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Head to head: The Sharks spotted the Kings a 4-0 lead on Oct. 6 at the Staples Center, battled back to tie the game, then lost 6-4 when RW Teddy Purcell banked in a shot off the backside of Sharks G Thomas Greiss.

The Sharks' power play at HP Pavilion has plummeted from bad to awful in the past four games.

Faceoff: 7 p.m. at HP Pavilion. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: The teams haven't met this season after splitting four games in 2008-09. The Sharks embarrassed Calgary 6-1 at HP Pavilion in the first meeting, then Calgary returned the favor with a 5-2 victory at the Saddledome in the game that prompted coach Todd McLellan to add an ...

Faceoff: 7:30 p.m. at HP Pavilion. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: The Sharks won at Ottawa 2-1 last February in their one meeting a season ago.

TV: CSNCA or CSNCA plus. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: The teams have not met yet this season.

Faceoff: 6:30 p.m. today at Rexall Place. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: This is the first meeting of the season between the teams.

Watch San Jose Sharks vs Chicago Blackhawks on pc, live >> Watch live stream San Jose Sharks VS Chicago Blackhawks NHL, United States of America Wed, November 25, 2009 10:30 PM ET Last 10 matches: Blackhawks 8-1-1; Sharks 6-3-1 Lost in the production of San Jose's top line has been the improvement of left wing Ryane Clowe.

The practices have gotten almost as dangerous as the games for Sharks forward Brad Staubitz.

Sharks coach Todd McLellan waited until Friday night to put his top three scorers on the same line at the start of a game, and even then he said it might be short term.

Former Sharks defenseman Matt Carle recalled his reaction last summer when he heard that the Philadelphia Flyers were engineering a trade for Chris Pronger.

Head to head: The Sharks beat the Flyers and ex-San Jose G Brian Boucher 4-1 on Oct.

Essex native Benn Ferriero's stay in the American Hockey League did not last long.

Even the Supreme Court can't overturn the Law of Unintended Consquences. The Sharks had Logan Couture, Benn Ferriero and Torrey Mitchell all down from San Jose for yesterday's game against the Lowell Devils - one of their best lineups of the year, and maybe the single best one - and turned in their worst game of the season, losing, 7-3. Couture was ...

The Sharks have a schizophrenic power play. Overall, their 24 percent success rate was fourth best in the NHL before Saturday's games.

Mitchell has not played in a regular-season game since the end of the 2007-08 season.

Sharks general manager Doug Wilson returned from this week's NHL meetings in Toronto sounding hopeful that changes are coming that will reduce the number of head injuries by increasing the penalty for hits above the shoulders.

The Sharks' come-from-you're-screwed 4-3 win over Nashville on Tuesday night was the first time they've had to defy gravity to win, but there's no reason to quibble about that - not when there's a more serious problem.

Dan Boyle scored with a minute left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

Coach: Blake will be out 'for a couple of weeks' Sharks Coach Todd McLellan said Saturday that defenseman Rob Blake "will be out for a couple of weeks" with the upper-body injury that has sidelined him for two games.

Just think how much trouble the American airline industry would be in if the San Jose and Worcester Sharks weren't 3,000 miles apart.