The Fourth Period: The San Jose Sharks have some pending UFAs that they could look to move between now and the March 7th NHL trade deadline – forwards Mikael Granlund, Luke Kunin and Nico Sturm, defencemen Cody Ceci and Jan Rutta, and goaltenders Alexandar Georgiev and Vitek Vanecek.

Injury troubles continue to bite the San Jose Sharks as center Nico Sturm is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury, head coach Ryan Warsofsky confirmed to Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are concluding their season series matchup with the San Jose Sharks in their second and final meeting of the year. Columbus dropped the first game during the California trip in November.

The Canadiens want to keep Jake Evans but the Devils want to bring the forward in at the trade deadline in March.

SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks rookie forward Will Smith saw what his good friend and former Boston College teammate Cutter Gauthier experienced over the weekend – with boos and vulgar chants directed his way — when the Anaheim Ducks faced the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center.

What analytics matter? “There’s a way to go with it and sorting through things,” San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said earlier this week, “because there’s a lot of data.” Perhaps one way to sort through the data?

THROUGH GAMES OF MONDAY, JAN. 6, 2025

SAN JOSE – Cody Ceci scored with 24.2 seconds left in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday before a sellout crowd at SAP Center. Ceci took a pass from Alexander Wennberg at the point and fired a shot that got past Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom for his third goal of the season.

SAN JOSE — Forward William Eklund will return to the lineup on Saturday when the San Jose Sharks play the New Jersey Devils, looking for their second consecutive win. Eklund hasn’t played since Dec. 23, when he was injured in the Sharks’ game against the Vancouver Canucks. He will play on a line with Mikael Granlund and Fabian Zetterlund.

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Sturm scored a shorthanded goal and added two hits in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Red Wings. This was Sturm's second game back from a lower-body injury that cost him three contests. He was able to ...

Sturm (lower body) is expected to be in the lineup Saturday versus the Wild, Max Miller of NHL.com reports. Sturm has missed three games with the injury. The 29-year-old is expected to play on the ...