{"id":210710,"date":"2026-03-08T20:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:35:22","slug":"sharks-sign-g-alex-nedeljkovic-to-2-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210710\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks sign G Alex Nedeljkovic to 2-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greg WyshynskiMar 6, 2026, 11:55 AM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

The San Jose Sharks<\/a> have signed<\/a> goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic<\/a> to a two-year contract extension, firming up their goaltending tandem as the team cycles back to playoff contention.<\/p>\n

Nedeljkovic, 30, is in the last year of a two-year deal with a $2.5 million cap hit and would have been an unrestricted free agent this summer. His new contract carries a $3 million cap hit through 2028.<\/p>\n

Nedeljkovic has an 11-9-2 record with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. In 205 career NHL games with Carolina<\/a>, Detroit<\/a>, Pittsburgh<\/a> and San Jose, Nedeljkovic has an 85-69-29 record and a .903 save percentage. He was a finalist for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 2020-21 with the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

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The signing solidifies the Sharks’ goaltending depth and ends speculation that San Jose might seek an upgrade at the deadline. Yaroslav Askarov<\/a>, 23, is signed through next season ($2 million AAV) and has a 19-16-2 record with an .887 save percentage and a 3.57 GAA in 38 games.<\/p>\n

San Jose is a surprising contender in the Western Conference. Led by 19-year-old MVP candidate Macklin Celebrini<\/a>, the Sharks are three points behind the Seattle Kraken<\/a> for the final wild-card spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg WyshynskiMar 6, 2026, 11:55 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Multiple Authors The San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-210710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210710","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=210710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}