{"id":241277,"date":"2026-03-28T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241277\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:28:09","slug":"sharks-hope-to-build-on-postive-moments-end-losing-v-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241277\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Hope To Build On Postive Moments, End Losing v. Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Sharks wrap up a three-game road trip against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/columbus-blue-jackets\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2602\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> with some positive momentum on their side.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks will start Alex Nedeljkovic in goal as <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/yaroslav-askarov\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> suffered an upper-body injury against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/st-louis-blues\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2666\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Blues<\/a> on Thursday. As a response, the team recalled <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/laurent-brossoit\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3060\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laurent Brossoit<\/a> from the San Jose Barracuda. Nedeljkovic has had to carry the load as San Jose\u2019s starting goalie for most of March as Askarov deals with his injuries.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nedeljkovic will start, same lines and pairings as last game<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2037962468899610953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets are one of, if not the, hottest teams in the NHL since the Olympic break. In 16 games since the break, Columbus holds a 9-3-4 record and holds third place in the Metropolitan Division. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday will be the second and final matchup between the San Jose Sharks and the Blue Jackets. The Sharks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/columbus-blue-jackets-san-jose-sharks-game-recap-january-6-2026\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">defeated the<\/a>\u00a0Jackets 5-2 on Jan. 6. At the time, Macklin Celebrini recorded an assist to extend a point streak to 11 games. Now the Sharks superstar is in a mini-slump with just two assists over his past five games.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini took responsibility for the overtime goal against for not being more aware of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>While the San Jose Sharks aren\u2019t officially eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention, it will take a miracle for them to get back in. The Sharks are six points behind the Nashville Predators, but do own two games in hand. Following Saturday\u2019s game, the Sharks will play six straight at home, potentially their last chance to make up any ground.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks wrap up a three-game road trip against the Columbus Blue Jackets with some positive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4215,27928,1035,88,90,89,98,755,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-241277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-alex-nedeljkovic","9":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","10":"tag-macklin-celebrini","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sj-sharks","16":"tag-yaroslav-askarov"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241277","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=241277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}