NASHVILLE \u2014 The San Jose Sharks are out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
But they\u2019re still playing for each other.<\/p>\n
The Sharks played their best game in a week, blowing up the Nashville Predators\u2019 post-season hopes in the process, in a 3-2 victory. The Los Angeles Kings have clinched the last wild card spot in the West.<\/p>\n
This is San Jose\u2019s first victory over Nashville since Nov. 2019, snapping a 15-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling when you win, when you play like that,\u201d Alex Nedeljkovic said, \u201cyou play for each other, play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sharks played a game that they could be proud of, for the first time in a week, outchancing and holding the Predators to just 27 shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re ever gonna give up,\u201d Macklin Celebrini said. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna keep playing as best we can and give it our all.\u201d<\/p>\n
San Jose is out of the playoffs, but for one more night, two games left, they reminded us why the fans fell in love with them once again this season.<\/p>\n
It started in warm-ups, with Celebrini gifting a young Sharks fan with a stick, and through a scrappy team effort, highlighted by the offensive efforts of young guns like Celebrini, Will Smith, Igor Chernyshov, William Eklund, Michael Misa, and Collin Graf.<\/p>\n
That’s one lucky kid. \ud83c\udf81 pic.twitter.com\/sNkWlm8Bqz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe got a lot of guys that care a lot, that want to win and want to compete every single night. Those are the guys that I want to play with, you want to go to war with, and do something special with,\u201d Nedeljkovic said. \u201cThose are the guys that you end up winning with in the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Not until next season\u2026but next year can\u2019t come soon enough.<\/p>\n Nice dream pic.twitter.com\/ppbkvUOQPz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) April 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Macklin Celebrini<\/p>\n Ryan Warsofsky<\/p>\n Warsofsky, on #SJSharks<\/a> snapping 15-game losing streak vs. Preds: “Barclay Goodrow told me that this morning. I kind of remember hearing that stat. It’s nice to get off that.”<\/p>\n Goodrow was last Shark to beat Preds before tonight in Nov. 2019<\/p>\n