SAN JOSE – Winger Danil Gushchin is having one other standout season for the San Jose Barracuda as he carried a nine-game level streak into the group’s sport in opposition to the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday.
However until the San Jose Sharks expertise a rash of accidents to their ahead group within the subsequent two-plus weeks, Gushchin, or another Barracuda ahead, will seemingly not return to the NHL this season.
The Sharks have used up all 4 post-trade-deadline non-emergency recollects and had 15 forwards on their roster going into their sport with the New York Rangers on Saturday. So, until 4 or extra Sharks forwards are injured, Gushchin and others, like Thomas Bordeleau and Ethan Cardwell, will stay within the AHL the remainder of this season.
Gushchin, a third-round choose by the Sharks in 2020, had an help within the Barracuda’s 5-1 loss to the Canucks on Friday at Tech CU Area. During the last 9 video games, he has seven objectives and 9 assists, as he entered Saturday because the Barracuda’s third-leading scorer with 44 factors in 47 video games.
Gushchin was named the AHL’s participant of the week for the interval ending March 23 after he had 4 objectives and 7 factors in three video games.
The Sharks have 10 video games remaining after Saturday, beginning with Sunday’s sport in Los Angeles in opposition to the Kings. Already eradicated from playoff competition, the Sharks’ season will finish on April 16 after they host the Edmonton Oilers.
After being scratched the final three video games, winger Klim Kostin will draw again into the Sharks’ lineup on Saturday with Carl Grundstrom popping out. The opposite Sharks’ wholesome scratches Saturday can be forwards Noah Gregor and Nikolai Kovalenko.
After an excellent coaching camp with 9 factors in 4 preseason, the usually dynamic Gushchin made the Sharks’ roster to start out the 12 months. Nonetheless, Gushchin had only one level in 10 NHL video games earlier than he was returned to the AHL on Nov. 5.
Bordeleau was injured throughout camp and has not performed an NHL sport this season. A second-round choose by the Sharks in 2020, Bordeleau got here into Saturday with 38 factors in 53 video games this season. He had three objectives and eight assists in his final 12 video games.
Gushchin and Bordeleau, each 23, are pending restricted free brokers. Bordeleau has 18 factors in 43 profession NHL video games, and Gushchin has 5 factors in 16 video games with the Sharks.
The Barracuda continued to jockey for place within the AHL’s Pacific Division, as they entered Saturday in fifth place with 9 video games remaining. The highest seven groups within the division make the playoffs.
The place the Barracuda have been hurting is on their protection corps, which was additional depleted Saturday when the Sharks recalled Jimmy Schuldt. Barracuda defenseman Jack Thompson sustained a foot damage in Wednesday’s sport in San Diego and didn’t play Friday in opposition to Abbotsford.
Schuldt, who will play in opposition to the Rangers, was recalled after Vincent Desharnais was dominated out with an upper-body damage. Desharnais will miss Sunday’s sport in Los Angeles and Tuesday’s sport in Anaheim.
It was unclear whether or not Schuldt would journey with the Sharks to Southern California. The Sharks, per coach Ryan Warsofsky, anticipate to have defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic out there for Sunday’s sport. Vlasic (higher physique) has not performed since March 15 when the Sharks hosted the Washington Capitals.
San Jose entered Saturday in thirty second place within the NHL’s total standings, however would transfer up one spot with a win over the Rangers. The Sharks had been two factors again of Chicago, however have performed fewer video games, which means they might have a greater factors share than the Blackhawks in the event that they beat the Rangers.
Initially Revealed: March 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM PDT
