The San Jose Sharks will be more than 3,000 miles from home when they visit the Boston Bruins on Monday afternoon, but calling it a homecoming game is not far-fetched.

The Sharks could trade defenseman Cody Ceci and Mario Ferraro at the NHL trade deadline amid another rough season.

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Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1.

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The NHL has no shortage of awards recognizing the league's best in various aspects, but only one of them, the Norris Trophy, recognizes defensemen. Sure, defens

NHL season is over half way done, and with that, the sour rankings analyze the eleven teams with the highest draft lottery odds to determine their best course of action if they can secure the No. 1 pick come this summer's draft.

Like several other pending unrestricted free agents around the NHL, San Jose Sharks center Nico Sturm figures he’ll be moved to another team before the NHL trade deadline in March if he doesn’t receive a contract extension offer.

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

"I love the way he's playing," Islanders head coach and Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy said. "He's sound. He's very well-positioned. Everything seems so easy for him. I'm very impressed with the way he's been playing." Roy said the reason he gave Hogberg the start on Saturday was that he deserved it.