Vanecek went on a conditioning assignment with the Barracuda last Friday and stopped 22 of 24 shots in San Jose’s 6-2 win ...

Boston College went 2-0 against Boston University last weekend, causing San Jose Sharks rookies Macklin Celebrini and Will ...

There are friendships, and there are rivalries, and Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini have found the perfect balance between ...

Sheng Peng is a regular contributor to NBC Sports California’s Sharks coverage. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose ...

Sharks winger Tyler Toffoli scored his 20th goal of the season with 1:28 left in the third period to help send the game into overtime. Still, the Sharks’ loss was their ninth in the last 10 games — ...

There are friendships, and there are rivalries, and Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini have found the perfect balance between the two. With their old colleges meeting on the ice over the weekend ...

Quietly, Smith is one of just six rookies with more than 20 points so far this season, along with Celebrini ... s nobody in this draft that’s like Macklin or Bedard,” Grier said.

So good for us that we’ve got those guys.” Now it’s a matter of what’s in store for Celebrini, Smith, and Askarov for the rest of the season. Smith, 19, will take a career-long five-game ...