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Sharks cap off season's first half in ‘frustrating' loss to Red Wings
The Sharks’ broadcast team called Tuesday’s shutout loss to the Detroit Red Wings “frustrating” — which is a pretty accurate description of the 2-0 loss from a viewer’s perspective. But it was also a pretty on-point way of summarizing the first half of the 2019-20 season. After 41 games, San Jose is still searching for a sustainable winning identity, and…
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Sharks takeaways: What we learned in San Jose's 2-0 loss to Red Wings
BOX SCORE There was no explosion like there was in last year’s New Year’s Eve matchup. But for the second year in a row, the Sharks weren’t able to get into the win column before the clock struck midnight. San Jose (17-21-3) went into Tuesday’s game with a bit of an edge over the league-worst Red Wings (10-28-3). But...
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Timo Meier answers criticism with hat trick in Sharks' win vs. Flyers
SAN JOSE — Sharks interim head coach Bob Boughner didn’t want to name names to the media when he said that he wanted certain players to step their game up after a 3-2 overtime loss to the Kings on Friday. But everyone listening had a hunch one of those players was 23-year-old Timo Meier. Following a big 2018-19 campaign, the...
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Sharks takeaways: What we learned in skid-busting 6-1 win over Flyers
BOX SCORE SAN JOSE — Sharks interim head coach Bob Boughner told reporters before Saturday’s battle against the Flyers (21-12-5) that his team had been put on notice after their collapse against the Kings on Friday night. Clearly, the players got the message. San Jose (17-20-3) got plenty of contributions from their young guns and avoided the dreaded late-game meltdown as they dominated...
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Sharks' Bob Boughner concerned about players buying in after Kings loss
SAN JOSE — Bob Boughner has had it up to here. Plain and simple. The Sharks’ interim coach has already commented during his young tenure behind San Jose’s bench that some players aren’t buying into the team’s systems or showing up. But after yet another third-period meltdown and yet another loss in a 3-2 overtime defeat to the rival Los...
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Sharks takeaways: What we learned from brutal 3-2 OT loss vs. Kings
SAN JOSE – Games between the Sharks and Los Angeles Kings usually are very entertaining. Friday’s contest, however, was something else entirely. After another third-period meltdown, San Jose let a two-goal lead slip through its fingers and eventually fell in overtime to their SoCal rival 3-2. Here are three takeaways from Friday’s game. Third-period blues Yes, we have to...
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Sharks need to utilize holiday break to ‘take a look in the mirror'
SAN JOSE — The Sharks aren’t quite at the halfway point of their 2019-20 season just yet. But with a four-day holiday break getting underway after Sunday’s game, it’s a good time to take a look back at the first 38 games of the season. That reflection process can’t be too fun for San Jose. After a remarkable recovery in...
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Sharks takeaways: What we learned in familiar 3-1 loss to Golden Knights
BOX SCORE SAN JOSE — Games between the Sharks and Golden Knights tend to be highly entertaining. And the division rivals didn’t disappoint in their fourth and final meeting of the regular season at SAP Center on Sunday night. Unfortunately for the Sharks, they weren’t able to cap off the season series with a victory, falling to Vegas 3-1....
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Sharks' lack of cohesion bites them in yet another disappointing loss
SAN JOSE — The Sharks certainly seem frustrated as a group that they have only won once in December. Even so, interim coach Bob Boughner has expressed concern that not everyone on the ice is buying into San Jose’s philosophy — especially after another disappointing defeat in Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. As many Sharks players expressed...
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Sharks takeaways: What we learned in San Jose's 5-2 loss vs. Blues
BOX SCORE SAN JOSE — It was a back-and-forth affair between the Sharks and the Blues at SAP Center on Saturday night in their first meeting since last spring’s Western Conference final. And in the end, St. Louis emerged victorious once again. San Jose entered the third period tied up 2-2 with the reigning Stanley Cup champions, but another late-game…
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