NHL defensemen in scoring and set franchise records for…

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EDMONTON, Alberta -- David Desharnais put the Edmonton Oilers one game away from a date with the Anaheim Ducks. Desharnais set up Oscar Klefbom's game-tying goal late in the third period, then scored the winner at 18:15 of overtime as Edmonton beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff…
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EDMONTON, Alberta -- All the storylines have changed. After the 7-0 beatdown the San Jose Sharks inflicted on the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series, they are no longer talking about how a young and hungry Oilers team was defending so well against last year's Stanley Cup finalists. While the series…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks broke their goal-scoring drought with a vengeance on Tuesday to run the Edmonton Oilers right out of SAP Center. San Jose's 7-0 victory in Game 4 followed consecutive shutout losses and tied the Western Conference quarterfinal at two wins apiece. A pivotal Game 5 is Thursday in Edmonton,…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Zack Kassian broke a scoreless tie midway through the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 1-0 win over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night. San Jose incurred its second consecutive shutout loss to fall into a 2-1 hole in the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series that resumes…

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The San Jose Sharks opened defense of their Western Conference title by splitting the first two games of their opening-round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. Coach Peter DeBoer's team shouldn't expect things to get easier over the next two games in northern California starting when the Sharks and Oilers meet in Game 3 on Sunday…

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EDMONTON, Alberta -- The San Jose Sharks' power-play unit was deadly on Friday night. That is, it was deadly for its own team. The Sharks gave up two short-handed goals, to Zack Kassian and Connor McDavid, as the Oilers won 2-0. The Western Conference first-round series is now tied at a game apiece. Kassian was a…

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EDMONTON, Alberta -- As Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series between San Jose and Edmonton progressed, something became clearly obvious; that the Sharks postseason experience was a key factor against an Oilers' team that featured a slew of players making their playoff debuts. Despite the crowd noise in Edmonton and falling behind by two…

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EDMONTON, Alberta -- Playing their first postseason game in 11 years, the Edmonton Oilers rolled out to a two-goal, first period lead. But, after that, it was all San Jose Sharks. Melker Karlsson's wrist shot-goal at 3:22 of overtime gave the Sharks a 3-2 win over the Oilers in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round…

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EDMONTON, Alberta -- Todd McLellan was a fixture in San Jose. He coached the Sharks through 540 regular-season games and 62 playoff matches. But, after he and the Sharks mutually agreed to part ways following the 2014-15 season, he was tasked with taking over the Oilers, a rebuilding team that hadn't made the playoffs since 2006.…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Daniel O'Regan scored his first NHL goal to lead the Sharks to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames in a battle of two playoff-bound teams who rested a number of regulars Saturday night. The Sharks will have to wait until Sunday's final day of the regular season is complete to learn…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Milan Lucic scored a third-period natural hat trick to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 win over the injury-depleted San Jose Sharks on Thursday at SAP Center. Lucic scored his 21st, 22nd and 23rd goals, two on power plays and one at even strength. Defenseman Oscar Klefbom provided assists on all…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks brushed off recent injury adversity by setting a franchise record with their fastest two-goal sequence en route to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at SAP Center. By sweeping the Canucks in a home-and-home series, San Jose clinched no worse than a third-place finish…

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CALGARY, Alberta -- The Calgary Flames scored three goals in the second period en route to clinching their first playoff berth in three seasons with a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday night. After Johnny Gaudreau opened the scoring in the first period, Sean Monahan, Matt Stajan and Alex…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Both the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks clinched playoff spots on Tuesday, but only the latter skated out of SAP Center feeling satisfied. Brent Burns broke a 16-game goal drought with his career-high 28th of the season at 3:10 of overtime to give the Sharks a 5-4 victory. The visitors…

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San Jose Sharks forward Micheal Haley was suspended one game by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday. Haley was disciplined for roughing Nashville Predators forward Calle Jarnkrok in the third period of Saturday night's game. He was assessed a match penalty for attempt to injury. The infraction was announced two days shy of Haley's…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks continue to travel in opposite directions near the end of the season. That was epitomized Saturday night in Bridgestone Arena, where Nashville won for the sixth time in seven games and handed San Jose its sixth straight regulation loss with a 7-2 verdict. Colton Sissons and…

DALLAS -- Adam Cracknell scored his first career hat trick and Kari Lehtonen made 20 saves for the Dallas Stars in a 6-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night at American Airlines Center. Cracknell scored in the first, second and third periods. His final goal came 4:59 into the third when he intercepted…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- A pair of Minnesota goals just a few ticks of the clock apart snapped a second-period tie and helped the Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 to end a season-worst five-game losing skid. With the game tied 1-1, the Wild got goals from Martin Hanzal and Charlie Coyle just 15 seconds…

DALLAS -- Curtis McKenzie scored the game's lone goal, and Kari Lehtonen stopped all 30 shots he faced to earn his second shutout of the season and 36th of his career for the Dallas Stars in a 1-0 win against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Lehtonen recorded his first shutout…

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SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild scored a pair of early goals and held off a charge by the San Jose Sharks, winning 3-1 on Sunday in a meeting of two Western Conference powers. Eric Staal scored twice and Zach Parise got things started in the first period for Minnesota, which moved back into first…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The San Jose Sharks got goals from three different skaters while back-up goalie Aaron Dell made 17 saves during a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. San Jose opened a seven-point lead in the Pacific Division over idle Edmonton by winning a third straight game and fourth time in…

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It's the final push to the playoffs in the NHL. Or, for some teams, time to fall as far down the standings as possible for the best possible draft choice. Either way, with the trade deadline "frenzy" (OK, snore-fest) in the books, here's how things look with five weeks remaining in the regular season, and the…

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks parted ways with a player once thought to be key part of their future for more help for what they hope is another deep run in the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring. The Sharks added to their depth at the forward position, acquiring Jannik Hansen from the Vancouver…
