Live Blog: Sharks @ Jets - Jan 12, 2012

Nice win for the Wild the other night. They blew a two-goal lead with 3 minutes left in regulation Tuesday evening, then beat the San Jose Sharks in a shootout. That had to feel good after a 1-8-3 slide that saw the Wild go from having the best record in the NHL to the 12th-best record overall and seventh-best in the Western Conference. What went wrong with the Wild? Why that...

The San Jose Sharks got back in the win column tonight by going into Winnipeg and shutting out the Jets 2-0. The first half of the game was a stalemate, but the Sharks figured out their opponent and was the better team earning the win and the shutout. The Sharks visited Manitoba for the first time since 1996 and it was the only meeting between these teams this season. To say that the Sharks...

Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Couture scored at 13:36 of the second period and left wing Winchester made it 2-0 early in the third for the Sharks, who have won five of six. Couture scored for the second straight game, but it was...

One of the things that stuck out for me in the Sharks’ Tuesday loss to Minnesota was how many times Niemi got run into or buried under bodies. He seems like a sturdy fellow but that has to be kind of tough on a goalie. That’s a special kind of failure to defend. That was just one symptom of breakdowns from the Sharks. There were enough such to have McLellan shuffling...

When talking about the Sharks and the Jets, I think you have to mention West Side Story, so I did. The Sharks @ Winnipeg was not a surprising game, unless you consider shut outs surprising. The better ranked team won, there were no calamitous incidents, no very strange penalties. The Sharks don’t have very many shut outs this season, so another does add some needed sparkle...

from Paul Waldie of the Globe and Mail, The Winnipeg Jets managed to look more like a soap opera Thursday than a hockey team fighting for a playoff spot with drama coming on several fronts. It all started shortly after the team’s morning skate when forward Evander Kane appeared before reporters looking contrite. Kane, who leads the team in scoring with 18 goals, had been benched...

Sharks goalie Antti Niemi credited his teammates with helping him shut out the Winnipeg Jets. Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season as San Jose defeated the Jets 2-0 on Thursday night. "There were...

Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in the San Jose Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Couture scored at 13:36 of the second period and left wing Winchester made it 2-0 early in the third for the Sharks, who have won five of six.

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Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.

Logan Couture and Brad Winchester scored and Antti Niemi made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.