{"id":193075,"date":"2026-02-25T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193075\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:35:17","slug":"sharks-bring-losing-streak-into-home-matchup-with-the-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193075\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks bring losing streak into home matchup with the Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/cgy\/calgary-flames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calgary Flames<\/a> (23-27-6, in the Pacific Division) vs. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/sj\/san-jose-sharks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> (27-24-4, in the Pacific Division)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">San Jose, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks will try to end a four-game slide when they take on the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">San Jose is 27-24-4 overall and 8-8-3 against the Pacific Division. The Sharks have a 13-5-3 record in games decided by a goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Calgary is 23-27-6 overall with a 9-6-1 record in Pacific Division play. The Flames have a 16-6-3 record in games they score three or more goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Thursday&#8217;s game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season. The Flames won 3-2 in the previous meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TOP PERFORMERS: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3042017\/alexander-wennberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexander Wennberg<\/a> has 10 goals and 27 assists for the Sharks. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/5149155\/will-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Will Smith<\/a> has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Matthew Coronato has 14 goals and 15 assists for the Flames. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/2563026\/blake-coleman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blake Coleman<\/a> has three goals and three assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">LAST 10 GAMES: Sharks: 4-5-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.8 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flames: 4-4-2, averaging 2.3 goals, 4.1 assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">INJURIES: Sharks: None listed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flames: None listed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames (23-27-6, in the Pacific Division) vs. San Jose Sharks (27-24-4, in the Pacific Division) San Jose,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[90399,27929,750,404,101,103,102,98,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-193075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-90399","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","14":"tag-san-francisco-news","15":"tag-san-jose-sharks","16":"tag-sf","17":"tag-sf-headlines","18":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}