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Date: Team: Pos:
Raffi Torres - W - Sharks

Raffi Torres won't appeal his suspension.

Torres was suspended for the rest of Round 2 for his illegal hit to the head of Kings forward Jarrett Stoll. Don't think that this means Torres agrees with the suspension, though; in fact the organization disagrees with it. Sharks general manager Doug Wilson released a statement on it, calling it "abundantly clear that this was a clean hockey hit." He also said it was an "inappropriate application" of Rule 48.1, where the head is the principal point of contact and target of the hit. Wilson said this suspension was "grossly unfair" to Torres.
Source: Sharks.com
May 17 - 8:26 PM
Adam Burish - W - Sharks

Adam Burish's upper body injury is a broken hand.

Burish has been ruled out for the second round, but he's hoping to prove that projection wrong. He had three points and 25 penalty minutes in 46 games in the regular season.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 5:48 PM
Jason Demers - D - Sharks

Jason Demers (lower body) appears to be progressing nicely.

"He’s getting closer," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "Today’s skate will give us a much better indication of where he’s at. He’s going to become an option here pretty soon." He's been out since April 18 with a suspected ankle injury.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 5:47 PM
Martin Havlat - W - Sharks

Martin Havlat (undisclosed) is still questionable for Game 3 on Saturday.

Havlat skated for about an hour on Friday. "Getting better. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow morning," Havlat said. He didn't want to speculate any further about the possibility of him returning soon. Sharks coach Todd McLellan is looking forward to putting Havlat back into the lineup, but cautioned that it's "Marty, mother nature and the trainer’s decision."
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 5:45 PM
Scott Gomez - C - Sharks

Sharks coach Todd McLellan has been very happy with what Scott Gomez has given them this year.

Gomez is far removed from his days as an NHL star, but he's become an important piece of the Sharks' squad. "Gomer has been a very good player for us in a number of different ways," McLellan said. "I don’t want to say it’s surprising, but he’s almost like a third or a fourth coach. He’s trying to do things the right way. He’s trying to get guys to keep their shifts short, that we have a high guy, that we don’t turn pucks over. I didn’t know we were getting that in Scott Gomez, but we’re getting it, and he’s been a big influence that way." Gomez is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and it wouldn't be surprising if the Sharks re-signed him.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 3:50 PM
Patrick Marleau - W - Sharks

Patrick Marleau scored a goal in San Jose's 4-3 loss Thursday.

Marleau has five goals and six points in six postseason contests. He hasn't been this hot since his historic start to the 2013 campaign.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
May 17 - 11:38 AM
Todd McLellan - C - Sharks

Although the San Jose Sharks are down 2-0 in their second-round series, coach Todd McLellan is confident they can bounce back.

"The one thing I like about our team, is maybe in the past this would have probably bothered our team a little more," McLellan said. "But, with the group of guys we have, I think we can recover from this." Game 3 will be played in San Jose, where the Sharks were 17-2-5 this season.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 11:33 AM
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - D - Sharks

The San Jose Sharks disputed Marc-Edouard Vlasic's costly delay of game penalty.

The argument is that the puck hit Kings forward Jeff Carter before going into the stands, but the referees disagreed. That gave Los Angeles a 5-on-3 advantage, which they used to score two power-play goals late in the third period of their 4-3 victory. "You go back and look at it, it looks like it changed direction," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. But he also added, "The one thing that I've learned, certainly through this playoffs, is it’s not going to do me any good to whine and moan and bitch about the referees. It’s not going to get us anywhere. We took some penalties, we needed to kill them, and we move on." It's worth noting that Vlasic's third-period goal might have been the game winner if not for his penalty.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 17 - 11:30 AM
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - D - Sharks

Mark-Edouard Vlasic went from hero to possible goat in the Sharks 4-3 loss on Thursday.

Vlasic scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:56 mark of the third period and it looked like it would hold up to be the winner. But things went bad for Vlasic and the Sharks as he took a delay of game penalty for shooting the puck over the glass with the Sharks already down a man with 2:19 left in the third. The Kings scored twice on the power play to win and take a 2-0 series lead. Brad Stuart scored and added an assist while Patrick Marleau also finding the back of the net.
May 17 - 1:21 AM
Antti Niemi - G - Sharks

Antti Niemi gave up two power play goals 22 seconds apart late in the third period as the San Jose Sharks dropped a 4-3 decision to Los Angeles Thursday.

Niemi gave up a first period goal to Jeff Carter and a second period power play goal to Drew Doughty as both shots beat him on the long side but he allowed the Sharks to come back from a 2-0 deficit to lead 3-2 before the fiasco in the final two minutes. Niemi is now 4-2 as he stopped 27 shots. His GAA in the playoffs rose to 2.24 while his save percentage is now .921. He will have to play better with the series headed to San Jose as the Sharks are down 2-0.
May 17 - 1:06 AM
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - D - Sharks

Updating an earlier item, Mark-Edouard Vlasic has returned to the ice for the third period.

Just an FYI.
May 17 - 12:26 AM
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - D - Sharks

Marc-Edouard Vlasic was forced to leave the game in the second period when Jeff Carter slammed him into the boards.

The incident happened with 4:35 left in the middle stanza. Vlasic was hit dangerously into the boards as Carter received a two minute penalty for charging and Vlasic went to the dressing room. Stay tuned as the Sharks will have trouble on the blueline if Vlasic is unable to return.
May 16 - 11:46 PM
Raffi Torres - W - Sharks

Raffi Torres has been suspended for the rest of Round 2 for his illegal hit to the head of Los Angeles Kings forward Jarret Stoll during Game 1 on Tuesday night.

Torres was assessed a minor penalty for charging on the play. He is a repeat offender and there was an injury on hit to Stoll, which also factored into the length of the suspension. He will be eligible to return if the Sharks can defeat the Kings and advance into the third round of the playoffs.
Source: NHL.com
May 16 - 6:36 PM
Tim Kennedy - W - Sharks

Tim Kennedy is projected to play on the fourth line in Game 2 Thursday night at Los Angeles.

He will skate alongside Bracken Kearns and Andrew Desjardins in his second outing of the 2012 playoffs.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 16 - 4:42 PM
Scott Gomez - C - Sharks

Scott Gomez will center the third line Thursday night in Game 2.

Joe Pavelski has been promoted to San Jose's top line, so Gomez will play between Tommy Wingels and James Sheppard. He has no points and six shots in three playoff appearances.
Source: CSN Bay Area
May 16 - 4:40 PM

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