Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini and Yaroslav Askarov all make impact in San Jose Sharks win over Pittsburgh Penguins

Macklin Celebrini scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Yaroslav Askarov stopped a penalty shot and the San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to snap a six-game losing streak.

Eklund snapped a three-game pointless drought by setting up two of the Sharks' five goals in this offensive barrage, though San Jose still lost the game after an epic meltdown in the final period. Eklund,

BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks will try to stop their six-game skid when they take on the Pittsburgh Penguins. San Jose is 14-32-6 overall and 8-16-1 in home games. The Sharks have allowed 191 goals while scoring 137 for a -54 scoring differential.

The Pittsburgh Penguins continue their West Coast road trip with a game against the San Jose Sharks. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here on Last Word on Hockey!

San Jose Sharks (14-32-6 ... TOP PERFORMERS: Mikael Granlund has scored 14 goals with 29 assists for the Sharks. William Eklund has three goals and six assists over the past 10 games.

Jonathan Marchessault and William Eklund will be two of the best players to keep an eye on when the Nashville Predators meet the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose on Thursday, January 23 at 10:30 PM ET.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions! Today, like every day, Last Word on Hockey looks at the games happening and gives our predictions for each. We’ll also break down head-to-head matchups and other factors that may play a part.

This season has been a period of rebuilding, growth and developing the team’s skills. The San Jose Sharks have struggled to find themselves out of the bottom of the league. Each game, win or lose, is never the same in the end.

It’s pretty crazy to think that this is my first rankings of the season for the 2025 NHL Draft. In past seasons we’d be about three deep with an early season list and a top-32 at some point before the new year.

The San Jose Sharks didn ... that Georgiev stopped, and the Sharks were able to get control of the rebound. Tarasenko and Marco Kasper chased after William Eklund, but just before entering ...

The road trip continues on Monday night with a road game at San Jose and concludes later in the week at Utah. On paper, those should be two winnable games. But you could have said