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But in sports, possession is 100 percent the goal. Without possession, getting points up on the board is practically impossible.A That is why in hockey, owning the puck off the face off is tremendously important if any team hopes to display steady success in this cutthroat league.A A Winning the puck off the draw can do wonders for a team.A It can ...

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.

We have fallen for the Sharks. Again. The C removed from on his sweater, Patrick Marleau has been an on-ice leader in San Jose.

If there is any Shark who hates losing more or works harder than Dan Boyle, I haven't heard of him.

It's always nice seeing players return from the injured list, but for some reason the return of Joe Pavelski stirred a little more excitement than usual.

The Sharks have been the NHL's most dominant team in the faceoff circle with a 57.7 percent success rate over the first month of the season.

"I'm still going to lead whether I have something on my sweater or not. That part doesn't change.

Henrik Zetterberg tied the game in the third period and added another goal in the shootout, as the Detroit Red Wings edged the San Jose Sharks, 2-1, in a matchup at Joe Louis Arena between the last two Presidents' Trophy-winning clubs.

Last season, the Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks were considered heavy favorites to compete for the Western Conference title.

Another week, a new number one in the TSN.ca NHL Power Rankings . The San Jose Sharks, who have won five straight, vaulted into top spot, as the combination of strong goaltending and continued offensive production from the big guns -- Patrick Marleau , Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley are all better than a point-per-game -- has the Sharks above the ...

The San Jose Sharks had eight players score goals last weekend as they earned two victories and stretched their winning streak to five.

The San Jose Sharks are back on the road after a brief two-game homestand. Not that it mattersa 'they just keep winning.

Forward Brad Staubitz needed only three words to explain the fact that the Sharks' first four goals in a 5-1 breeze of a victory over the Carolina Hurricanes came from some unlikely sources Sunday.

Tuomo Ruutu #15 of the Carolina Hurricanes skates with the puck during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Championship Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 23, 2009 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Ryane Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.

In the span of his 11+ years at the NHL level, there hasn't been much that Sharks forward Patrick Marleau hasn't gone through.

Wojtek Wolski #8 of the Colorado Avalanche skates against the Los Angeles Kings during preseason NHL action at the Pepsi Center on September 23, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

The Sharks have already navigated nearly a sixth of their season, another example of how time flies when you're never at home.

The San Jose Sharks are not going to repeat as President's Trophy Champions and if you asked any one of their 23 players, not a single one would mention that they're bothered by that fact.

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.