Georgiev stopped 30 of 33 shots in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Blue Jackets, with Columbus' final goal getting scored into an empty net. The Jackets scored twice in the first period thanks to a couple defensive breakdowns by the Sharks,

The San Jose Sharks are starting Alexandar Georgiev for the second straight game against the Utah Hockey Club tonight.

It was just his second win in eight starts in San Jose. Georgiev has been a workhorse over the past few years, but the wheels have come completely off his game. He's 10-13-0 in 25 starts with a combined 3.44 GAA and .879 save percentage. Start Georgiev at your own peril.

The only thing consistent about the San Jose Sharks in 2025 is their inconsistency. On New Year’s Eve, the San Jose Sharks offered “no desperation” in a 4-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, their eighth-straight loss.

Georgiev will tend the twine on the road against Columbus on Thursday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports. Georgiev snapped a six-game losing streak Tuesday against Detroit, and he'll attempt to stay hot in his second consecutive start Thursday.

With the puck inside the Columbus zone, a shot attempt by Sharks defenseman Jan Rutta was blocked by Zach Werenski, who raced up the ice with the puck, carried it into the Sharks’ zone, and sent it over to Fantilli, who beat Georgiev for his 11th goal of the season at the 12:11 mark.

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

William Eklund, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli, and Mario Ferraro all scored third-period goals to help lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday to open a five-game road trip.

923 save percentage. Georgiev has lost four straight starts, but Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said he didn’t want the veteran goalie to sit for too long. “We’ve got full confidence in (Georgiev).

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Aaron Dell loves being back in San Jose for a third time. “It’s great to be back here with the family and everything now, it’s awesome,” the Barracuda netminder, recalled in mid-December, said. “My older boy is old enough to kind of appreciate it now,