San Jose Sharks goalie Antero Niittymaki is getting tired of sitting

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...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Patrick Marleau scored off a rebound with 2:57 left to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night, extending the Sharks' point streak to eight games. Ryan Clowe also had a goal for the Sharks, who are 6-0-1 in the new year and 6-0-2 in their last eight. Thomas Greiss had 25 saves to beat the Blue Jackets...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Patrick Marleau has played 1,076 games in the NHL, yet he still gets a charge out of seeing a puck on the end of his stick and an almost vacant net. Marleau scored off a rebound with 2:57 left to lead...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - San Jose Sharks goalie Antero Niittymaki is losing patience after three weeks of inactivity since...

San Jose Sharks at Chicago Blackhawks 6PM Central United Center, Chicago WGN TV/WGN Radio RECORDS: San Jose 25-11-5 PP—16th PK—28th Chicago 26-13-6 PP—13th PK—26th PROJECTED LINEUPS: San Jose Thornton-Pavelski-Marleau Clowe-Couture-Ferriero McGinn-Mitchell-Handzus Winchester-Murray-DesJardins Murray-Burns Boyle-Vlasic Demers...

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 David Pollak of Working the Corners, Rookie center Andrew Desjardins was near the blue line when he was on the receiving end of a high hit by Blue Jackets left wing Dane Byers early in the second period. Desjardins fell woozily to the ice, then was helped to the locker room. He did not return. “That’s exactly what we want to eliminate from the game, exactly,”...

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.

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.