San Jose Sharks News

Wennberg has missed the last eight games with a back injury but will be back in the lineup tonight in Buffalo. Wennberg will assume a familiar role tonight as he starts at centre with Boone Jenner and Nick Foligno on his wings. After a breakout 2016-17 season, Wennberg has struggled this season and comes into tonight with just four goals and 12 assists (16 points) in 30 games. He will look to have a better second half, starting tonight.

Wennberg has missed the last eight games with a back injury and returned to practice this afternoon after skating on his own on Saturday. Wennberg is two weeks into a 4-6 week timetable, so it looks like he could be ahead of schedule.

Price reportedly played sick on Thursday so the Canadiens were likely just giving him the day off and he should be in no danger of missing Sunday’s contest with the Canucks, unless the illness progresses. Keep an eye on his status on Sunday morning.

Price allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Canadiens loss in Florida on Saturday. Price lost all three starts last week while posting a 2.40 GAA and .931 SV%. Tonight he will face a Sharks team on home-ice—San Jose has lost five of their last six road games (1-4-1).

Price allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Canadiens loss in Tampa Bay on Thursday. Price has lost his last two starts and is 4-5-1 with a 2.90 GAA and .911 SV% in 10 December starts. Tonight will face the Panthers for the second time this season—he stopped 26 of 27 shots in a 5-1 win in late-October.

Price allowed three goals on 34 shots in the Canadiens loss in Tampa Bay on Thursday. Price has lost his last two starts and is 4-5-1 with a 2.90 GAA and .911 SV% in 10 December starts. Tonight will face the Panthers for the second time this season—he stopped 26 of 27 shots in a 5-1 win in late-October.

Price allowed two goals on 35 shots in the Canadiens loss in Carolina last night. Price has won three of his last five starts while posting a 2.41 GAA and .928 SV%. He will be in tough starting for the second night in a row against the top offence in the NHL—Price has gone 4-7-0 with a 3.59 GAA and .895 SV% on the road this season.

Wennberg suffered the injury last Thursday in Pittsburgh and after being scratched from Saturday’s game vs. the Flyers, the Blue Jackets announced that he is expected to miss at least one month. Wennberg was placed on IR and Lukas Sedlak will likely move up to the third line while Wennberg is out.

Price yielded five goals on 39 shots in the Canadiens win in Vancouver on Tuesday. It wasn’t the greatest outing for Price, who has won seven of his last 11 starts with a 2.41 GAA, .928 SV% and one shutout. In his first start vs. the Flames this season, Price stopped 34 of 37 shots in a 3-2 overtime loss.

Price surrendered two goals on 37 shots in the Canadiens’ loss in Ottawa on Saturday. The Canadiens struggled outdoors and Price took the “L” for the fourth time in five games—posting a 3.21 GAA and .907 SV% in the process. Price doesn’t see the Canucks often, but Price has had success against them in recent years.

Price surrendered two goals on 37 shots in the Canadiens’ loss in Ottawa on Saturday. The Canadiens struggled outdoors and Price took the “L” for the fourth time in five games—posting a 3.21 GAA and .907 SV% in the process. Price doesn’t see the Canucks often, but Price has had success against them in recent years.

Price stopped 31 of 32 shots in the Canadiens win over the Devils on Thursday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Price, who has won six of nine starts with a 2.14 GAA, .933 SV% and one shutout since returning from injury. He will start tongiht's outdoor game where temperatures are expected to dip under minus-20 Celsius.

Price was yanked after allowing four goals on 14 shots in the Canadiens loss to the Oilers last Saturday. After winning five in a row upon his return to the crease, Price has now lost there in a row while allowing a combined 11 goals on 90 shots (.889 SV%). Despite his recent struggles, Price has a good matchup tonight with the Taylor Hall-less Devils in town.

Comrie made only one start with the Jets during his call-up and he struggled allowing five goals on 35 shots in a loss to the Panthers last Thursday. With Steve Mason being activated from IR, Comrie returns to the Moose where he has gone 8-4-1 with a 2.30 GAA and .927 SV% in 13 games this season.