Sharks starting goalie Alexandar Georgiev, in a shaky performance, was pulled at the 3:01 mark of the second period after allowing four goals on 15 shots. Yaroslav Askarov came on in relief and but did not fare much better, as he allowed three goals on 16 shots.

San Jose Sharks forward Mikael Granlund was named as an alternate captain for Team Finland at the Four Nations Face-Off.

After a strong first period in which they scored two goals in less than a minute, the San Jose Sharks went south quick and hard Saturday night in a 7-2 loss to the visiting Florida Panthers.

After missing each of the last seven games, top-pair defenseman Aaron Ekblad will return to the blue line for the Florida Panthers when they face-off against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday.

Representing Finland as the team captain at the 4 Nations Face-Off will be Florida Panthers forward and captain Aleksander "Sasha" Barkov. The Panthers captain was the overwhelming favorite to be given the honor, and now the decision has been made official according to NHL insider Chris Johnston. He shared the news via his X account.

The Cats have traveled north and will face the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday night. It will be the second and final meeting between Florida and San Jose this season after the two battled down in Sunrise back in early December.

Are the San Jose Sharks getting better? That’s been the big question recently, amidst another long losing streak. On one hand, after a 7-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, the 14-32-6 Sharks have virtually the same record after 52 games as last year’s 14-33-5 Sharks.

“Just compete,” defenseman Jake Walman said Saturday after the Sharks’ 7-2 loss to the Florida Panthers, who handed San Jose its worst home loss of the season. “We’ve got guys in here ...

It was probably the night’s highlight for the Sharks fans in attendance, who were otherwise subjected to San Jose’s most lopsided ... Stanley Cup champion Panthers before an announced crowd ...

Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice praised San Jose Sharks rookie phenom Macklin Celebrini by comparing him to Aleksander Barkov. Barkov, the captain of the defending Stanley Cup Champions ...

San Jose Sharks center Alex Wennberg is out day-to-day due to an upper-body injury and won’t play Thursday versus the Pacific Division rival Seattle Kraken, reports Max Miller of The Hockey News.