San Jose Sharks News

Wes Walz and Stephane Veilleux each had a goal and an assist, and the Minnesota Wild rebounded from their first loss with a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. Manny Fernandez made 31 saves as Minnesota easily won a meeting of 6-1 teams, slowing the Sharks' best start in franchise history with four goals on just 14 shots in the first 47 minutes of the finale of a three-game California road trip. One night ...

Captain Patrick Marleau scored two of San Jose's five power-play goals and the Sharks rolled to the best start in franchise history with their sixth victory in seven games, 5-1 over the sloppy Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. Milan Michalek, Mark Bell and Marleau scored in the first 15 minutes to chase Detroit goalie Chris Osgood. Jonathan Cheechoo and Marleau added third-period goals as the Sharks tied their club record for power-play scores, set last February ...

Evgeni Nabokov made 32 saves in his second shutout in three starts this season, and the San Jose Sharks handed the Dallas Stars their first loss with a 2-0 victory Tuesday night. Milan Michalek and Mark Bell scored for the Sharks, who matched the best start in franchise history at 5-1 while preventing Dallas from equalling its club-best 6-0 start in 1996. Marty Turco stopped 21 shots for the Stars, who controlled play for long stretches against the ...

Curtis Brown iced the game by scoring on a shorthanded breakaway in the third period and Milan Michalek collected two assists as the San Jose Sharks ruined the Vancouver Canucks home-opener Friday night with a 6-4 victory. Trailing 4-3, the Canucks had a chance to tie the game when they had a two-man advantage for 1:41. Brown was able to step out of the penalty box, pick up a loose puck behind the Canuck defence, then skate ...

Ryan Smyth grew up idolizing Wayne Gretzky and now he's broken one of his records. The veteran winger scored a natural hat trick in a span of 2:01 early in the third period to cue an Edmonton Oilers comeback in a 6-4 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. The hurried hat trick broke Gretzky's Oiler record for fastest three goals of 2:18 and also pushed Smyth over the 500 point mark in his NHL ...

Vesa Toskala made 29 saves, Steve Bernier scored the game winner and San Jose had goals from four different players as the Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Monday to remain unbeaten. Coming off a shutout victory Saturday over the New York Islanders with Evgeni Nabokov in net, San Jose coach Ron Wilson went back to opening night goaltender Toskala _ and the move paid off. Toskala's only mistake came ...

Matt Carle made eye contact and slipped into the slot just as Patrick Marleau delivered a crisp pass into the middle. Two games, two goals for the quiet rookie defenceman. Carle and Christian Ehrhoff both scored in the first period and the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 2-0 Saturday night. Carle, who appeared in 12 games last year, has the first scoring streak of his career. ``Those power plays worked out well,'' Carle said. ...

San Jose goalie Nolan Schaefer cleared waivers Friday and was assigned to the Sharks' affiliate in Worcester, Mass., allowing the club to avoid losing its third-string goalie in a personnel logjam. The Sharks failed to trade Vesa Toskala or Evgeni Nabokov before the regular season began, forcing the club to keep both veteran goalies on its roster while exposing Schaefer to waivers. Schaefer, who won his first five starts for the Sharks last season in limited duty, was ...

After a tying goal in the final seconds, an injured referee and an 18-minute delay to fix a bizarre hole in the boards, Curtis Brown just wanted the San Jose Sharks' opener to have a finish. So he provided it, scoring on a rebound with 2:48 left in overtime of the Sharks' 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Brown reached around a defenceman and tipped home ...

Joe Thornton had the best year of his life after he joined the San Jose Sharks _ and he didn't even arrive until the season was two months old. Now that the NHL's reigning most valuable player he's been through an entire postseason and training camp with his new club, he's determined to add team success to his personal renaissance. His Sharks are loaded with young talent, and they're more ...

Vesa Toskala came within three minutes of his second straight pre-season shutout and Milan Michalek scored two goals to lead the San Jose Sharks past the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Saturday night. Toskala, before giving up a late third-period goal to Andrei Zyuzin, had gone more than 119 minutes without allowing a pre-season goal. He shut out Vancouver on Tuesday and seems to have secured the starting goalie role in ...