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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 ...

Scott Nichol took care of the small details that led to a big victory for the San Jose Sharks.

SAN JOSE, Calif. DefenA seA man Shea Weber pracA tiA ced with the team on MonA day and may be ready to play tomoA rrow night against SanA Jose.

Everyone expected to see new faces in the Sharks' lineup this season, but this has been a little ridiculous.

Hockey players know that regular-season records mean absolutely nothing in the playoffs.

The Detroit Red Wings face a stiff task in attempting to establish a winning streak against the San Jose Sharks tonight as the Sharks come into town on quite a roll, having won six straight games , including a 3-2 shootout decision over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.

What happened: Henrik Zetterberg scored the tying goal in the third period and made the clinching goal in the shoot-out to give the Wings a victory over the Sharks on Thursday night.

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.

These areA four of the San Jose Sharks thatA haveA battled injuries during this young season.

Taking their place were Logan Couture playing in his first NHL game after being the No.

For the Sharks, this next stop on their six-game tour of the Eastern Conference is a chance to rebound from a mistake-filled loss that left them a so-so 5-4-1 through the first 10 games of the season.

Going into Monday's game against the New York Rangers, the San Jose Sharks weren't exactly on the top of their game and it showed early in the first period.

The San Jose Sharks would like to get off to a fast start on their six-game eastern trip.

Sharks coach Todd McLellan has been looking for someone to help light a fire under his offense, and he found that spark in a 5-foot-8 rookie forward who grew up 22 miles from Nassau Coliseum.

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

Alex Ovechkin scored twice in a 28-second span as the Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks for the first time in over 10 years with a 4-1 win at Verizon Center.

The Sharks fell one point short of a perfect homestand Monday night as 65 minutes of scoreless hockey ended in a 1-0 shootout victory for the Phoenix Coyotes.

His team may have won its last two games, but Coach Todd McLellan still had issues with the way the Sharks have been playing.

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

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.