Thomas Greiss News

A note to anyone who was thinking about going to the Sharks-Pirates game at the DCU Center and stayed home to watch the Patriots instead: Bad decision.

Even though the Sharks are on a five-game winning streak, they have not been able to snare a Player of the Week honor.

Heatley leads Sharks to 5-2 win over Senators Eds: APNewsNow. Sharks 5, Senators 2. AP Photo SJA101, SJA108 By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif.

Ottawa Senators' Milan Michalek shoots a goal past San Jose Sharks goalie Thomas Greissin and Douglas Murray in the first period of NHL hockey action in San Jose, California, December 1, 2009.

But in a game that featured a showdown between linemate 's current team and the one he gladly left behind, it was Marleau's two goals that led San Jose to a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at HP Pavilion with backup goalie Thomas Greiss earning the victory.

In the past five days, faced the team he demanded a trade from and the team he refused to go to and came out on the winning end both times.

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.

Marian Hossa shined in his highly-anticipated Chicago debut with two goals, as the Blackhawks took it to San Jose in a 7-2 final at the Shark Tank.

A stop home helped the San Jose Sharks end a brief rough patch. A visit to Anaheim might help them avoid a third straight loss on the road.

"Right away, I didn't think he was hurt because it looked like he turned in time," , one of five players on the ice at the time, said Tuesday.

The NHL-leading San Jose Sharks are on a 12-game point streak, but they're not happy about blowing a pair of two-goal leads recently.

So, the question posed to Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov was, if he could reflect about his current run of strong play in which he seems to have settled into a groove and "... Not going there, Nabokov interrupted, deflecting the query like a weak shot from the blue line.

Before the 2009-10 season started, there were a few concerns for the San Jose Sharks.

The Predators and San Jose Sharks are tied 1-1 after the first period. The Sharks took a 1-0 lead with 9:59 left in the first period when Joe Pavelski scored his second goal of the season.

There's not a whole lot of the United States north of South St. Paul, Minn., but Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock found some when he went hunting for a place to play college hockey.

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The Oilers dropped two straight games for the first time this season, losing 5-2 in Calgary on Saturday, then 2-0 in Vancouver the following night.

Three games on Sunday night. Home teams listed first: Philadelphia 1-4 San Jose .

Manny Malhotra broke a 1-1 tie in the second period with two goals Sunday, carrying San Jose to a 4-1 win over Philadelphia Malhotra had gone 18 regular-season games without a goal before scoring twice in a span of 2:14. He lifted a backhander past Brian Boucher 7:51 into the second and then beat Boucher with a wrist shot.

Malhotra double feeds Sharks Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards collides with San Jose Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss, of Germany, in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Oct.