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San Jose Sharks Dan Boyle fights for the puck against Los Angeles Kings Alexander Frolov in the first period at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks, Alexei Kovalev of the Ottawa Senators, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks and NHLPA General Counsel Ian Penny look on during the NHLPA press conference during the 2009 NHL All-Star weekend at the Queen Elizbeth Fairmont Hotel on January 23, 2009 in Montreal, Canada.

When the Sharks lost to the Colorado Avalanche on opening night, the 5-2 defeat was magnified by the fact San Jose was outplayed by the team that had finished the previous season as the Western Conference's worst.

Ryane Clowe is still looking for his first goal of the season, but that didn't stop Sharks coach Todd McLellan from sending him out in the sixth round of a shootout Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Kings.

Ryane Clowe scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped Jarret Stoll moments later to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

The Sharks returned to their practice ice Tuesday morning after nearly two weeks on the road, and a couple familiar faces were there waiting to join them.

Tortorella has a reputation for being abrasive, and Boyle said the two clashed several times over the course of their six years together.

The San Jose Sharks sure looked quite fresh in the finale of a grueling six-game road trip.

Marian Gaborik has 12 points in eight games for the New York Rangers this season.

Patrick Marleau had two goals and an assist to help the San Jose Sharks beat Atlanta 4-3 on Saturday night, the Thrashers' third straight loss.

Think the San Jose Sharks are sick of hearing the questions about their leadership shakeup in the off-season, following another disappointing early exit from the playoffs in the spring? Prior to their game at Madison Square Garden vs.

Faceoff: 4 p.m. today at Philips Arena. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5. Head to head: The Sharks have faced Atlanta 11 times and have yet to suffer a regulation loss.

Mike Smith won for the first time in nine months, James Wright scored his first NHL goal and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday night.

When the Sharks traded Christian Ehrhoff to the Vancouver Canucks to create salary cap room in early September, it raised a question: Who would replace the 42 points he earned on the blue line last season? So far the answer appears to be Jason Demers.

The Sharks have been plagued by poor starts this season, but even after falling behind by two goals less than halfway through the first period Monday night, there wasn't a sense of uh-oh. "We were on our heels," Coach Todd McLellan said, "but we were talking on the bench that it'd be good to see how our team will respond." The Sharks responded with ...

The Sharks skipped their game-day morning skate Saturday rather than spend what would amount to 31/2 hours on the road with an extra bus trip between their Manhattan hotel and Nassau Coliseum.

Heatley feeling Shark's bite Let's see how San Jose Sharks left winger Dany Heatley handles this delicious new career challenge.

Ryane Clowe was trying not to get too discouraged over the fact he hadn't scored a point in the Sharks' first six games.

During late November of the 2005-06 season, center Joe Thornton was traded from the Boston Bruins to the San Jose Sharks.

John Tavares has been focused on the puck and scoring so far in his rookie season, picking up six points in New York's first five games.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic ran a hand through his thick, dark hair. "No gray yet, and I hope there's not for a long time," Vlasic joked, as he talked about being one of the Sharks' "old" veterans.

First, the Washington Capitals wore down the San Jose Sharks. Then Alex Ovechkin finished them off.

At the suggestion of center Joe Thornton, the Sharks have become the latest NHL team to salute their fans with raised sticks at center ice after each home victory.

Dave Tippett sent Lauri Korpikoski into the shootout with the game on the line, and the light-scoring forward made his coach look good.

Crashing the Net takes you around the league you almost forgot about and all of the fantasy ins and outs, ups and downs.

The San Jose Sharks could not score a goal in 65 minutes of play Monday night. Since Evgeni Nabokov also blanked the Phoenix Coyotes during the same span, the scoreless contest went a shoot-out that the Coyotes won 2-1. Monday's final game of a three-game homestand at sold-out HP Pavilion was the first 1-0 loss by San Jose since Jan.

Todd McLellan joined the San Jose Sharks a year ago as a new coach with a new system, and he believes it will take awhile before the Wild become totally comfortable with the new style being implemented by coach Todd Richards.

OK, maybe that's exaggerating things a bit; the San Jose Sharks were plenty good enough last night to win without Johnsson's help -- but Kimbie once again proved himself more valuable to the opposition than he did the Minnesota Wild , so let's dispense with the usual preamble and proceed directly to the Warpy Psychlotron and dissect last night's ...

The Sharks were the best team on home ice during the regular season last year, and that was without Dany Heatley.

Dany Heatley knows how to make an entrance. His hat trick - with the third goal coming on a dramatic penalty shot - combined with four assists by linemate Joe Thornton to pace the Sharks to a convincing 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in San Jose's home-ice opener Thursday night.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have never won three straight games to begin a season and will try to do just that tonight, when they resume a three-game road trip against the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.Columbus made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history last year and continued its solid play with a season-opening win versus Minnesota ...

Scott Nichol had more fights than any other Shark going into Tuesday's game, but that's a little out of character for a player who is known more for getting under an opponent's skin than trying to bruise it.

Creator-producer Merv Griffin's classic game-show version of 'hangman' has kept on spinning for three decades.

That first Sharks victory of the season came at a price. Center Joe Pavelski won't be in the San Jose lineup tonight against the Los Angeles Kings.

The San Jose Sharks had little trouble getting on track against the Anaheim Ducks this time.

Todd McLellan looked as if he were about to do something dramatic to shake up his team, talked about it, too.

When pucks drop this week across North America, more than the NHL regular season will begin.

Even in a suit and tie, Joe Sakic can still dish out assists. The longtime Colorado captain provided a spark during a pregame ceremony, and the youthful Avalanche took it from there in a season-opening 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

Look around the Sharks' locker room in any direction and you can find somebody with something to prove.

The TSN between-periods hockey panel the other night was kicking around the likely centres on Canada's 2010 Olympic team.