Marleau Skates With Second Line: Patrick Marleau skated on the second line with Martin Havlat and Ryan Clowe during Wednesday's practice, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports. (Updated 04/18/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Apparently Logan Couture skated with Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski on the first line, taking Patrick Marleau's place. Couture has three points through the first three games of the series, while Marleau still has not gotten on the scoresheet. It seems likely that the Sharks will go with these lines during Game 4 on Thursday. If so, Marleau will miss playing with Thornton, who assisted on all three goals during Monday's 4-3 loss. (Updated 04/18/2012).
04/10/2012 00:20 Playoff preview: (2) St. Louis vs. (7) San Jose
Before the season I tell you the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues are going to meet in the first round of the playoffs as the second and seventh seeds, almost everybody would assume the higher seed would be the Sharks. Not this time.
04/09/2012 16:32 Playoff Special: Postseason power play projections
The NHL is transitioning into postseason mode and if your Fantasy league is headed in that direction, Mark McLarney says you need to watch those power plays.
04/08/2012 01:17 Sharks grab 7th seed; Kings eighth
Dan Boyle scored his second goal of the game with 1:02 remaining in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night in the regular-season finale.
04/06/2012 02:20 Sharks win shootout, tighten Pacific race
Joe Pavelski scored the only shootout goal, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Kings 6-5 on Thursday night to pull even with Los Angeles atop the Pacific Division with two days left in the regular season.
04/01/2012 01:08 Sharks zip Stars, back in playoff chase
Joe Pavelski scored two goals, Antti Niemi earned his sixth shutout of the season and the San Jose Sharks moved back into playoff position by beating the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Saturday night.
Last season the inscrutable Marleau reached the 1,000 games milestone at the age of 31. His entire 13-year NHL career has been spent exclusively with the Sharks, and the veteran has 766 points (357 G, 409 A) with three All-Star appearances to boot. But it hasn't always been smooth sailing for Marleau in the Bay Area, as he lost his captaincy following the 2008-09 season, and seems to have developed a habit of testing the nerves of Sharks fans with inconsistent play in the postseason. For example, in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs, Marleau was held without a point for the first six games of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Red Wings before silencing some critics with the game-winning goal in Game 7. His next series? Eight points in six games against the Canucks, cracking the box score in each contest. Everything considered, Marleau is a very good fantasy option if you can look past his enigmatic ways. (Updated 10/4/11)
