San Jose Sharks center Alexander Wennberg (upper body) will not be available for Thursday's matchup against the Seattle Kraken. He has sustained an upper-body injury, making Wennberg miss only his second game of the season.

San Jose Sharks forward Alexander Wennberg won't play against the Seattle Kraken due to an upper-body injury. "It is something that he's been dealing with that flared up in the last 24 hours, so we are going to hold him out,

While the Sharks began January with impressive home wins over the potentially playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils, they ended it by winning just two of their last 12 games, with a handful of those losses being blowouts, or just devastating.

At the forefront of the Sharks’ rebuild is Macklin Celebrini, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The 18-year-old center is having a Calder Trophy-type season; he leads all rookies in goals (16) and is second in points (36) in 41 games. Celebrini missed 12 games because of a lower-body injury sustained in his debut on Oct. 10.

Kovalenko (undisclosed) isn't expected to return before the 4 Nations Face-Off, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports Friday.

Wennberg recorded an assist and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Predators. Wennberg set up a Henry Thrun tally in the second period. After a two-game stint on the wing, Wennberg was back at center on the third line,

New York Islanders defenseman Isaiah George (36) defends San Jose Sharks center Alexander Wennberg (21) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin). New York Islanders center Brock Nelson ...

NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators scored six straight goals to come back from down four to win 7-5 against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history.

The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.

Warsofsky, in his first season as the head coach of the rebuilding and last place Sharks, was originally leaning toward giving the players the day off Friday. But the game’s ugly turn altered that direction.

The NHL and NHLPA released their projections for the NHL salary cap for the next three seasons, and the San Jose Sharks will perfectly benefit from this growth.

Defenseman Brandon Montour scored twice and Chandler Stephenson added a goal and two assists as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Thursday. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist apiece and Jaden Schwartz also tallied for the Kraken,